Rico Richards Aston Villa Midfielder from Did not Play to

Rico Richards

PL2

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Midfielder

AM Rico Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Rico Dean Scott Richards

27 September 2003

West Bromwich 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

(5 ft 11 in) 1.82 m

Left

Transfer Notes

July 2023: Aged 19, Signed under Unai Emery on a free transfer to join Villa's youth set up from West Bromwich Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

January 2024: Aged 19, Loaned to Stockport County 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for the remainder of the 2023-24 Season.

August 2024: Aged 20, Loaned to Port Vale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for the 2024-25 Season.

June 2025: Aged 20, Released by Villa under Unai Emery

Transfer In

Transfer In:

2023-24

West Bromwich Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Youth

3 July 2023

Unai Emery 🇪🇸

Transfer Out

Transfer Out:

2024-25

Port Vale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Free

30 June 2025

Unai Emery 🇪🇸

Previous Clubs

Rico Richards

Previous Clubs:

-2023 West Bromwich Albion Youth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Peak Villa

Rico Richards

PL2

Career Progression

Rico Richards

2023-25 Aston Villa u21s

Reserve & Youth

Rico Richards

Attacking Midfield

2024-25 PL2 🕒 2 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
2023-24 PL2 🕒 8 | ✅ 8 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |

2023-24 PL Cup 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |

2023-24 EFL Trophy 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |

2023-24 B’ham Senior Cup 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |

Honours

Rico Richards

2023-24 B’ham Senior Cup Winner

Loans Out

Rico Richards

Loans Out:

2024 Stockport County 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
18 Jan 2024 to 31 May 2024
League Two, 🕒 9 | ✅ 8 | 🔁 (1) | ⚽ 0 |

2024-25 Port Vale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
30 Aug 2024 to 30 Jun 2025
League Two, 🕒 32 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 (23) | ⚽ 4 |