Steven James Rigg (born 30 June 1992) is an English

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who last played as a

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for

Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. Loca ...

. Rigg has previously played for Keswick, Penrith,

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, Queen of the South and

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

in two spells with the club.

Career

Rigg began his senior career with

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club Penrith. Rigg had previously represented Keswick at youth level. Whilst at Penrith, Rigg was employed as a forester at the

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. In July 2014, Rigg signed for

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club

on a one-year professional contract. Rigg signed after a two-week trial period. He debuted in

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on 4 October 2014 and also scored in a 3–0 win over

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

. On 13 November 2014, Rigg signed a new one-year deal keeping him at the club until the summer of 2016. On 26 November 2015, Rigg signed for

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Premier club

until January 2016. Rigg was stretchered off on his debut for Barrow, after coming on as a substitute. Rigg suffered ligament damage which was detected after his injured ankle was

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ed at Kendal Hospital and his loan spell was subsequently cut short. Rigg was released by Carlisle and signed for

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club Queen of the South of the

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when his contract expired at the end of June 2016. Rigg's contract at ''Queens'' wasn't renewed during May 2017, so he released after one season. On 12 October 2017, Rigg rejoined the ''Cumbrians'' on a short-term contract after being given training facilities with the

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club to regain his fitness after suffering from a long-term injury whilst playing for the ''Doonhamers''. In June 2019 he moved from

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Dover Athletic Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 198 ...

. Following's Dover's decision to not play any more matches in the 2020–21 season, made in late January, and subsequent null and voiding of all results, on 5 May 2021 it was announced that Rigg was out of contract and had left the club. On 4 July 2021, he signed for

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Division One West side

, rejoining the club where he had a loan spell in 2014.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rigg, Steven 1992 births Living people People from Keswick, Cumbria English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Penrith A.F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Chorley F.C. players Workington A.F.C. players Gateshead F.C. players Dover Athletic F.C. players Northern Football League players English Football League players National League (English football) players Scottish Professional Football League players Northern Premier League players Footballers from Cumbria