Michael Richens

Michael Richens
Personal information
Full name Michael Keith Richens[1]
Date of birth (1995-02-21) 21 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Bedford, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 St Ives Town
Youth career
2012–2014 Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Peterborough United 0 (0)
2013 → Histon (loan) 8 (2)
2013 → Nuneaton Town (loan) 4 (0)
2013–2014 → Whitehawk (loan) 3 (0)
2014 → Bishop's Stortford (loan) 20 (3)
2014 → Stevenage (loan) 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Farnborough (loan) 24 (3)
2015 Stevenage 2 (0)
2015 → Farnborough (loan) 20 (3)
2015–2016 Hemel Hempstead Town 38 (3)
2015–2016 → Kettering Town (loan) 4 (0)
2015–2016 Bishop's Stortford 14 (0)
2017 Biggleswade Town 8 (1)
2017–2021 Kettering Town 103 (6)
2019 → Nuneaton Borough (loan) 8 (1)
2021– St Ives Town 13 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:58, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Michael Keith Richens (born 21 February 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as defender for Kettering Town.

Club career

Richens joined Nuneaton Town of the Football Conference on a one-month loan on 12 September 2013, where he made four appearances.[2]

He joined Stevenage with Peterborough teammate Tom Conlon on loan on 13 September 2014 until January 2015, with a view to a permanent deal[3] and made his Football League debut for Stevenage on 16 September 2014, in an away League Two match against Bury at Gigg Lane.

He then joined Nuneaton Borough on loan.,[4] making ten appearances in all competitions before leaving the club in November 2019[5] and returning to Kettering.[6]

On 26 July 2021, he stepped down a division to sign for Southern Football League Premier Division Central side St Ives Town, with manager Ricky Marheineke describing Richens as a "National League standard player".[7]

References

  1. ^ "The Football League Retained List". The Football League. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Nuneaton Town: Posh's Richens signs for Boro on month's loan". BBC Sport. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  3. ^ "LOANS: TOM CONLON AND MICHAEL RICHENS ARRIVE FROM PETERBOROUGH UNITED". Stevenage F.C. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Michael Richens - Nuneaton Borough FC Nuneaton Borough 1st Team". www.pitchero.com.
  5. ^ "Verma and Richens leave Nuneaton Borough | Non League Daily". Archived from the original on 19 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Richens set to come back into the Poppies fold" – via www.northantstelegraph.co.uk.
  7. ^ "'National League standard' midfielder Michael Richens one of four signings announced by St Ives Town". 26 July 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022 – via In Your Area.


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