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Bruce Rioch

Squad: A Squad
DOB: 06/09/1947

Statistics

Caps 24
Goals 6

Biography

As a player Bruce Rioch made more than 550 appearances in the Football League and represented Scotland in 24 matches as the first Scottish captain to be born in England. As a manager, he has taken charge of clubs in England, the United States, and Denmark.

Rioch was born in Aldershot, Hampshire. He made his his league debut for Luton in November 1964 in a 1–0 defeat at home to Southend United. He became a regular member of the Luton team, scoring 24 goals and won the Fourth Division title in 1968. He moved to Aston Villa in July 1969 for a fee of £100,000, then a record fee paid by a Second Division side. He won a League Cup runners' up medal in 1971, Villa losing 2–0 to Tottenham Hotspur.

He moved to Derby County in February 1974, winning a League Championship medal. He joined Everton in December 1976, but returned to Derby County in September 1977. After a dispute with the Derby manager, Tommy Docherty, Rioch had brief loan spells with Birmingham City in December 1978 and with Sheffield United in March 1979. He then left the Baseball Ground to play for NASL side Seattle Sounders. While playing with Seattle Sounders in 1980 he was named to the NASL First Team All-Stars.He returned to England in October 1980 when he joined Torquay United as player-coach, working at first under Mike Green and then under Frank O'Farrell.

Caps: All Levels

Match Appearances

A Squad Matches
Goals
Cards

All

11/06/1978
netherlands 2 - 3 scotland
03/06/1978
peru 3 - 1 scotland
20/05/1978
scotland 0 - 1 england
13/05/1978
scotland 1 - 1 northern ireland
21/09/1977
scotland 3 - 1 czechoslovakia
23/06/1977
brazil 2 - 0 scotland
15/06/1977
chile 2 - 4 scotland
04/06/1977
england 1 - 2 scotland
01/06/1977
scotland 3 - 0 northern ireland
28/05/1977
wales 0 - 0 scotland
17/11/1976
scotland 1 - 0 wales
13/10/1976
czechoslovakia 2 - 0 scotland
08/09/1976
scotland 6 - 0 finland
'7
15/05/1976
scotland 2 - 1 england
08/05/1976
scotland 3 - 0 northern ireland
06/05/1976
scotland 3 - 1 wales
'44
17/12/1975
scotland 1 - 1 romania
'40
29/10/1975
scotland 3 - 1 denmark
'58
03/09/1975
denmark 0 - 1 scotland
01/06/1975
romania 1 - 1 scotland
24/05/1975
england 5 - 1 scotland
'44
20/05/1975
scotland 3 - 0 northern ireland
17/05/1975
wales 2 - 2 scotland
'61
13/05/1975
scotland 1 - 0 portugal

Debut Match

scotland 1 - 0 portugal
13/05/1975

Last Match

netherlands 2 - 3 scotland
11/06/1978

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