Richard Shaw (footballer)

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Personal information
Richard Shaw
Full name	Richard Shaw
Date of birth	11 September 1968 (1968-09-11) (age 39)
Place of birth	Brentford, England
Height	5'9"
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Millwall
Number	27
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986–1995 1989 1995–2006 2006–	Crystal Palace → Hull City (loan) Coventry City Millwall	207 (3) 004 (0) 317 (1) 056 (0)
Teams managed
2007	Millwall (caretaker)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:47, 8 October 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Richard Shaw (born 11 September 1968 in Brentford, Middlesex) is an English professional football player, currently for Millwall.

Shaw started his career at Crystal Palace, coming up through their youth system. He enjoyed a brief loan spell to Hull City before becoming a major part of the first team, playing in the final of the 1990 FA Cup. Crystal Palace were a Yo-yo-club at the time, hence Shaw experienced several promotions and relegations in his time at the club. He earned a move to Coventry City in November 1995 for £1,000,000. He performed consistently for Coventry over 10 years, making over 350 appearances and scored his first and only goal for Coventry after over 250 games. He won the Player of the Year at the club in 1998/99 and Players' Player of the Year in 2002/03. Having spent a decade at Coventry where he had gained much respect from the fans, his testimonial match against Celtic on 11 April 2006 was a big success, with Coventry ending as 3-1 winners over the Scottish champions.^[1]

Despite initial hopes that he would play at least one more season with Coventry, Shaw was released at the end of the 2005-06 season, with his final appearance being against Cardiff. He went on to sign for London club Millwall on June 29, 2006, being ever-present in the side over the next season by winning the Millwall Player of the Year award. Shaw was appointed caretaker manager of Millwall on 8 October 2007 after the sacking of Willie Donachie until the appointment of Kenny Jackett.^[2]

[edit] References

^ Thousands pay tribute to Shaw. BBC Sport (2006-04-12).
^ Donachie axed as Millwall manager. BBC Sport (2007-10-08). Retrieved on 2007-10-08.

[edit] External links

Richard Shaw career stats at Soccerbase

Awards
Preceded by Chris Coleman	Crystal Palace F.C. Player of The Year 1995	Succeeded by Andy Roberts
Preceded by David Livermore	Millwall F.C. Player of The Year 2007	Succeeded by Incumbent

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