Ricky Ulric Bascombe Shakes (born 25 January 1985) is a professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club St Albans City. He has played in

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for

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been c ...

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Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at ...

and

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...

. Born in England, Shakes represented the

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once in a friendly, and thereafter has represented

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

internationally.

Club career

Born in

Brixton Brixton is a district in south London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Brixton experienced a rapid rise in population during the 19th ce ...

, Greater London, Shakes began his career at

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

in 2004, and made his debut in an

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third-round replay against

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in January 2004, scoring a last-minute equaliser to take the match into extra time. He failed to make a league appearance for Bolton, and after spells on loan with

and

, joined

in July 2005. Shakes made almost 70 league appearances in two seasons at Swindon but was released at the end of the 2006–07 season. He joined

in August 2007 after training with the club during the summer and scored a late goal on his debut in September 2007 to give Brentford victory away to Bury. However, after making 39 league appearances, he was released at the end of the 2007–08 season. He joined

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club

Ebbsfleet United Ebbsfleet United Football Club is a professional football club based in Northfleet, Kent, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the club competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1946 from ...

in July 2008. In August 2010, it was reported that he was on trial with

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club

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, before re-signing for Ebbsfleet a few weeks into the season. Having scored 11 goals in 46 matches for Ebbsfleet in the 2010–11 season, he added to that statistic by scoring eight goals in 45 appearances for the club during the 2011–12 season. On 29 June 2012, Shakes signed for

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...

. Shakes made 18 appearances for Kidderminster in the 2012–13 season, helping the club finish second in the Conference Premier. On 3 July 2013, Shakes signed for Conference South club

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. Shakes suffered a serious knee injury in pre-season training and was expected to be out for six months. On 7 January 2021, Shakes signed for

side St Albans City.

International career

Shakes made his international debut in March 2006, coming on as a half-time substitute for

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in a 2–0 victory against

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. In October 2011, Shakes was called up to

for their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...

and

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. Originally, Shakes failed to meet

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's age regulations for changing international allegiance, however, Guyana won an appeal in 2010 which allowed him to do so. He made his debut for Guyana in a 2–0 away win against Barbados on 7 October 2011, before scoring his first goal four days later in a 1–1 draw with Bermuda. Shakes' third international appearance came in the 2–1 victory over Trinidad & Tobago on 11 November 2011 which sealed Guyana's qualification to the third round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In that game, Shakes scored the first goal and created the second for Burnley's Leon Cort, before Kenwyne Jones' consolation for Trinidad & Tobago. Shakes was eligible to play for Trinidad and Tobago through his mother's heritage, and Guyana through his father's birth.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''As of match played 4 June 2016. Guyana score listed first, score column indicates score after each Shakes goal.''

Honours

Swindon Town *

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third-place promotion: 2006–07 Ebbsfleet United *

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play-offs:

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Boreham Wood *Conference South play-offs:

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References

External links

Ricky Shakes profile
at the Boreham Wood F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shakes, Ricky 1985 births Living people Footballers from Brixton Citizens of Guyana through descent Guyanese men's footballers Guyana men's international footballers Citizens of Trinidad and Tobago through descent Trinidad and Tobago men's footballers Trinidad and Tobago men's international footballers English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Boreham Wood F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Bury F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Brentford F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players St Albans City F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Dual men's international footballers Guyanese people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent Trinidad and Tobago people of Guyanese descent English people of Guyanese descent Sportspeople of Guyanese descent English sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent