Richard Offiong

Football player infobox
playername = Richard Offiong


fullname = Richard Offiong
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|12|17
cityofbirth = South Shields
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=11
currentclub = Hamilton Academical
clubnumber = 9
position = Striker
youthyears = 1999–2002
youthclubs = Newcastle United
years = 2002–2004
2002–2003
2003
2004
2004
2005
2005
2005–2006
2006–
clubs = Newcastle United
→Darlington (loan)
→Motherwell (loan)
→York City (loan)
İstanbulspor
Patro Maasmechelen
Chunnam Dragons
Doncaster Rovers
Hamilton Academical
caps(goals) = 00 0(0)
07 0(2)
09 0(0)
04 0(0)
01 0(0)
15 0(5)
01 0(0)
05 0(0)
67 (33)
nationalyears = 2002
nationalteam = England U20
nationalcaps(goals) = 03 0(0)
pcupdate = 15:43, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 19:57, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Richard Offiong (born 17 December, 1983 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear) is an English football striker, currently playing for Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Premier League.

Career

Offiong started his career with Newcastle United as a youth but never made a first team appearance for the club. During his time at Newcastle, Offiong was capped by England at Under-20 level and loaned out three times. His first loan out was at Darlington in November 2002 on a two month loan.cite news
title = Offiong agrees loan switch
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2530683.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2002-11-30
accessdate = 2007-11-24] cite news
title = Offiong decision due
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2686737.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2003-01-23
accessdate = 2007-11-24] Darlington decided not to extend his loan spell for a third month in February.cite news
title = Offiong returns to Magpies
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/darlington/2705425.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2003-02-13
accessdate = 2007-11-24] He scored four goals in nine league appearances for the club.cite web
title = Richard Offiong
url = http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=34174
publisher = Soccerbase
accessdate = 2007-11-24]

He was then sent out on loan to Motherwell in January 2003 for the rest of the 2003–04 season,cite news
title = Well make double swoop
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/2714685.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2003-01-31
accessdate = 2007-11-24] where he made nine appearances from the substitutes bench. He joined York City on a month's loan in March 2004 and made four appearances.cite news
title = Brass makes double swoop
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/york_city/3507720.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2004-03-13
accessdate = 2007-11-24] He left Newcastle at the end of the season. During 2004 to 2005 Offiong had some brief spells abroad in the likes of Turkey, South Korea, and Belgium.

Offiong joined Doncaster Rovers on a free transfer but was limited to only 5 appearances at the club and subsequently left at the end of the season.

He joined Hamilton Academical in 2006. He signed a contract to keep him at the club until May 2009 in November 2006.cite news
title = Hamilton pair agree new contracts
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hamilton_academical/6111076.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2006-11-02
accessdate = 2007-11-24] He was named player of the month for August 2007.cite news
title = Irn Bru rewards Reid and Offiong
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hamilton_academical/7007341.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-09-21
accessdate = 2007-11-24]

Offiong netted his first senior hat-trick when Hamilton ran out 3-0 winners at New Douglas Park against Dunfermline Athletic on February 9, 2008. This was also his fifth goal in three games against the former SPL side.

Hamilton Accies secured promotion to the Scottish Premier League at the end of a hard-fought season. He made his Scottish Premier League debut in a 3–1 victory against Dundee United and scored his first SPL goal with the winner in a 1–0 win against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.cite news
title = Hamilton Accies 3-1 Dundee United
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/7550065.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2008-08-11
accessdate = 2008-08-17] cite news
title = Inverness CT 0-1 Hamilton Accies
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/7561727.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2008-08-16
accessdate = 2008-08-17]

Honours

Hamilton Academical
*Scottish Football League First Division: 2007-08

References

External links

*soccerbase|id=34174|name=Richard Offiong

Persondata
NAME = Offiong, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Offiong, Richard
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 1983-12-17
PLACE OF BIRTH = South Shields, England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =