Ricky Shakes

Football player infobox
playername = Ricky Shakes


fullname = Ricky Ulric Shakes
nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=10
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|1|25
cityofbirth = Brixton
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Ebbsfleet United
clubnumber =
position = Right wing
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2004–2005
2005
2005
2005–2007
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Bolton Wanderers
→ Bristol Rovers (loan)
→ Bury (loan)
Swindon Town
Brentford
Ebbsfleet United
caps(goals) = 00 (0)
01 (0)
07 (2)
69 (5)
39 (3)
011 (1)
nationalyears = 2006–
nationalteam = Trinidad & Tobago
nationalcaps(goals) = 01 (0)
pcupdate = 18:56, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Ricky Ulric Shakes (born January 25, 1985 in Brixton) is an English football player who plays for Ebbsfleet United as a right winger. He made over 110 appearances in Football League between 2005 and 2008.

Career

Shakes began his career at Bolton Wanderers in 2004,cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=37683|title=Ricky Shakes |work=Soccerbase|publisher=Racing Post|accessdate=2008-07-12] and made his debut in an FA Cup third-round replay against Tranmere Rovers in January 2004, scoring a last-minute equaliser to take the match into extra time. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3385123.stm|title=Bolton 1-2 Tranmere|date=2004-01-13|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-12] He made no league appearances for Bolton, and after spells on loan with Bristol Rovers and Bury, joined Swindon Town in July 2005.cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/4094774.stm |title=Swindon close to signing Shakes |date=2005-06-15|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-12] Shakes made almost 70 league appearances in two seasons at Swindon, and during the 2005–06 season, made his international debut, coming on as a half-time substitute for Trinidad and Tobago in a 2–0 victory against Iceland in March 2006.cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/4763376.stm| title=Swindon winger makes T&T debut |date=2006-03-01|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-12]

Shakes was released by Swindon at the end of the 2006–07 season,cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/6664661.stm|title=Swindon release Shakes & Weston |date=2007-05-17|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-12] and joined Brentford in August 2007 after training with the club during the summer.cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brentford/6972149.stm| title=Shakes in as Brooker leaves Bees|date=2007-08-31|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-12] He scored a late goal on his debut in September 2007 to give Brentford victory at Bury, [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/6963599.stm|title=Bury 1-2 Brentford |date=2007-09-01|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-12] and made 39 league appearances, before being released at the end of the 2007–08 season.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brentford/7390928.stm|title=Brentford plan two out and two in |date=2008-05-08|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-12] He joined Conference National club Ebbsfleet United in July 2008.cite news | title = Ebbsfleet recruit winger Shakes | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gravesend_and_northfleet/7500086.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2008-07-10 | accessdate = 2008-07-10]

References

External links

*Soccerbase|37683|Ricky Shakes