Paul Rideout

Paul Rideout
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-08-14) 14 August 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Bournemouth, England
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Sereno Soccer Club (Club coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1983 Swindon Town 95 (38)
1983–1985 Aston Villa 54 (19)
1985–1988 Bari 99 (23)
1988–1991 Southampton 75 (19)
1990–1991Swindon Town (loan) 9 (1)
1991 Notts County 11 (3)
1992 Rangers 12 (1)
1992–1997 Everton 112 (29)
1997 Qianwei Huandao 18 (2)
1998–1999 Kansas City Wizards 27 (4)
1999 Chongqing Longxin 26 (2)
2000 Shenzhen Pingan 10 (0)
2000–2002 Tranmere Rovers 46 (6)
Total 594 (147)
International career
1982–1983 England Youth 7 (1)
1984–1986 England U21 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Rideout (born 14 August 1964) is an English former professional footballer and youth team coach of Major League Soccer side Sporting Kansas City.[1]

As a player, he was a striker from 1980 until 2002, notably in the Premier League with Everton where he scored the winning goal in the 1995 FA Cup final against Manchester United at Wembley Stadium. He also played in his native land for Swindon Town, Aston Villa, Southampton, Notts County and Tranmere Rovers. During his career he also spent time in Italy, Scotland, China and the United States with Bari, Rangers, Qianwei Huandao, Chongqing Huandao, Shenzhen Jianlibao and Kansas City Wizards. He was capped 6 times by England U21, scoring one goal. He later moved into coaching and worked back with the Kansas City Wizards across their youth academy.

  1. ^ Kathleen Gier (7 August 2014). "Johnson County area youth soccer teams reach elite heights". kansascity.com. Retrieved 24 March 2018.