Sean Raggett

Sean Aidan Raggett (born 25 January 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for League One club Portsmouth, on loan from Norwich City of the Premier League.

Sean Raggett
Personal information
Full name Sean Aidan Raggett[1]
Date of birth (1994-01-25) 25 January 1994
Place of birth Gillingham, England
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Portsmouth
(on loan from Norwich City)
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2010 Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Dover Athletic 106 (8)
2010–2011 → Sittingbourne (dual registration) 8 (0)
2012 → Herne Bay (loan)
2013 → Whitstable Town (loan)
2016–2017 Lincoln City 43 (5)
2017– Norwich City 2 (0)
2017–2018 → Lincoln City (loan) 23 (2)
2018–2019 → Rotherham United (loan) 7 (1)
2019– → Portsmouth (loan) 26 (2)
National team‡
2015 England C 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:05, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:01, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Career

Dover Athletic

Raggett, a product of Gillingham's academy, joined Dover Athletic at 16, where he would go on to make over 150 appearances. In October 2010, he joined Sittingbourne on a dual registration basis.[3] He made his debut for the club as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat at Fleet Town on 30 October 2010.[4] with his full debut coming in the following Saturday's 2–1 home defeat to Leatherhead where he "played well above the standard you would expect from a 16 year old".[5] He made a total of seven starts and one substitute appearance for the club,[6] with his final game coming in their last game of the season, a 2–2 draw at home to Godalming Town.[7] In 2013 he had a loan spell at Isthmian League Division One South side Whitstable Town.[8] It was at Dover, under the guidance of manager Chris Kinnear, that he learned his trade and as well as becoming a talented and uncompromising centre back, began to score trademark headed goals.

Lincoln City

A crowd favourite, his departure to Lincoln City in 2016 was a big loss to Dover but ultimately led to his big break.[9] On the 18 February 2017 Raggett scored an 89th-minute winner in an FA Cup 5th round match against Premier League side Burnley taking Lincoln to The Competition’s Quarter Finals, becoming the first non-league team to reach that stage in 103 years.[10][11]

Norwich City

On 18 August 2017, Raggett joined Norwich City on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. As part of the deal, Raggett rejoined Lincoln City on loan until 1 January 2018.[12] During the following preseason Norwich travelled to Lincoln City, a game in which Raggett, now back at Norwich, scored an “embarrassing own goal”, giving the Imps a consolation goal in a 3-1 win for Norwich.[13]

Rotherham United (loan)

On 25 July 2018, Raggett joined Rotherham United on a season-long loan deal with an option for Norwich to recall him in January.[14] Although he stayed beyond January, the loan was ended prematurely due to Raggett requiring surgery for an ankle injury. He returned to Norwich in early March 2019.[15]

Portsmouth (loan)

On 27 June 2019, Raggett joined Portsmouth on a season-long loan deal.[16]

International career

Raggett was born in England to an Irish father from Cork. Raggett has declared his intention to represent the Republic of Ireland national football team internationally in the future.[17][18] While playing semi-pro football at Dover, Sean Raggett was called up to the England national C team ahead of a friendly with Republic of Ireland under-21s on 1 June 2015.[19]

Personal life

On 21 March 2020, it was reported that Raggett tested positive for COVID-19 during the 2020 pandemic.[20]

Career statistics
As of match played 10 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dover Athletic 2010–11[21] Conference South 0000—0000
2011–12[21] Conference South 0000—0000
2012–13[21] Conference South 0000—0000
2013–14[21] Conference South 32053—7[lower-alpha 1]0443
2014–15[21] Conference Premier 31430—6[lower-alpha 2]0404
2015–16[21] National League 43421—6[lower-alpha 3]1516
Total 1068104—19113513
Lincoln City 2016–17[21] National League 41582—3[lower-alpha 2]1528
Norwich City 2017–18[22] Championship 2000000020
Lincoln City (loan) 2017–18[22] League Two 232000021253
Rotherham United (loan) 2018–19[23] Championship 71102000101
Portsmouth (loan) 2019–20 League One 262301060362
Career total 205172262030326026
  1. Four appearances in the FA Trophy, three in Conference South play-offs
  2. Appearances in the FA Trophy
  3. Five appearances and one goal in the FA Trophy, one in National League play-offs

Honours

Lincoln City

References
  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/04/2015 and 30/04/2015" (PDF). The FA. p. 3. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. "Lincoln City player profiles".
  3. "Sittingbourne v Whitehawk Official Matchday Programme (Johns Jottings)" (PDF). Sittingbourne F.C. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. "Sittingbourne v Leatherhead Official Matchday Programme (Match Stats – Season 2010–11)" (PDF). Sittingbourne F.C. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. "Full-time Report: Sittingbourne 1 Leatherhead 2". Sittingbourne F.C. Official Website (Archive). 6 November 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  6. "Sittingbourne v Ramsgate Official Matchday Programme (p15 Player Stats – Appearances and goals to end of 2010/11)". Sittingbourne F.C. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  7. "Full-time Report: Sittingbourne 2 Godalming Town 2". Sittingbourne F.C. Official Website (Archive). 30 April 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  8. "Raggett returns to Dover Athletic from Whitstable Town". Kent News. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  9. "Imps Sign England C International Sean Raggett". Lincoln City F.C. 3 August 2016.
  10. "Lincoln City topple Burnley as Sean Raggett seals historic FA cup Shock". The Guardian. London. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  11. "Burnley 0–1 Lincoln City". BBC Sport. 18 February 2017.
  12. "Sean Raggett joins Norwich City". Norwich City F.C. 18 August 2017.
  13. "Lincoln City 1 Norwich City 3: Kenny McLean lights up Canaries' friendly cruise at the Imps". Eastern Daily Press. 10 July 2018.
  14. "Sean Raggett: Rotherham United sign Norwich City defender on loan". BBC Sport. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  15. "Sean Raggett leaves Rotherham United and more on Will Vaulks contract". Rotherham Advertiser. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  16. "Sean Raggett: Portsmouth sign Norwich defender on season-long loan deal". BBC Sport. 27 June 2019.
  17. "Norwich loanee Sean Raggett feels Pompey can help him achieve Republic of Ireland breakthrough". www.portsmouth.co.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  18. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/812667/West-Ham-transfer-news-Lincoln-City-Sean-Raggett-FA-Cup-hero-Norwich
  19. "Dover Athletic defender Sean Raggett says his England C call-up for friendly against the Republic of Ireland under-21s is huge honour". Kent Online. Norwich. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  20. "Coronavirus: Portsmouth's James Bolton, Andy Cannon & Sean Raggett test positive". BBC Sport. 21 March 2020.
  21. "S. Raggett". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  22. "Games played by Sean Raggett in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  23. "Games played by Sean Raggett in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  24. Anderson, John, ed. (2017). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2017–2018. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 640–641. ISBN 978-1-4722-3397-4.
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