Reading Football Club, established in 1871, is an association football club based in Reading.
Key
edit- The list is currently updated to include all players who have joined the club since 1997. Those who joined before that date still need to be added.
- The list is sorted by the year the player joined the club. If more than one player joins in the same year then they are sorted alphabetically.
Player
- Players listed in italics spent their entire career with the club on loan.
Club years
- Counted as the years the player signed for, and left the club.
Appearances
- League and total appearances are both sourced to Soccerbase.[1]
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[2] whilst appearances at age group level are sourced to the Association of Football Statisticians.[3] Players not covered by the above are sourced as needed in the "Refs" column.
Players with 25 to 99 appearances
edit- As of match played 26 November 2024
| Name | Position | Club years | League apps |
League goals |
Total apps |
Total goals |
International career | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Johnstone | FW | 1926–1929 | 78 | 34 | 78+ | 34+ | — | [4] |
| John Hunter | MF | 1928–1931 | 86 | 7 | 86+ | 7+ | — | [4] |
| Ron Fearon | GK | 1997–1998 | 61 | 0 | 61+ | 0+ | — | |
| Carl Asaba | FW | 1997–1998 | 33 | 8 | 45 | 13 | — | |
| Lee Hodges | MF | 1997–2001 | 79 | 9 | 99 | 10 | — | |
| Ray Houghton | MF | 1997–1999 | 43 | 1 | 56 | 1 |  Republic of Ireland |
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| Steve Mautone | GK | 1997–1999 | 29 | 0 | 34 | 0 |  Australia under-23 |
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| Grant Brebner | MF | 1998–1999 | 41 | 10 | 46 | 11 |  Scotland under-21 |
[5] |
| Paul Brayson | FW | 1998–2000 | 41 | 1 | 47 | 1 |  England C |
[6] |
| Chris Casper | DF | 1998–2002 | 47 | 0 | 55 | 0 | England under-21 |
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| Jimmy Crawford | MF | 1998–2000 | 21 | 1 | 28 | 1 | Republic of Ireland under-21 |
[7] |
| Stuart Gray | DF | 1998–2001 | 52 | 2 | 64 | 2 | Scotland under-21 |
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| Mass Sarr | FW | 1998–2000 | 31 | 3 | 38 | 3 |  Liberia |
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| Sean Evers | MF | 1999–2001 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 0 | — | |
| Peter Grant | MF | 1999–2000 | 29 | 1 | 38 | 1 | Scotland |
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| Andy Gurney | DF | 1999–2001 | 69 | 3 | 84 | 3 | — | |
| Darius Henderson | FW | 1999–2004 | 71 | 11 | 83 | 15 | — | |
| John Mackie | DF | 1999–2004 | 71 | 3 | 85 | 3 | — | |
| Keith Scott | FW | 1999–2001 | 35 | 5 | 44 | 8 | — | |
| Neil Smith | MF | 1999–2002 | 66 | 3 | 78 | 4 | — | |
| Nathan Tyson | FW | 1999–2004 | 33 | 1 | 40 | 1 | England under-20 |
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| Keith Jones | MF | 2000–2002 | 40 | 0 | 45 | 1 | — | |
| Matt Robinson | DF | 2000–2002 | 68 | 0 | 75 | 0 | — | |
| Tony Rougier | MF | 2000–2003 | 85 | 6 | 98 | 6 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Kevin Watson | MF | 2001, 2002–2004 | 66 | 2 | 70 | 2 | — | |
| Adrian Whitbread | DF | 2001–2003 | 33 | 0 | 37 | 0 | — | |
| Steve Brown | DF | 2002–2004 | 40 | 1 | 47 | 1 | — | |
| Shaun Goater | FW | 2003–2005 | 43 | 12 | 49 | 15 |  Bermuda |
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| Dean Morgan | FW | 2003–2005 | 31 | 3 | 35 | 3 | — | |
| Scott Murray | MF | 2003–2004 | 34 | 5 | 40 | 5 | Scotland B |
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| Lloyd Owusu | FW | 2003–2005 | 41 | 10 | 46 | 10 |  Ghana |
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| Paul Brooker | MF | 2004–2005 | 42 | 0 | 45 | 0 | — | |
| Simon Cox | FW | 2005–2008, 2014–2016 | 52 | 9 | 69 | 9 | Republic of Ireland |
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| John Oster | MF | 2005–2008 | 76 | 2 | 90 | 3 |  Wales |
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| André Bikey | DF | 2006–2009 | 62 | 6 | 73 | 6 |  Cameroon |
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| Ulises de la Cruz | DF | 2006–2008 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 1 |  Ecuador |
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| Ki-Hyeon Seol | MF | 2006–2007 | 30 | 4 | 34 | 4 |  South Korea |
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| Kalifa Cissé | MF | 2007–2010 | 75 | 7 | 83 | 7 |  Mali |
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| Michael Duberry | DF | 2007–2009 | 48 | 0 | 54 | 0 | England under-21 |
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| Liam Rosenior | DF | 2007–2010 | 64 | 0 | 69 | 0 | England under-21 |
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| Michail Antonio | MF | 2008–2012 | 28 | 1 | 33 | 1 |  Jamaica |
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| Chris Armstrong | DF | 2008–2011 | 47 | 1 | 48 | 1 | England under-20 Scotland B |
[8] |
| Marek Matějovský | MF | 2008–2010 | 51 | 2 | 56 | 2 |  Czech Republic |
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| Alex McCarthy | GK | 2008–2014 | 70 | 0 | 75 | 0 | England under-21 |
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| Gylfi Sigurðsson | MF | 2008–2010 | 42 | 18 | 51 | 22 |  Iceland |
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| Ryan Bertrand | DF | 2009–2010 | 44 | 1 | 51 | 1 | England |
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| Shaun Cummings | DF | 2009–2015 | 77 | 1 | 86 | 1 | Jamaica |
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| Brian Howard | MF | 2009–2012 | 59 | 2 | 69 | 3 | England under-20 |
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| Matt Mills | DF | 2009–2011 | 61 | 4 | 75 | 8 | England under-19 |
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| Andy Griffin | DF | 2010–2012 | 63 | 0 | 72 | 0 | England under-21 |
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| Ian Harte | DF | 2010–2013 | 88 | 15 | 99 | 15 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Michael Hector | DF | 2010–2015, 2015-2016 | 80 | 4 | 93 | 4 | Jamaica |
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| Zurab Khizanishvili | DF | 2010–2011 | 51 | 0 | 56 | 0 |  Georgia |
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| Jake Taylor | MF | 2010–2016 | 31 | 2 | 36 | 3 | Wales |
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| Mathieu Manset | FW | 2011–2012 | 28 | 5 | 31 | 5 | — | |
| Kaspars Gorkšs | DF | 2011–2014 | 81 | 7 | 87 | 8 |  Latvia |
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| Sean Morrison | DF | 2011–2014 | 38 | 4 | 45 | 5 | — | |
| Danny Guthrie | MF | 2012–2015 | 62 | 5 | 69 | 5 | England under-16 |
[9] |
| Adrian Mariappa | DF | 2012–2013 | 29 | 1 | 33 | 1 | Jamaica |
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| Jason Roberts | FW | 2012–2014 | 28 | 6 | 29 | 7 |  Grenada |
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| Hope Akpan | MF | 2013–2015 | 58 | 1 | 63 | 1 |  Nigeria |
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| Jake Cooper | DF | 2013–2017 | 42 | 4 | 54 | 4 | England under-19 |
[10] |
| Stephen Kelly | DF | 2013–2015 | 46 | 1 | 52 | 1 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Anton Ferdinand | DF | 2014–2016 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 0 | England under-21 |
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| Liam Kelly | MF | 2014–2019 | 82 | 7 | 94 | 9 | Republic of Ireland under-21 |
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| Jamie Mackie | FW | 2014–2015 | 32 | 5 | 39 | 6 | Scotland |
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| Oliver Norwood | MF | 2014–2016 | 81 | 4 | 92 | 5 |  Northern Ireland |
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| Ali Al-Habsi | GK | 2015–2017 | 78 | 0 | 91 | 0 |  Oman |
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| Ola John | FW | 2015–2016 | 28 | 4 | 33 | 4 |  Netherlands |
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| Lucas Piazon | FW | 2015–2016 | 23 | 3 | 27 | 5 |  Brazil under-23 |
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| Stephen Quinn | MF | 2015–2018 | 34 | 1 | 45 | 2 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Matěj Vydra | FW | 2015–2016 | 31 | 3 | 36 | 9 | Czech Republic |
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| Roy Beerens | MF | 2016–2018 | 57 | 8 | 63 | 9 | Netherlands |
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| George Evans | MF | 2016–2018 | 59 | 3 | 67 | 4 | England under-19 |
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| Yann Kermorgant | FW | 2016–2018 | 84 | 23 | 92 | 24 | — | |
| Joey van den Berg | MF | 2016–2019 | 61 | 1 | 68 | 2 | — | |
| Anssi Jaakkola | GK | 2016–2019 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 0 |  Finland |
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| Callum Harriott | MF | 2016–2019 | 25 | 2 | 30 | 4 |  Guyana |
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| Vito Mannone | GK | 2017–2020 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 0 |  Italy under-21 |
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| Tiago Ilori | DF | 2017–2019 | 53 | 1 | 64 | 1 |  Portugal under-23 |
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| Leandro Bacuna | MF | 2017–2019 | 60 | 4 | 66 | 5 |  Curaçao |
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| Pelle Clement | MF | 2017–2019 | 23 | 0 | 29 | 0 | Netherlands under-21 |
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| David Edwards | MF | 2017–2019 | 32 | 3 | 35 | 3 | Wales |
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| Modou Barrow | FW | 2017–2020 | 77 | 14 | 83 | 14 |  Gambia |
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| Jón Daði Böðvarsson | FW | 2017–2019 | 53 | 14 | 55 | 16 | Iceland |
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| Sam Baldock | FW | 2018–2021 | 65 | 10 | 74 | 11 | - | |
| Danny Loader | FW | 2017–2020 | 28 | 1 | 35 | 2 | - | |
| Matt Miazga | DF | 2019, 2019–2020 | 37 | 2 | 41 | 2 |  United States |
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| Rafael Cabral | GK | 2019–2022 | 95 | 0 | 98 | 0 | Brazil |
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| Pelé | MF | 2019–2020 | 31 | 1 | 34 | 1 |  Guinea-Bissau |
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| George Pușcaș | FW | 2019–2023 | 84 | 17 | 91 | 20 |  Romania |
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| Charlie Adam | MF | 2019–2020 | 21 | 2 | 27 | 2 | Scotland |
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| Michael Olise | MF | 2019–2021 | 67 | 7 | 73 | 7 |  France under-18 |
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| Josh Laurent | MF | 2020–2022 | 86 | 5 | 88 | 5 | — | |
| Alfa Semedo | MF | 2020–2021 | 39 | 2 | 40 | 2 | Guinea-Bissau |
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| Tomás Esteves | DF | 2020–2021 | 29 | 1 | 30 | 1 | Portugal under-21 |
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| Luke Southwood | GK | 2016–2023 | 26 | 0 | 30 | 0 | England under-20 |
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| Tom Dele-Bashiru | MF | 2021–2022 | 38 | 4 | 39 | 4 | Nigeria under-23 |
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| Danny Drinkwater | MF | 2021–2022 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 1 | England |
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| Baba Rahman | DF | 2021–2022, 2022–2023 | 47 | 0 | 49 | 0 | Ghana |
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| Junior Hoilett | FW | 2021–2023 | 61 | 4 | 62 | 4 |  Canada |
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| Tom Ince | FW | 2022, 2022–2023 | 53 | 11 | 54 | 11 | England under-21 |
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| Jeff Hendrick | MF | 2022–2023 | 45 | 4 | 46 | 4 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Andy Carroll | FW | 2021–2022, 2022–2023 | 40 | 11 | 42 | 11 | England |
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| Mamadou Loum | MF | 2022–2023 | 29 | 1 | 32 | 1 |  Senegal |
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| Joe Lumley | GK | 2022–2023 | 41 | 0 | 42 | 0 | — | |
| Tyrese Fornah | MF | 2022–2023 | 35 | 2 | 37 | 2 | — | |
| Scott Dann | DF | 2021–2023 | 31 | 2 | 32 | 2 | England under-21 |
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| Femi Azeez | FW | 2019–2024 | 81 | 10 | 89 | 11 | — | |
| Amadou Mbengue | MF | 2022–2023, 2023– | 78 | 2 | 90 | 3 | Senegal under-23 |
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| Nesta Guinness-Walker | DF | 2022–2024 | 36 | 0 | 41 | 0 | — | |
| Naby Sarr | DF | 2022–2023 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 1 | France under-21 |
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| Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan | FW | 2021– | 60 | 8 | 71 | 15 | — | |
| Sam Hutchinson | DF | 2022–2024 | 23 | 0 | 26 | 0 | England under-19 |
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| Harvey Knibbs | FW | 2023– | 59 | 15 | 69 | 22 | — | |
| Nelson Abbey | DF | 2019–2024 | 25 | 0 | 31 | 0 | England under-20 |
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| Sam Smith | FW | 2016–2021, 2023– | 56 | 23 | 62 | 25 | — | |
| Charlie Savage | MF | 2023– | 55 | 6 | 63 | 9 | Wales |
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| Lewis Wing | MF | 2023– | 58 | 12 | 67 | 14 | — | |
| Michael Craig | MF | 2022– | 46 | 1 | 60 | 1 | Scotland under-19 |
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| David Button | GK | 2023– | 42 | 0 | 46 | 0 | — | |
| Ben Elliott | MF | 2023– | 53 | 2 | 62 | 3 | Cameroon |
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| Tyler Bindon | DF | 2023– | 56 | 2 | 62 | 3 |  New Zealand |
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| Paul Mukairu | FW | 2023–2024 | 31 | 3 | 38 | 6 | — | |
| Clinton Mola | DF | 2023–2024 | 30 | 0 | 35 | 0 | England under-21 |
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| Jeriel Dorsett | DF | 2019– | 32 | 1 | 39 | 1 |  Montserrat |
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| Kelvin Abrefa | DF | 2021– | 31 | 0 | 37 | 2 | Ghana under-20 |
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| Mamadi Camará | MF | 2020– | 25 | 0 | 33 | 1 | Guinea-Bissau |
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| Harlee Dean | DF | 2023– | 18 | 0 | 25 | 1 | — | |
| Jayden Wareham | FW | 2023– | 17 | 1 | 25 | 3 | — |
Players with fewer than 25 appearances or 100 or more appearances
editReferences
edit- ^ "Reading squad stats". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Player stats from earlier seasons available via the drop-down menu.
- ^ "Home". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Players can be found using the drop-down menus or search function.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Player Search, English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ "Grant Brebner". FitbaStats. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "Minstermen join Tynesiders". Non League Daily. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "1994–96 UEFA European Under-21 Championship – Republic of Ireland". UEFA. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "Scotland B 1–1 Republic of Ireland B". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ Ryder, Lee (20 January 2012). "Danny Guthrie just focused on 40-point mark". Evening Chronicle. Newcastle. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ "Jake Cooper". The Football Association. Retrieved 25 August 2014.