Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Richard Paul Wesley Cresswell (born 20 September 1977) is an English former footballer who played primarily as a striker but could also play as a winger.Cresswell started his career with York City in their youth system, making his first team debut in 1996. Having scored 19 goals for York in the 1998–99 season he signed for FA Premier League team Sheffield Wednesday in 1999. After their relegation the following year he joined Leicester City of the FA Premier League, but was loaned to First Division side Preston North End in 2001 and played for them in the 2001 Football League First Division play-off Final. He signed for Preston permanently in the summer. He had four full seasons with Preston, scoring a career best 21 goals in the 2004–05 season, which culminated in defeat in the 2005 Football League Championship play-off Final.He signed for Championship rivals Leeds United in 2005. He had a number of knee injuries while with Leeds and following their relegation to League One in 2007 was signed by Stoke City. With Stoke he won promotion to the Premier League as Championship runners-up, with Cresswell scoring 12 goals in the 2007–08 season. He spent one full season in the Premier League with Stoke before signing for Championship side Sheffield United on loan in 2009, before signing permanently in 2010. United were relegated to League One in 2011, and Cresswell played in their defeat in the 2012 Football League One play-off Final. He was made player-coach at the club in 2012 before rejoining his first club York City in 2013, initially on loan.. }
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- Richard_Cresswell abstract "Richard Paul Wesley Cresswell (born 20 September 1977) is an English former footballer who played primarily as a striker but could also play as a winger.Cresswell started his career with York City in their youth system, making his first team debut in 1996. Having scored 19 goals for York in the 1998–99 season he signed for FA Premier League team Sheffield Wednesday in 1999. After their relegation the following year he joined Leicester City of the FA Premier League, but was loaned to First Division side Preston North End in 2001 and played for them in the 2001 Football League First Division play-off Final. He signed for Preston permanently in the summer. He had four full seasons with Preston, scoring a career best 21 goals in the 2004–05 season, which culminated in defeat in the 2005 Football League Championship play-off Final.He signed for Championship rivals Leeds United in 2005. He had a number of knee injuries while with Leeds and following their relegation to League One in 2007 was signed by Stoke City. With Stoke he won promotion to the Premier League as Championship runners-up, with Cresswell scoring 12 goals in the 2007–08 season. He spent one full season in the Premier League with Stoke before signing for Championship side Sheffield United on loan in 2009, before signing permanently in 2010. United were relegated to League One in 2011, and Cresswell played in their defeat in the 2012 Football League One play-off Final. He was made player-coach at the club in 2012 before rejoining his first club York City in 2013, initially on loan.".