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My Take
Micah Richards burst onto the scene at Manchester City so young that I think we forgot he was supposed to become England's right-back for a decade. Injuries and the club's sudden wealth crowded him out, and there's a quiet tragedy in that 245-appearance City run ending with a Premier League title he barely got to enjoy. But honestly, his second act as a pundit is where he found his real calling. That booming laugh and disarming honesty made him the best thing on punditry sofas. He turned a stalled playing career into something genuinely warm, and that takes a different kind of nerve.
Overview
Micah Lincoln Richards (born 24 June 1988) is an English football pundit and former professional player who played as a right-back. Richards began his senior career with Manchester City and made 245 appearances across all competitions in ten seasons, winning a Premier League title and an FA Cup. After a season on loan at Fiorentina in Italy's Serie A, he joined Aston Villa in 2015.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Micah Richards
- Name (Japanese)
- マイカ・リチャーズ
- Reading
- まいか・りちゃーず
- Born
- June 24, 1988 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Dragon
- Origin
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 180 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Wetherby High School
- University
- Loreto College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.