Wales international who has risen from playing non-league football in just four years. Left sided defender who is comfortable going forward.
It’s been an extraordinary rise for full-back Ricketts, who’s gone from playing non-league football with Telford in May 2004 to lining up for Wales against Brazil in September 2006.
Generally used at left-back by the national side, it is on the right side of the defence that he has forged his Tigers’ career since signing from Swansea for £300,000 in July 2006.
An attack-minded defender who likes to push forward and isn’t afraid to put his body on the line, the Wales international also possesses a powerful long throw. He began at Oxford and also won four caps with England at semi-pro level.