Richard Brodie (footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English association football player
Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1987
Place of Birth: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Richard Brodie (footballer)
- Richard Jon Brodie (born 8 July 1987) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a striker for Northern Premier League Division One South East club Ilkeston Town.
- He has played in the Football League for Morecambe. Brodie started his career with Whickham and, after being their top scorer in the 2005–06 season, moved to Newcastle Benfield in 2006.
- He signed for York City in January 2007 and finished 2006–07 with one goal and played in the Conference National play-off semi-final.
- He started 2007–08 with only three goals in 2007, but finished the season with 14 goals.
- Early in 2008–09, Brodie was loaned to Barrow and scored four goals during a one-month period.
- He finished the season as York's top scorer with 19 goals and played in their 2009 FA Trophy Final defeat at Wembley Stadium.
- The 2009–10 season saw Brodie play in York's defeat in the 2010 Conference Premier play-off Final at Wembley Stadium and again finish as top scorer, this time with 34 goals.
- He joined Crawley Town in August 2010 for an undisclosed fee, and with them he won the Conference Premier title in 2010–11. He joined Fleetwood Town on a season-long loan for 2011–12, winning a second Conference Premier title in as many seasons.
- Brodie had loan spells with Morecambe and Grimsby Town over 2012–13, and after being released by Crawley joined Gateshead.
- He was loaned out to Hereford United and Southport, joining the latter permanently in 2014.
- Having been Southport's top scorer with 14 goals in 2014–15, Brodie joined Aldershot Town but finished 2015–16 with Stockport County.
- He returned to York in 2016, but was released the following year after a loan spell with Macclesfield Town.
- This was followed by short spells with Boston United and Southport.
- He earned two caps for the England national C team from 2008 to 2009.
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