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who currently plays for Queensland State League side

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as a

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Playing career

Northern Spirit

Jonti started his career with Australian club Northern Spirit of the old National Soccer League in 2002. Richter spent two seasons with Northern Spirit, in which he made 44 appearances, finding the net on seven occasions. Jonti became a free agent when the club enduring major financial problems, and the club folded at the end of the 2003/2004 National Soccer League season.

Queensland Roar

Richter was picked up by newly formed A-League club

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in time for the start of the new 2005 in A-League. Jonti spent the whole season with

, making 17 appearances and scoring one goal.

New Zealand Knights

Jonti's next venture was with A-League club

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, who he joined for the 2006 season. Richter made 18 appearances, but failed to score, and found himself without a club when

became defunct. He and several other players were locked in a legal battle with the now defunct New Zealand Knights owners, Soccer New Zealand, and the Football Federation of Australia over lost wages. The latter two took over the running of the club for the remainder of the 2006-2007 A-league season. With the advice of the Australian Professional Footballers' Association and FIFPro there was no action taken against any party due to court and legal costs as well as lack of enough evidence to gain a positive result for the players.

Manly United

Jonti failed to find a new club in the A-League and joined

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side

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. Richter failed to settle with

and at the end of the season, he returned to his hometown of Brisbane in October 2007.

Tamworth

Jonti joined

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side Tamworth on 30 October 2007, along with former Tamworth old boy

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, who joined on a months loan from Conference National side Farsley Celtic. Richter knew Tamworth manager Gary Mills who tried to sign the young winger while he was on trial with

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' former club

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, and hopes with the guidance of his new boss, Jonti can make a name for himself in the English game. Richter played on and off throughout the season for Tamworth, he left at the end of the 2007/08 season, following the end of his contract.

Brisbane Strikers

Richter now plays for Hyundai Queensland State League side

, The

are coached by Richter's former

teammate Stuart McLaren. Jonti had returned to Australia after he sustained a serious foot injury while playing in the

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with

Side Tamworth, which has kept him from the field for almost 18 months.

International career

Australia U20

Richter has represented Australia U20's in the

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References

External links

Jonti Richter Interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Richter, Jonti 1983 births Living people A-League Men players National Soccer League (Australia) players Expatriate men's footballers in England Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Australian men's soccer players Australia men's youth international soccer players Australia men's under-20 international soccer players Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Men's association football midfielders New Zealand Knights FC players Soccer players from Johannesburg Brisbane Roar FC players Naturalised soccer players of Australia South African expatriate men's soccer players South African men's soccer players South African expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand South African emigrants to Australia Tamworth F.C. players North West Sydney Spirit FC players Brisbane Strikers FC players National Premier Leagues players