PLAYER PROFILE / Centre-Back
Chris Richards.
Crystal Palace · United States
TM 578539 · Current player profileAge today26
Recorded moves13
Peak recorded value€28.00m
Current market value€28.00m
01 / PLAYER DETAILS
At a glance
- Full name
- Christopher Jeffrey Richards
- Born
- 28 Mar 2000
- Nationality
- United States
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Preferred foot
- right
- Height
- 189
- Joined current club
- 27 Jul 2022
- Contract expires
- 30 Jun 2027
02 / THE JOURNEY
Previous clubs
- Bayern MunichLast recorded move · 27 Jul 2022
- TSG 1899 HoffenheimLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2022
- FC Bayern Munich IILast recorded move · 01 Jul 2020
- FC Bayern Munich U19Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2019
- FC DallasLast recorded move · 24 Jan 2019
- FC Dallas AcademyLast recorded move · 12 Apr 2018
- Texans SC Houston (- 2019)Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2017
- Alabama FCLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2016
Clubs from completed, dated transfers, most recent first. Repeat spells are listed in the full transfer history.
03 / VALUE OVER TIME
Market value history
| Valuation date | Age then | Club at the time | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Jun 2026 | 26 | Crystal Palace | €28.00m |
| 09 Dec 2025 | 25 | Crystal Palace | €25.00m |
| 17 Oct 2025 | 25 | Crystal Palace | €22.00m |
| 30 May 2025 | 25 | Crystal Palace | €14.00m |
| 16 Dec 2024 | 24 | Crystal Palace | €12.00m |
| 27 May 2024 | 24 | Crystal Palace | €12.00m |
| 14 Mar 2024 | 23 | Crystal Palace | €10.00m |
| 19 Dec 2023 | 23 | Crystal Palace | €8.00m |
| 20 Jun 2023 | 23 | Crystal Palace | €10.00m |
| 16 Mar 2023 | 22 | Crystal Palace | €10.00m |
| 03 Nov 2022 | 22 | Crystal Palace | €12.00m |
| 15 Sep 2022 | 22 | Crystal Palace | €12.00m |
| 09 Jun 2022 | 22 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | €7.50m |
| 22 Dec 2021 | 21 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | €7.50m |
| 09 Jun 2021 | 21 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | €7.50m |
| 20 Jan 2021 | 20 | Bayern Munich | €5.00m |
| 11 Nov 2020 | 20 | Bayern Munich | €4.00m |
| 17 Jul 2020 | 20 | Bayern Munich | €2.20m |
| 08 Apr 2020 | 20 | FC Bayern Munich II | €1.80m |
| 03 Apr 2020 | 20 | FC Bayern Munich II | €2.00m |
| 11 Dec 2019 | 19 | FC Bayern Munich II | €1.50m |
| 12 Jul 2019 | 19 | FC Bayern Munich II | €1.50m |
| 02 May 2018 | 18 | FC Dallas | €50k |
Each row is a dated valuation. The bar shows its share of the player’s peak recorded value. — means not recorded.
04 / EVERY MOVE
Full transfer history
| Date | From | To | Move | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jul 2022 | Bayern Munich | Crystal Palace | Transfer | €12.00m |
| 30 Jun 2022 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Bayern Munich | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 31 Aug 2021 | Bayern Munich | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 30 Jun 2021 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Bayern Munich | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 01 Feb 2021 | Bayern Munich | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Loan | €250k |
| 01 Jul 2020 | FC Bayern Munich II | Bayern Munich | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2019 | FC Bayern Munich U19 | FC Bayern Munich II | Internal move | — |
| 24 Jan 2019 | FC Dallas | FC Bayern Munich U19 | Transfer | €5.30m |
| 31 Dec 2018 | FC Bayern Munich U19 | FC Dallas | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 09 Jul 2018 | FC Dallas | FC Bayern Munich U19 | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 12 Apr 2018 | FC Dallas Academy | FC Dallas | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2017 | Texans SC Houston (- 2019) | FC Dallas Academy | Transfer | Free |
| 01 Jul 2016 | Alabama FC | Texans SC Houston (- 2019) | Transfer | Free |
Includes loans, loan returns, internal moves and scheduled transfers. Free means a recorded €0 fee; — means no figure was recorded.