Paul Read (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 25 September 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Harlow, England | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–1995 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1997 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
1995 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 11 | (0) |
1995 | → Southend United (loan) | 4 | (1) |
1997–1999 | Wycombe Wanderers | 59 | (9) |
1999 | Östersunds FK | ||
1999–2000 | Luton Town | 0 | (0) |
2000–2002 | Exeter City | 26 | (1) |
Total | 100 | (11) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Paul Read (born 25 September 1973) is an English retired professional footballer who made 100 league appearances in English football.
Career
Born in Harlow, Read began his career as an apprentice at Arsenal,[1] but he never made a league appearance for the Gunners.[2] While at Arsenal, Read spent loan spells at Leyton Orient and Southend United.[3] [4] After leaving Arsenal in 1997, Read signed for Wycombe Wanderers, and made 59 league appearances.[5] He left Wycombe in 1999, and spent a season in Sweden with Östersunds FK, before returning to England with Luton Town, where he made one Football League Trophy appearance.[6] Read then signed for Exeter City, making 26 league appearances.[7]
References
- ^ "Former Arsenal trainees, from about 1994". Arseweb. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ "ARSENAL : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ "LEYTON ORIENT : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ "SOUTHEND UNITED : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ "WYCOMBE WANDERERS : 1993/94 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ Paul Read at Soccerbase
- ^ "EXETER CITY : 1946/47 - 2002/03". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Southend United F.C. players
- Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
- Luton Town F.C. players
- Exeter City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Östersunds FK players
- Association football forwards
- English football forward, 1970s birth stubs