Everald La Ronde (born 24 January 1963) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. La Ronde started his career at

West Ham West Ham is an area in East London, located east of Charing Cross in the west of the modern London Borough of Newham. The area, which lies immediately to the north of the River Thames and east of the River Lea, was originally an ancien ...

where he was captain of the team which won the 1981 Youth Cup Final. He played only 7 times for West Ham before signing for

Bournemouth Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...

in September 1983. Arguably his most notable game for Bournemouth came on 7 January 1984 when he was part of the team which knocked

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out of the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

.Football: Redknapp's red-letter day
/ref> After an injury hit period amounting to only 24 games he completed a loan spell with

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...

before problems with his knee, stomach and hernia forced him to retire. He also coached in

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

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* 1963 births Living people Footballers from East Ham English footballers Men's association football fullbacks West Ham United F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Peterborough United F.C. players English Football League players Black British sportsmen English expatriates in Saudi Arabia {{England-footy-defender-1960s-stub