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Richie Baker (English footballer)

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Full name
  
Richard Peter Baker

Current team
  
AFC Fylde

Playing position
  
Midfielder


Height
  
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Place of birth
  
Burnley, England

Name
  
Richie Baker

Richie Baker (English footballer)

Date of birth
  
(1987-12-29) 29 December 1987 (age 27)

Richard Peter Baker (born 29 December 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder.

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Manchester United

Richie began his career in the highly successful Manchester United Academy, where he played as a right-back, and was understudy to Danny Simpson, which somewhat restricted Baker to much playing time, he also played alongside the likes of Gerard Piqué, Fraizer Campbell and Giuseppe Rossi, during his time at Old Trafford.

Preston North End

Following the decision by Manchester United to release Baker, he joined Football League Championship side Preston North End as a trainee, but failed to make a breakthrough into the first team and was released at the end of the 2005–06 season.

Bury

Baker went to join Bury, and made his full debut in the League Cup victory over Sunderland playing as a central midfielder, and after that game established himself as a first-team regular, scoring six goals in 107 appearances.

Oxford United

Richie joined Oxford United at the start of the 2010-11 season, but failed to win a regular place in the team.

Barrow

He left Oxford United on 4 January 2011 when his contract expired. Baker then signed for Barrow on 15 February 2011, making his debut against Mansfield Town four days later. In May 2011, he was offered a new contract by Barrow. Baker became a major part of the Barrow team for the subsequent two seasons. However, he left when they were relegated in May 2013.

Tamworth

Baker joined Tamworth on 24 May 2013.

Stockport County

Baker signed for Conference North side Stockport County on 3 August 2014, following some impressive displays whilst on trial, in particular scoring a brace in a pre-season friendly against Conference National side Macclesfield Town

AFC Fylde

Baker signed for Conference North side AFC Fylde on 13 March 2015. He made his debut the next day in a 2-2 draw at local rivals Chorley. On 11 May 2017, it was announced that Baker would leave Fylde upon the expiry of his current deal in June 2017.

FC United of Manchester

In July 2017 he signed for FC United of Manchester. He left the club on 2 September by mutual consent.

References

Richie Baker (English footballer) Wikipedia