Richie Moran

Moran was born in London to Nigerian parents. He attended primary school in ethnically-diverse south-east London, but was then adopted by an Anglo-Irish family (Patrick and Daphne Moran) and attended Brune Park secondary school in Gosport, Hampshire, a predominantly white area. He played non-league football for Fareham Town and Gosport Borough for each of whom he was a prolific goalscorer and scored the winner for the latter in the 1988 Hampshire senior cup final. He then became sought after by football league clubs but chose to move to Japan where he played for Fujita. On his return to England he spent time with Norwich city and Leeds United.He ultimately joined Birmingham City. He made his debut in the Third Division on 1 September 1990, entering the game as a substitute for Robert Hopkins to score Birmingham's third goal in a 3–1 home defeat on Leyton Orient. Unfortunately he was unable to reproduce the goalscoring form he had shown in non-league football and after becoming racially abused and annoyed with the lack of multicultural opportunities of first team football, he dropped out of the Football League the following year.

Richard "Richie" Moran (born 9 September 1963) is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City. He played as a centre forward.