List of Reading F.C. players

This is a list footballers who have played 100 times or more for Reading Football Club.

Key

  • Appearances are accurate up to, and including the match played on 14 February 2017.
  • The list is sorted by the year the player joined the club. If more than one player joined in the same year then they are sorted alphabetically.

Club years

  • Counted as the years the player signed for, and left the club.

Appearances and goals

  • League and total appearances prior to the Second World War are sourced to Joyce (2004),[1] from 1946–47 to 1989–90 to the Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database,[2] from 1990–91 to 1995–96 to Royals Record,[3][4] and for the 1996–97 season onwards to Soccerbase.[5] Reading's top 10 all time appearances makers and goalscorers are listed on the club's official website,[6] while statistics of selected players from all era's are also available at the Reading F.C. Former Players' Association.[7]

International career

  • Players who made international appearances only have the highest level at which they played listed.
  • A player's senior international team is sourced to National Football Teams[8] whilst appearances at age group level are sourced to the Association of Football Statisticians.[9] Players not covered by the above are sourced as needed in the "Refs" column.

Players with 100 or more appearances

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As of match played 29 May 2017
Graeme Murty warming up for Reading in 2008.
Graeme Murty spent eleven years at the club and captained the side to the Championship title in 2006.[10]
Jem Karacan playing for Reading in 2013.
A graduate of Reading's Academy,[11] Jem Karacan made more than 160 appearances for the club, making his debut in 2008 before leaving for Galatasaray in 2015.
Shane Long in 2008.
Signed in 2005 for £30,000, Shane Long scored 54 goals in six seasons before joining West Bromwich Albion for £6m.[12]
Ívar Ingimarsson playing for Reading in 2008.
Ívar Ingimarsson was a regular during Reading's most successful period, starting every league game of the Championship winning campaign and first Premier League season.[13]
Phil Parkinson with the League Two play-off trophy in 2013.
Phil Parkinson made over 400 appearances in an eleven year career with Reading and twice won the club's Player of the Season award.[6]
Kevin Doyle on the pitch in 2008.
Kevin Doyle made 26 appearances for the Republic of Ireland during his time at Reading, making him the club's most capped player.[14][15]
NamePositionClub careerLeague
apps		League
goals		Total
apps		Total
goals		International careerRefs
Joe Bailey FW ????–1921 186 75 ? ? [16]
Joe DuckworthGK1924?–1930?2020??—
Albert HayhurstDF1933–193823712??—
Tommy TaitFW1934–193914479?103—
Jimmy WheelerFW1948–1964406147453168—
Eddie McLaren DF 1952–1959 184 2 207 3 —
Ray ReevesDF1952–19612842831732—
Maurice EvansMF1955–19674071345916—
Dennis AllenFW1961–19703368537795—
Colin MeldrumDF1962–197026683049—
Les ChappellMF1969–19742017824190—
Gordon CummingMF1969–19772955133161—
Steve DeathGK1969–198247105370—
Robin FridayFW1973–197612146?53—
Ray HironFW1975–1978921410614—
Gary PetersDF1975–1979, 1985–19882561029412—
Paul BennettDF1976–197910531243—
Richie BowmanMF1976–198019430??—
Mark WhiteDF1976–19882781132013—
Jerry WilliamsMF1976–198830917357?—
Pat EarlesFW1977–19822476828485—
Alan LewisDF1977–198214951737—
Martin HicksDF1978–19915002360326—[lower-alpha 1]
Mike KearneyFW1978–198314536??—
Lawrie SanchezMF1978–19842622830531 Northern Ireland
Steve WoodDF1979–198721992519—
Stuart BeavonMF1980–19903964448155—
Kerry DixonFW1980–19831165113357 England
Steve RichardsonDF1982–199338034573—
Trevor SeniorFW1983–1987, 1988–1992301153362191—[lower-alpha 2]
Michael GilkesMF1984–19973934348652 Barbados
Steve FrancisGK1987–199321602590—
Linden JonesDF1987–1992152819014 Wales
Steve MoranFW1987–19911163014338 England under-21
Mick TaitMF1987–199099913314—
Mick GoodingMF1989–19973142636830—[lower-alpha 3]
Scott TaylorMF1989–19952072424829—
Ady WilliamsDF1989–1996, 2000–20043351839623 Wales
Stuart LovellFW1990–19982275826667 Australia
Keith McPhersonDF1990–199927183169—
Kevin DillonMF1991–199410141195 England under-21
Shaka HislopGK1992–199510401260 Trinidad and Tobago
Jeff HopkinsDF1992–199713131564 Wales
Jamie LambertMF1992–19991241615120—
Phil ParkinsonMF1992–20033622042524—
Jimmy QuinnFW1992–19971827121694 Northern Ireland[lower-alpha 3]
Dylan KerrDF1993–19968951045—
Andy BernalDF1994–200018722244 Australia
Lee NoganFW1995–1997912610229 Wales
Martin WilliamsFW1995–20001272615629—
Darren CaskeyMF1996–20012033523245 England under-19
Barry HunterDF1996–20018641006 Northern Ireland
Scott HowieGK1997–20018501020 Scotland under-21
Linvoy PrimusDF1997–20009411131—
Jim McIntyreFW1998–20011001411316—
Graeme MurtyDF1998–200930623392 Scotland
Nicky ForsterFW1999–20051865921467 England under-21
Phil WhiteheadGK1999–20039701080—
Martin ButlerFW2000–20051033211836—
Jamie CuretonFW2000–20031135112755 England under-18
Sammy IgoeMF2000–20039071057—
Ricky NewmanMF2000–200511401372—
Marcus HahnemannGK2001–200928403030 United States
James HarperMF2001–20103162534826—
Andrew HughesMF2001–20051661818318—
John SalakoMF2001–20041111312114 England
Nicky ShoreyDF2001–2008, 2012–20132841231713 England
Ivar IngimarssonDF2003–20112511128112 Iceland
Dave KitsonFW2003–2008, 20091475616062—
Glen LittleMF2003–2008, 200911261236—
Steve SidwellMF2003–20071702918730 England under-21
Bobby ConveyMF2004–20099871128 United States
Ibrahima SonkoDF2004–200812781368 Senegal
Kevin DoyleFW2005–20091555516356 Republic of Ireland[lower-alpha 4]
Adam FedericiGK2005–201519612291 Australia
Brynjar GunnarssonMF2005–2013142916310 Iceland
Stephen HuntMF2005–20091561717321 Republic of Ireland
Leroy LitaFW2005–2009832010032 England under-21
Shane LongFW2005–20111744420354 Republic of Ireland
Alex PearceDF2006–20152011422615 Republic of Ireland
Simon ChurchFW2007–20131042212224 Wales
Jem KaracanMF2007–20151551117512Turkey Turkey A2[18]
Hal Robson-KanuMF2007–20161972422730 Wales
Noel HuntFW2008–20131453316239 Republic of Ireland
Jimmy KébéMF2008–20131752919031 Mali
Jobi McAnuffMF2009–20141891420616 Jamaica[lower-alpha 5]
Jay TabbMF2009–20138901050 Republic of Ireland under-21
Mikele LeigertwoodMF2010–201497710910 Antigua and Barbuda
Jordan ObitaMF2010–14031624 England under-21
Adam le FondreFW2011–20141043911041—
Chris GunterDF2012–19212183 Wales
Garath McClearyMF2012–1742219326 Jamaica
Pavel PogrebnyakFW2012–2015942410628 Russia
Danny WilliamsMF2013–20171351315614 United States

Players with fewer than 100 appearances

Notes

  1. ↑ Club record appearances.[6]
  2. ↑ Club record goals.[6]
  3. 1 2 Joint player-manager 1994–1997.[17]
  4. ↑ Most capped Reading player.[15]
  5. ↑ Club captain 2011–2014.[19]

References

  1. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. ↑ "Reading". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Only includes league games.
  3. ↑ "Career appearance records". Royals Record. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Includes all players from 1990–91 onwards but also those who made their debut before then and were still playing in 1990–91 and beyond.
  4. ↑ "Career goalscoring records". Royals Record. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Includes all players from 1990–91 onwards but also those who made their debut before then and were still playing in 1990–91 and beyond.
  5. ↑ "Reading squad stats". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Player stats from earlier seasons available via the drop-down menu.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Statistics". Reading F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Our members". Reading F.C. Former Players' Association. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Home". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Players can be found using the drop-down menus or search function.
  9. ↑ "All Reading Football Club players". The Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Players can be found using the menu on the left-hand side or search function.
  10. ↑ "Murty announces his retirement". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "Academy graduates". Reading F.C. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "Long sold by Reading FC to West Brom in record deal". Reading Post. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  13. ↑ "Ingimarsson released by Reading". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  14. ↑ "Reading internationals". Royals Record. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  15. 1 2 "Club honours and records". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  16. ↑ "Reading | Club | History | History | Our World War One heroes". Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  17. ↑ "Managers of Reading F.C". Reading F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  18. ↑ "Jem Paul Karacan" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  19. ↑ "Player profile: Jobi McAnuff". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
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