Former 'bad boy' soccer star Richardson turned into 'good boy' after meeting his wife

London, May 6(ANI): Former Manchester United player Kieran Richardson has revealed how he has changed from a gaudy lifestyle into a god fearing human after meeting his wife lingerie model Natalie Suliman.

The Sunderland winger gave his testimony to 100-strong worshippers at a Durham church he visits with Suliman.

Richardson and Suliman have been going to the Good Word Ministries church for a year, and he revealed to the congregation how he found God after missing out on a place in the 2007 FA Cup final.

He scored the winning goal in the semi-final to take United to Wembley, but was distraught to not make the final squad.

After watching his side lose he went out in London's glitzy West End, and met his partner, which changed his life forever.

"I wasn't meant to go out, but I was upset. It was a big changing point. I would go out after a game, get drunk, go to nightclubs, meet women. For someone looking from the outside in, you would think I was living a good life. But within myself, I wasn't happy. My career went off the rails," The Sun quoted Richardson, as saying.

"I was thinking more about my social life than football. I was more worried about cars and houses. But me going out in the West End was when change happened, when I saw this woman. It was a big changing point," he added.

"After a while I asked her: 'Do you want to come on holiday to Barbados?' She said 'I'll come to Barbados if you go to church'," he said.

Richardson added: "I have Jesus Christ in my life and I feel so good within my heart. If I didn't get picked for a game before, I used to blame the manager but now I think: ' God doesn't want me to play'. I just want to praise Jesus Christ and go to heaven. That's all I care about." (ANI)