Richard Sadlier

Richard 'Richie' Sadlier (born on 14 January 1979 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional footballer and former CEO of St Patrick's Athletic. Since retirement from the professional game he has worked as a pundit with RTÉ Sport.

Club career

He began his career at youth level with Leicester Celtic and Belvedere before joining Millwall F.C.. He was educated at St. Benildus College where he excelled on the sports fields.

Sadlier's big moment came playing for the Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team in the 1997 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship, where he scored in the third place play-off match, against Spain. Since then he failed to replicate anything near the glory of that tournament.

Richard helped Millwall towards becoming 2000–01 Second Division Champions but was forced to watch from the stand as Millwall reached the 2004 FA Cup Final in his final season. A striker, Sadlier scored 34 goals in 103 starts for Millwall. In an interview with the BBC, Mark McGhee named Sadlier as potentially the best young centre forward he had ever worked with in his managerial career. In 2003, Sadlier retired from the professional game due to a hip injury at the age of 24.