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Joshua Risdon

19 Defender
biography-icon Biography

Risdon’s Glory story began in 2008 when he entered the club’s youth set-up having previously impressed while at ECU Joondalup (now Perth RedStar) and the NTC.

His senior debut arrived during the 2010/11 campaign and he would go on to make the right-back spot his own for the next six seasons, playing 142 games to move into fourth place in Glory’s all-time A-League appearances list.

Senior international recognition arrived in 2015 with a debut against Bangladesh at HBF Park and he would go on to feature in each of the Socceroos’ three group games at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

The defender spent two seasons with Western Sydney Wanderers after leaving Glory in 2017 before moving on to Western United where he subsequently became club captain.

Risdon played 20 or more games in four of his five seasons with the Victorian side and was a key figure in their surprise 2022 A-League Championship triumph.

He has now made a total of 260 A-League appearances and could break Glory’s all-time A-League appearances record in the 2024/25 A-League campaign.

Height

167

Weight

70

Age

32

Born

Bunbury
Overview
General

17

Games Played

1344

Time Played

14

Starts

4

Substitute Off

Defence

47

Total Clearances

7

Blocks

25

Interceptions

Tackles

62.0%

Success Rate

Duels

59.3%

Success Rate

Areial Dual

61.8%

Success Rate

Distribution

Passes

72.0%

Success Rate

650

Total passes

468

Successful passes

38

Passes per 90 mins

Long passes

35%

Success Rate

Pass Direction %

49.1%

Forward

35.2%

Left

3.7%

Right

12.0%

Backward

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36.2%

Opp half

36.9%

Own half

3

Topic

7

Succ. crosses

2

Assists

7

Key Passes

Attack

Total Shots

7

Shots on target

3

Goals scored

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Conversion rate

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Min per goals

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Left foot goals

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Right foot goals

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Headed goals

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Other

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Goal inside the box

-

Goal outside the box

0

Direct free kick goals

Discipline

10

Fouls won

23

Foul conceded

5

Yellow cards

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Red cards