Richard Spong
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 September 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Falun, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender / Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1989–1996 | IK Frej | ||
1997–1998 | IF Brommapojkarna | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–1999 | IF Brommapojkarna | 1 | (0) |
1999–2003 | Coventry City | 0 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Djurgårdens IF | 2 | (0) |
2005–2008 | IFK Norrköping | 95 | (2) |
2009–2013 | GAIS | 48 | (1) |
2014–2019 | IK Frej | 92 | (1) |
Total | 238 | (4) | |
International career | |||
2000–2001 | Sweden U18 | 16 | (0) |
2001 | Sweden U19 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 July 2019 |
Richard Spong (born 23 September 1983) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1]
Career
[edit]Spong began his career as a youth player with IK Frej and IF Brommapojkarna, before moving to England with Coventry City in 1999 where he didn't make a single first team appearance. He returned to Sweden in 2002 with Djurgårdens IF, later signing with IFK Norrköping in 2005. He signed for GAIS in the 2009 season.
Honours
[edit]- Djurgårdens IF
References
[edit]- ^ "Richard Spong". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf Archived 30 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
External links
[edit]- Richard Spong at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Richard Spong club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived) (archive)
- Richard Spong at Elite Football (archive)
Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Swedish men's footballers
- Sweden men's youth international footballers
- Allsvenskan players
- IF Brommapojkarna players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- IFK Norrköping players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
- GAIS players
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- IK Frej players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football defenders
- Sportspeople from Falun
- Footballers from Dalarna County
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen
- Swedish football midfielder stubs