Description
Richard Paul Wesley Cresswell is an English former professional footballer who played primarily as a striker but could also play as a winger.
Cresswell started his career with York City in their youth system, making his first team debut in 1996. Having scored 19 goals for York in the 1998?99 season he signed for FA Premier League team Sheffield Wednesday in 1999. After their relegation the following year he joined Leicester City of the FA Premier League, but was loaned to First Division side Preston North End in 2001 and played for them in the 2001 Football League First Division play-off Final. He signed for Preston permanently in the summer. He had four full seasons with Preston, scoring a career best 21 goals in the 2004?05 season, which culminated in defeat in the 2005 Football League Championship play-off Final.
He signed for Championship rivals Leeds United in 2005. He had a number of knee injuries while with Leeds and following their relegation to League One in 2007 was signed by Stoke City. With Stoke he won promotion to the Premier League as Championship runners-up, with Cresswell scoring 12 goals in the 2007?08 season. [More at Wikipedia]
Born
September 20th, 1977 in Bridlington (Age 47)
Teams
York City F.C. (2015) | Sheffield United F.C. (2009-2010) | Stoke City F.C. (2007-2010) | Leeds United A.F.C. (2005-2007) | Preston North End F.C. (2001-2005) | Preston North End F.C. (2001) | Leicester City F.C. (2000-2001) | Sheffield Wednesday F.C. (1999-2000) | England national under-21 football team (1999) | York City F.C. (1997) | Mansfield Town F.C. (1997) | York City F.C. (1995-1999) | York City F.C. (1995-1999) | Sheffield United F.C. |
Last Changes
2025/03/25
New Scanned Autograph (Bought/Probably Authentic)
2024/06/05
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)
2023/09/22
New Scanned Autograph (Bought/Probably Authentic (Certified/COA))