Neil Ruddock
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Neil "Razor" Ruddock (born 9 May 1968) is an English former professional footballer and television personality who is a club director at Enfield.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1968-05-09) 9 May 1968 (age 55) | ||
Place of birth | Wandsworth, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Enfield (director) | ||
Youth career | |||
1984–1986 | Millwall | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1986 | Millwall | 0 | (0) |
1986–1988 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | (0) |
1988–1989 | Millwall | 2 | (1) |
1989–1992 | Southampton | 107 | (9) |
1992–1993 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | (3) |
1993–1998 | Liverpool | 115 | (11) |
1998 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 7 | (0) |
1998–2000 | West Ham United | 42 | (2) |
2000–2001 | Crystal Palace | 20 | (2) |
2001–2003 | Swindon Town | 15 | (1) |
2015 | Wellingborough Whitworth | 0 | (0) |
Total | 355 | (29) | |
International career | |||
1989 | England U21 | 4 | (0) |
1994 | England B | 1 | (0) |
1994 | England | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
As a player he was a central defender from 1986 to 2003, and was voted the 17th "hardest footballer of all time".[2][3] He made his debut at Millwall, having been associated with the club since the age of 13, and also represented Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Liverpool, West Ham United, Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers and Swindon Town during a professional career spanning 17 years. He was capped once by England, in 1994.
Ruddock came out of retirement in 2015, aged 46, to play for United Counties League side Wellingborough Whitworth. He has since appeared on a variety of television shows including I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and Celebrity MasterChef.