List of Reading F.C. players

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

Key

• Appearances are accurate up to, and including the match played on 3 January 2015.
• 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

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Graeme Murty spent eleven years at the club and captained the side to the Championship title in 2006.^[10]

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.

Signed in 2005 for £30,000, Shane Long scored 54 goals in six seasons before joining West Bromwich Albion for £6m.^[12]

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 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 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
Duckworth, JoeJoe Duckworth	GK	1924?–1930?	202	0	?	?	—
Hayhurst, AlbertAlbert Hayhurst	DF	1933–1938	237	12	?	?	—
Tait, TommyTommy Tait	FW	1934–1939	144	79	?	103	—
Wheeler, JimmyJimmy Wheeler	FW	1948–1964	406	147	453	168	—
Reeves, RayRay Reeves	DF	1952–1961	284	28	317	32	—
Evans, MauriceMaurice Evans	MF	1955–1967	407	13	459	16	—
Allen, DennisDennis Allen	FW	1961–1970	336	85	377	95	—
Meldrum, ColinColin Meldrum	DF	1962–1970	266	8	304	9	—
Chappell, LesLes Chappell	MF	1969–1974	201	78	241	90	—
Cumming, GordonGordon Cumming	MF	1969–1977	295	51	331	61	—
Death, SteveSteve Death	GK	1969–1982	471	0	537	0	—
Friday, RobinRobin Friday	FW	1973–1976	121	46	?	53	—
Hiron, RayRay Hiron	FW	1975–1978	92	14	106	14	—
Peters, GaryGary Peters	DF	1975–1979, 1985–1988	256	10	294	12	—
Bennett, PaulPaul Bennett	DF	1976–1979	105	3	124	3	—
Bowman, RichieRichie Bowman	MF	1976–1980	194	30	?	?	—
White, MarkMark White	DF	1976–1988	278	11	320	13	—
Williams, JerryJerry Williams	MF	1976–1988	309	17	357	?	—
Earles, PatPat Earles	FW	1977–1982	247	68	284	85	—
Lewis, AlanAlan Lewis	DF	1977–1982	149	5	173	7	—
Hicks, MartinMartin Hicks	DF	1978–1991	500	23	603	26	—	[lower-alpha 1]
Kearney, MikeMike Kearney	FW	1978–1983	145	36	?	?	—
Sanchez, LawrieLawrie Sanchez	MF	1978–1984	262	28	305	31	Northern Ireland
Wood, SteveSteve Wood	DF	1979–1987	219	9	251	9	—
Beavon, StuartStuart Beavon	MF	1980–1990	396	44	481	55	—
Dixon, KerryKerry Dixon	FW	1980–1983	116	51	133	57	England
Richardson, SteveSteve Richardson	DF	1982–1993	380	3	457	3	—
Senior, TrevorTrevor Senior	FW	1983–1987, 1988–1992	301	153	362	191	—	[lower-alpha 2]
Gilkes, MichaelMichael Gilkes	MF	1984–1997	393	43	486	52	Barbados
Francis, SteveSteve Francis	GK	1987–1993	216	0	259	0	—
Jones, LindenLinden Jones	DF	1987–1992	152	8	190	14	Wales
Moran, SteveSteve Moran	FW	1987–1991	116	30	143	38	England under-21
Tait, MickMick Tait	MF	1987–1990	99	9	133	14	—
Gooding, MickMick Gooding	MF	1989–1997	314	26	368	30	—	[lower-alpha 3]
Taylor, ScottScott Taylor	MF	1989–1995	207	24	248	29	—
Williams, AdyAdy Williams	DF	1989–1996, 2000–2004	335	18	396	23	Wales
Lovell, StuartStuart Lovell	FW	1990–1998	227	58	266	67	Australia
McPherson, KeithKeith McPherson	DF	1990–1999	271	8	316	9	—
Dillon, KevinKevin Dillon	MF	1991–1994	101	4	119	5	England under-21
Hislop, ShakaShaka Hislop	GK	1992–1995	104	0	126	0	Trinidad and Tobago
Hopkins, JeffJeff Hopkins	DF	1992–1997	131	3	156	4	Wales
Lambert, JamieJamie Lambert	MF	1992–1999	124	16	151	20	—
Parkinson, PhilPhil Parkinson	MF	1992–2003	362	20	425	24	—
Quinn, JimmyJimmy Quinn	FW	1992–1997	182	71	216	94	Northern Ireland	[lower-alpha 3]
Kerr, DylanDylan Kerr	DF	1993–1996	89	5	104	5	—
Bernal, AndyAndy Bernal	DF	1994–2000	187	2	224	4	Australia
Nogan, LeeLee Nogan	FW	1995–1997	91	26	102	29	Wales
Williams, MartinMartin Williams	FW	1995–2000	127	26	156	29	—
Caskey, DarrenDarren Caskey	MF	1996–2001	203	35	232	45	England under-19
Hunter, BarryBarry Hunter	DF	1996–2001	86	4	100	6	Northern Ireland
Howie, ScottScott Howie	GK	1997–2001	85	0	102	0	Scotland under-21
Primus, LinvoyLinvoy Primus	DF	1997–2000	94	1	113	1	—
McIntyre, JimJim McIntyre	FW	1998–2001	100	14	113	16	—
Murty, GraemeGraeme Murty	DF	1998–2009	306	2	339	2	Scotland
Forster, NickyNicky Forster	FW	1999–2005	186	59	214	67	England under-21
Whitehead, PhilPhil Whitehead	GK	1999–2003	97	0	108	0	—
Butler, MartinMartin Butler	FW	2000–2005	103	32	118	36	—
Cureton, JamieJamie Cureton	FW	2000–2003	113	51	127	55	England under-18
Igoe, SammySammy Igoe	MF	2000–2003	90	7	105	7	—
Newman, RickyRicky Newman	MF	2000–2005	114	0	137	2	—
Hahnemann, MarcusMarcus Hahnemann	GK	2001–2009	284	0	303	0	United States
Harper, JamesJames Harper	MF	2001–2010	316	25	348	26	—
Hughes, AndrewAndrew Hughes	MF	2001–2005	166	18	183	18	—
Salako, JohnJohn Salako	MF	2001–2004	111	13	121	14	England
Shorey, NickyNicky Shorey	DF	2001–2008, 2012–2013	284	12	317	13	England
Ingimarsson, IvarIvar Ingimarsson	DF	2003–2011	251	11	281	12	Iceland
Kitson, DaveDave Kitson	FW	2003–2008, 2009	147	56	160	62	—
Little, GlenGlen Little	MF	2003–2008, 2009	112	6	123	6	—
Sidwell, SteveSteve Sidwell	MF	2003–2007	170	29	187	30	England under-21
Convey, BobbyBobby Convey	MF	2004–2009	98	7	112	8	United States
Sonko, IbrahimaIbrahima Sonko	DF	2004–2008	127	8	136	8	Senegal
Doyle, KevinKevin Doyle	FW	2005–2009	155	55	163	56	Republic of Ireland	[lower-alpha 4]
Federici, AdamAdam Federici	GK	2005–2015	196	1	229	1	Australia
Gunnarsson, BrynjarBrynjar Gunnarsson	MF	2005–2013	142	9	163	10	Iceland
Hunt, StephenStephen Hunt	MF	2005–2009	156	17	173	21	Republic of Ireland
Lita, LeroyLeroy Lita	FW	2005–2009	83	20	100	32	England under-21
Long, ShaneShane Long	FW	2005–2011	174	44	203	54	Republic of Ireland
Pearce, AlexAlex Pearce	DF	2006–2015	201	14	226	15	Republic of Ireland
Church, SimonSimon Church	FW	2007–2013	104	22	122	24	Wales
Karacan, JemJem Karacan	MF	2007–2015	155	11	175	12	Turkey A2	[17]
Robson-Kanu, HalHal Robson-Kanu	MF	2007–	196	24	226	30	Wales
Hunt, NoelNoel Hunt	FW	2008–2013	145	33	162	39	Republic of Ireland
Kébé, JimmyJimmy Kébé	MF	2008–2013	175	29	190	31	Mali
McAnuff, JobiJobi McAnuff	MF	2009–2014	189	14	206	16	Jamaica	[lower-alpha 5]
Tabb, JayJay Tabb	MF	2009–2013	89	0	105	0	Republic of Ireland under-21
Leigertwood, MikeleMikele Leigertwood	MF	2010–2014	97	7	109	10	Antigua and Barbuda
Obita, JordanJordan Obita	MF	2010–	99	1	115	1	England under-21
le Fondre, AdamAdam le Fondre	FW	2011–2014	104	39	110	41	—
Gunter, ChrisChris Gunter	DF	2012–	139	0	159	2	Wales
McCleary, GarathGarath McCleary	MF	2012–	126	13	141	17	Jamaica
Pogrebnyak, PavelPavel Pogrebnyak	FW	2012–2015	94	24	106	28	Russia
Blackman, NickNick Blackman	FW	2013–2016	103	18	113	22	—
Williams, DannyDanny Williams	MF	2013–	88	9	103	10	United States

Players with fewer than 100 appearances

Notes

1. Club record appearances.^[6]
2. Club record goals.^[6]
3. Joint player-manager 1994–1997.^[16]
4. Most capped Reading player.^[15]
5. Club captain 2011–2014.^[18]

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. "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. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
14. "Reading internationals". Royals Record. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
15. "Club honours and records". Reading F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
16. "Managers of Reading F.C". Reading F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
17. "Jem Paul Karacan" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
18. "Player profile: Jobi McAnuff". Reading F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2013.