Ricky Hill

Football player infobox
playername= Ricky Hill
fullname = Ricky Anthony Hill
height =
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dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1959|3|3|mf=y
cityofbirth = Paddington,London
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Retired
position = Midfield
years = 1976-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1992
clubs = Luton Town Le Havre AC Leicester City Tampa Bay Rowdies Chertsey Town F.C. Cocoa Expos
caps(goals) = 436 (54) 020 0(1) 016 0(1)
nationalyears = 1982-1986
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 0(0)
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Ricky Hill is a former English footballer, coach and manager. He was born in Paddington on 5 March 1959.

Playing career

Ricky made 436 League appearances for Luton Town, scoring 54 goals in the process, from 1975 to 1988. He earned 3 full England caps during this time. In 1988 he moved on a free transfer to French club Le Havre.

In 1990 he transferred to Leicester City for £100,000, rejoining David Pleat for a brief spell, before heading abroad to be player/coach with the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the US. As a player-coach where he took them to two national championships and was named 1992 'Coach of the Year' and named in the APSL (American Professional Soccer League) All-Star team.

On his return to England, Ricky had a brief spell as a player with non-league Chertsey Town.

He returned to the US for two seasons at Cocoa Expos before going into coaching full-time back in England.

Coaching career

In 1996, he was appointed the youth team coach (under-19) at Sheffield Wednesday again by David Pleat. He then had a spell coaching youth (under-17) at Tottenham Hotspur.

In July 2000 he was named manager of Luton, but unfortunately the team did not perform well and he was relieved of his duties in November.

Ricky spent two years as a footballers' agent before getting back into coaching with Trinidad & Tobago side San Juan Jabloteh. He was voted the 2003 T&T Pro League Coach of the Year after leading Jabloteh to a successful defence of the league title and also captured the FCB Cup. Under Hill, Jabloteh also became Caribbean football champions for the first time in 2003 and they also reached the quarter-final stage of the CONCACAF Club Championship in his first year as coach. Ricky left Trinidad and Tobago in 2004 to return to England.

Ricky now is trying to coach his son Shane Hill who is on trial at Luton Town.

References

* [http://www.lutontown.premiumtv.co.uk/page/GreatHattersDetail/0,,10372~76720,00.html] at www.lutontown.premiumtv.co.uk
* [http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Archive/?pf=p&i=3508&searchname=Hill&
] at www.thefa.com
* [http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1992/stats92.htm] at a-leaguearchive.tripod.com