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List of Reading F.C. players

This is a list footballers who have played 100 times or more for Reading Football Club.

Key

  • The list is sorted by the year the player joined the club. If more than one player joined in the same year then they are sorted alphabetically.

Club years

  • Counted as the years the player signed for, and left the club.

Appearances and goals

  • League and total appearances prior to the Second World War are sourced to Joyce (2004),[1] from 1946–47 to 1989–90 to the Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database,[2] from 1990–91 to 1995–96 to Royals Record,[3][4] and for the 1996–97 season onwards to Soccerbase.[5] Reading's top 10 all time appearances makers and goalscorers are listed on the club's official website,[6] while statistics of selected players from all era's are also available at the Reading F.C. Former Players' Association.[7]

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[8] whilst appearances at age group level are sourced to the Association of Football Statisticians.[9] Players not covered by the above are sourced as needed in the "Refs" column.

Players with 100 or more appearances

As of match played 21 December 2024
  • Graeme Murty warming up for Reading in 2008.
    Graeme Murty spent eleven years at the club and captained the side to the Championship title in 2006.[10]
  • Jem Karacan playing for Reading in 2013.
    A graduate of Reading's Academy,[11] Jem Karacan made more than 160 appearances for the club, making his debut in 2008 before leaving for Galatasaray in 2015.
  • Shane Long in 2008.
    Signed in 2005 for £30,000, Shane Long scored 54 goals in six seasons before joining West Bromwich Albion for £6m.[12]
  • Ívar Ingimarsson playing for Reading in 2008.
    Ívar Ingimarsson was a regular during Reading's most successful period, starting every league game of the Championship winning campaign and first Premier League season.[13]
  • Phil Parkinson with the League Two play-off trophy in 2013.
    Phil Parkinson made over 400 appearances in an eleven year career with Reading and twice won the club's Player of the Season award.[6]
  • Kevin Doyle on the pitch in 2008.
    Kevin Doyle made 26 appearances for the Republic of Ireland during his time at Reading, making him the club's most capped player.[14][15]
    • Name Position Club career League
    apps    		 League
    goals    		 Total
    apps    		 Total
    goals    		 International career Refs
    Joe Bailey FW ????–1921 186 75 186+ 75+ [16]
    Joe Duckworth GK 1924?–1930? 202 0 202+ 0 —
    Albert Hayhurst DF 1933–1938 237 12 237+ 12+ —
    Billy Wright MF 1933–1938 ? ? 193 5 — [17]
    Tommy Tait FW 1934–1939 144 79 144+ 103 —
    Jimmy Wheeler FW 1948–1964 406 147 453 168 —
    Eddie McLaren DF 1952–1959 184 2 207 3 —
    Ray Reeves DF 1952–1961 284 28 317 32 —
    Maurice Evans MF 1955–1967 407 13 459 16 —
    Dennis Allen FW 1961–1970 336 85 377 95 —
    Colin Meldrum DF 1962–1970 266 8 304 9 —
    Les Chappell MF 1969–1974 201 78 241 90 —
    Gordon Cumming MF 1969–1977 295 51 331 61 —
    Steve Death GK 1969–1982 471 0 537 0 —
    Robin Friday FW 1973–1976 121 46 121+ 53 —
    Ray Hiron FW 1975–1978 92 14 106 14 —
    Gary Peters DF 1975–1979, 1985–1988 256 10 294 12 —
    Paul Bennett DF 1976–1979 105 3 124 3 —
    Richie Bowman MF 1976–1980 194 30 194+ 30+ —
    Mark White DF 1976–1988 278 11 320 13 —
    Jerry Williams MF 1976–1988 309 17 357 17+ —
    Pat Earles FW 1977–1982 247 68 284 85 —
    Alan Lewis DF 1977–1982 149 5 173 7 —
    Martin Hicks DF 1978–1991 500 23 603 26 — [a]
    Mike Kearney FW 1978–1983 145 36 145+ 36+ —
    Lawrie Sanchez MF 1978–1984 262 28 305 31  Northern Ireland
    Steve Wood DF 1979–1987 219 9 251 9 —
    Stuart Beavon MF 1980–1990 396 44 481 55 —
    Kerry Dixon FW 1980–1983 116 51 133 57  England
    Steve Richardson DF 1982–1993 380 3 457 3 —
    Trevor Senior FW 1983–1987, 1988–1992 301 153 362 191 — [b]
    Michael Gilkes MF 1984–1997 393 43 486 52  Barbados
    Steve Francis GK 1987–1993 216 0 259 0 —
    Linden Jones DF 1987–1992 152 8 190 14  Wales
    Steve Moran FW 1987–1991 116 30 143 38  England under-21
    Mick Tait MF 1987–1990 99 9 133 14 —
    Mick Gooding MF 1989–1997 314 26 368 30 — [c]
    Scott Taylor MF 1989–1995 207 24 248 29 —
    Ady Williams DF 1989–1996, 2000–2004 335 18 396 23  Wales
    Stuart Lovell FW 1990–1998 227 58 266 67  Australia
    Keith McPherson DF 1990–1999 271 8 316 9 —
    Kevin Dillon MF 1991–1994 101 4 119 5  England under-21
    Shaka Hislop GK 1992–1995 104 0 126 0  Trinidad and Tobago
    Jeff Hopkins DF 1992–1997 131 3 156 4  Wales
    Jamie Lambert MF 1992–1999 124 16 151 20 —
    Phil Parkinson MF 1992–2003 362 20 425 24 —
    Jimmy Quinn FW 1992–1997 182 71 216 94  Northern Ireland [c]
    Dylan Kerr DF 1993–1996 89 5 104 5 —
    Andy Bernal DF 1994–2000 187 2 224 4  Australia
    Lee Nogan FW 1995–1997 91 26 102 29  Wales
    Martin Williams FW 1995–2000 127 26 156 29 —
    Darren Caskey MF 1996–2001 203 35 232 45  England under-19
    Barry Hunter DF 1996–2001 86 4 100 6  Northern Ireland
    Scott Howie GK 1997–2001 85 0 102 0  Scotland under-21
    Linvoy Primus DF 1997–2000 94 1 113 1 —
    Jim McIntyre FW 1998–2001 100 14 113 16 —
    Graeme Murty DF 1998–2009 306 2 339 2  Scotland
    Nicky Forster FW 1999–2005 187 59 215 67  England under-21
    Phil Whitehead GK 1999–2003 97 0 108 0 —
    Martin Butler FW 2000–2005 103 32 118 36 —
    Jamie Cureton FW 2000–2003 113 51 127 55  England under-18
    Sammy Igoe MF 2000–2003 90 7 105 7 —
    Ricky Newman MF 2000–2005 114 0 137 2 —
    Marcus Hahnemann GK 2001–2009 284 0 303 0  United States
    James Harper MF 2001–2010 316 25 348 26 —
    Andrew Hughes MF 2001–2005 166 18 183 18 —
    John Salako MF 2001–2004 111 13 121 14  England
    Nicky Shorey DF 2001–2008, 2012–2013 284 12 317 13  England
    Ivar Ingimarsson DF 2003–2011 251 11 281 12  Iceland
    Dave Kitson FW 2003–2008, 2009 147 56 160 62 —
    Glen Little MF 2003–2008, 2009 112 6 123 6 —
    Steve Sidwell MF 2003–2007 170 29 187 30  England under-21
    Bobby Convey MF 2004–2009 98 7 112 8  United States
    Ibrahima Sonko DF 2004–2008 127 8 136 8  Senegal
    Kevin Doyle FW 2005–2009 155 55 163 56  Republic of Ireland [d]
    Adam Federici GK 2005–2015 196 1 229 1  Australia
    Brynjar Gunnarsson MF 2005–2013 142 9 163 10  Iceland
    Stephen Hunt MF 2005–2009 156 17 173 21  Republic of Ireland
    Leroy Lita FW 2005–2009 83 20 100 32  England under-21
    Shane Long FW 2005–2011, 2022–2023 204 45 235 56  Republic of Ireland
    Alex Pearce DF 2006–2015 201 14 226 15  Republic of Ireland
    Simon Church FW 2007–2013 104 22 122 24  Wales
    Jem Karacan MF 2007–2015 155 11 175 12 Turkey Turkey A2[19] [e]
    Hal Robson-Kanu MF 2007–2016 197 24 227 30  Wales
    Noel Hunt FW 2008–2013 145 33 162 39  Republic of Ireland
    Jimmy Kébé MF 2008–2013 175 29 190 31  Mali
    Jobi McAnuff MF 2009–2014 189 14 206 16  Jamaica [f]
    Jay Tabb MF 2009–2013 89 0 105 0  Republic of Ireland under-21
    Mikele Leigertwood MF 2010–2014 97 7 109 10  Antigua and Barbuda
    Jordan Obita MF 2010–2020 163 5 191 7  England under-21
    Adam Le Fondre FW 2011–2014 104 39 110 41 —
    Chris Gunter DF 2012–2020 280 2 314 4  Wales
    Garath McCleary MF 2012–2020 242 23 270 27  Jamaica
    Pavel Pogrebnyak FW 2012–2015 94 24 106 28  Russia
    Danny Williams MF 2013–2017 135 13 156 14  United States
    Paul McShane DF 2015–2019 96 3 103 4  Republic of Ireland [g]
    Liam Moore DF 2016–2023 219 8 233 8  Jamaica [h]
    John Swift MF 2016–2022 187 32 202 34  England under-21
    Tyler Blackett DF 2016–2020 110 0 122 0  England under-21
    Yakou Méïté FW 2016–2023 156 42 165 47  Ivory Coast
    Andy Rinomhota MF 2018–2022 125 3 139 4 —
    Omar Richards DF 2017–2021 93 2 104 3  England under-21
    Sone Aluko FW 2017–2021 93 6 102 6  Nigeria
    Andy Yiadom DF 2018– 201 4 208 4  Ghana
    Ovie Ejaria MF 2019, 2019–2020, 2020–2023 124 9 127 9  England under-21
    Michael Morrison DF 2019–2022 108 8 113 8 —
    Lucas João FW 2019–2023 116 42 119 45  Portugal
     Angola
    Tom Holmes DF 2016–2024, 2024 125 1 133 1 —
    Tom McIntyre DF 2016–2024 105 6 117 7  Scotland under-21

    Players with fewer than 100 appearances

    Main articles: List of Reading F.C. players (fewer than 25 appearances) and List of Reading F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

    Notes

    1. ^ Club record appearances.[6]
    2. ^ Club record goals.[6]
    3. ^ a b Joint player-manager 1994–1997.[18]
    4. ^ Most capped Reading player.[15]
    5. ^ Club captain 2014–2015.
    6. ^ Club captain 2011–2014.[20]
    7. ^ Club captain 2015–2019.
    8. ^ Club captain 2019–2022.[21][22]

    References

    1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
    2. ^ "Reading". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Only includes league games.
    3. ^ "Career appearance records". Royals Record. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Includes all players from 1990–91 onwards but also those who made their debut before then and were still playing in 1990–91 and beyond.
    4. ^ "Career goalscoring records". Royals Record. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Includes all players from 1990–91 onwards but also those who made their debut before then and were still playing in 1990–91 and beyond.
    5. ^ "Reading squad stats". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Player stats from earlier seasons available via the drop-down menu.
    6. ^ a b c d "Statistics". Reading F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
    7. ^ "Our members". Reading F.C. Former Players' Association. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
    8. ^ "Home". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Players can be found using the drop-down menus or search function.
    9. ^ "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.
    10. ^ "Murty announces his retirement". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
    11. ^ "Academy graduates". Reading F.C. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
    12. ^ "Long sold by Reading FC to West Brom in record deal". Reading Post. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
    13. ^ "Ingimarsson released by Reading". BBC Sport. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
    14. ^ "Reading internationals". Royals Record. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
    15. ^ a b "Club honours and records". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
    16. ^ "Reading | Club | History | History | Our World War One heroes". Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
    17. ^ Wright Billy Image 1 Bolton 1931, Vintage Footballers
    18. ^ "Managers of Reading F.C". Reading F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
    19. ^ "Jem Paul Karacan" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
    20. ^ "Player profile: Jobi McAnuff". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
    21. ^ "Moore on pride at being new Royals captain". www.readingfc.co.uk.
    22. ^ "CLUB UPDATE - LIAM MOORE RELIEVED OF CAPTAINCY". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
    Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Reading_F.C._players