Neil Ruddock

Where is Neil Ruddock now?

An often controversial character within the game Neil “Razor” Ruddock retired from playing in 2003 after spells at West Ham United, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur.

Starting his professional career in 1985 with Millwall, he went onto make 466 first-team appearances over an 18-year period for eight teams including Liverpool where he won the League Cup in 1994 and West Ham United where he won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1999.

A confident left-footed centre-back, Ruddock was a tough-tackling player, good in the air and with the ability to bring the ball out of defence. These attributes led to an England under-21s call up in 1989 as well as a full international call up in 1994 in a friendly against Nigeria.

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Since retiring from playing, Ruddock has appeared in numerous television shows including Question of Sport, Celebrity Wife Swap, ‘The Big Fish Off’, ‘Celebrity Masterchef’ and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.

In 2013, he entered the Celebrity Big Brother house as one of the 12 guests and after a successful three weeks in the house finished in a very respectable 5th position and formed an unlikely friendship with eventual winner Rylan Clark.

He also participated in the TV series ‘Harry’s Heroes‘ which aired in March 2019 which took a number of ex-professionals led by manager Harry Redknapp on a journey to lose weight with the end goal of playing a team of former Germany internationals.

Unfortunately, Ruddock didn’t take the weight loss too seriously until he went for a check-up with a Harley Street doctor who confirmed that if he carried on his lifestyle he would suffer from imminent serious health problems.

He took part in the second series but was unable to play because of a heart condition and had to return to England to get a pacemaker fitted.

Ruddock has since changed his lifestyle considerably and revealed at the end of 2019 that he had dropped two shirt sizes from XXXXL to XXL and lost four inches from his waist.

Follow on Twitter @RealRazor

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Neil Ruddock: Premier League Statistics

NationalityEnglish
PositionDefender
Appearances195
Goals16
Yellow Cards41
Red Cards2
Premier League Teams Played forLiverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United

Statistics courtesy of www.premierleague.com

Last Updated on 25 October 2022 by Admin