Caleb Joel Richards (born 8 September 1998) is an English

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who plays as a defender for club

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Club career

Blackpool

After being club youth team captain he signed professional terms in May 2017. He made his first-team debut for Blackpool in the

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in a second round match against Wigan Athletic. After his appearance in an

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match against Middlesbrough's Under 21 team where Blackpool won 4–1, he was shortlisted for the competition's player of the round. He was released by the club at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Loans

Whilst at Blackpool he had four loan spells at other clubs. He joined Marine on loan in November 2016. At the beginning of the 2017–18 season he joined Warrington Town on loan with the loan being extended in October. He then spent time on loan at

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, joining them in December 2017. In March 2018 he joined Leek Town with the spell being extended until the end of the season.

Norwich City

After being released by Blackpool he joined

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as a member of the club's Under 23 development team in the summer of 2018. He started ten matches for the development team before going out on loan at the end of November.

Loans

On 30 November he joined

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on loan. He made his debut for the club on 1 December in match against York City. On 4 February 2019, Richards joined the

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on loan. On 31 January 2020, Richards joined

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side

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil, a town in Somerset, England, with a council named Yeovil Town * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town W.F.C., an English women's football team affiliated with Yeovil T ...

on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season. He joined

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team competes in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system. Formed in ...

on loan in September 2020.

Kidderminster Harriers

On 18 March 2021, Richards completed a permanent move to

following the end of his loan spell with the club. Caleb soon became a fan favourite with the Harriers, having played every minute of every match, bar one for Harriers in the first two seasons. This included a consecutive 90 minutes played on 69 occasions for the young full-back. His performances were duly noted at Aggbourough – he ended 2021/22 as the Young Player of the Season and Players' Player of the Season. On 23 May 2023, he signed a new 2 year deal following the clubs promotion to the

Woking

On 24 June 2025, it was announced that Richards would join

on a one-year deal following his release from Kidderminster Harriers.

Career statistics

Honours

Kidderminster Harriers *

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play-offs: 2022-23

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Caleb 1998 births Living people Blackpool F.C. players Southport F.C. players Marine A.F.C. players Warrington Town F.C. players Leek Town F.C. players Norwich City F.C. players F.C. United of Manchester players Tampa Bay Rowdies players Yeovil Town F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players Woking F.C. players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Salford Northern Premier League players National League (English football) players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States English expatriate sportspeople in the United States English men's footballers English expatriate men's footballers USL Championship players 21st-century English sportsmen