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Personal information
Full name	Richard Justin Lado Samson
Date of birth	(1979-10-05) 5 October 1979
Place of birth	Khartoum, Sudan
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Positions	Defensive midfielder center back
Team information
Current team	mangar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Al Sahafa SC (Khartoum)
1998–2000	Al Khartoum SC
2001–2004	Al-Hilal (Omdurman)	33	(11)
2004	Ismaily SC	12	(2)
2005–2008	Al-Hilal (Omdurman)	45	(15)
2009	Muscat Club
2009	Al-Merrikh SC
2010	Jazeerat Al-Feel SC
2010–2013	Al Khartoum SC
2013–2016	Al-Malakia FC
International career‡
1999–2008	Sudan	78	(7)
2011–2015	South Sudan	7	(2)
Medal record Men's football Representing Sudan CECAFA Cup Winner 2006 Ethiopia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 March 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 June 2024

Richard Justin Lado (Arabic: ريشارد جاستن لادو, born 5 October 1979) is a former South Sudanese football defensive midfielder who last played for Al-Malakia FC. He was a member of the Sudan national football team. He scored the very first goal for South Sudan in an official international game.

Honours

Sudan

• CECAFA Cup: 2006

External links

• Richard Justin Lado at National-Football-Teams.com