![]() Richards with the United States U20 in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Christopher Jeffrey Richards[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | March 28, 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Birmingham, Alabama, United States | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Center-back, defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Crystal Palace | |||||||||||||||||||
Number | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Texans SC Houston | |||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | FC Dallas | |||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | → Bayern Munich (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Bayern Munich II | 38 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Bayern Munich | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2021 | → TSG Hoffenheim (loan) | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → TSG Hoffenheim (loan) | 19 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
2022– | Crystal Palace | 38 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | United States U20 | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
2019 | United States U23 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2020– | United States | 21 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 1, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 1, 2024 |
Christopher Jeffrey Richards (born March 28, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back or defensive midfielder for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the United States national team.
A youth player for FC Dallas in his home country, Richards began his professional career with Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, initially playing for the club's reserve team. After loan spells at 1899 Hoffenheim, he was signed by Crystal Palace in 2022.
A former youth player for his country, Richards received his first senior call-up for the United States in 2020, winning the CONCACAF Nations League in 2023 after scoring in the final.