Rory Currie (born 20 February 1998) is a Scottish footballer who previously played for Lowland Football League club Tranent Juniors as a striker, currently a free agent. He has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, East Fife, Forfar Athletic, Linfield, Brechin City and Tranent Juniors.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 February 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2011 | Rangers | ||
| 2011–2015 | Celtic | ||
| 2015–2016 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | Heart of Midlothian | 10 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → East Fife (loan) | 18 | (6) |
| 2019 | → Forfar Athletic (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Linfield (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Brechin City | 19 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Tranent Juniors | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:49, 3 August 2021 (UTC) | |||
Career
editCurrie began his football career with Celtic's youth teams before leaving to join the Rangers Academy in January 2016 on a contract until the end of the 2015–16 season.[1]
Currie was released by Rangers in May 2016[2] but joined Heart of Midlothian.[3] On 28 November 2016, he made his professional debut for Hearts as a 75th-minute substitute during a 3–0 home win against Motherwell.[4] He followed this a month later with his second league appearance against Aberdeen on 30 December.[5]
In January 2017, he was named as one of the Daily Record's Scottish footballing prospects for 2017 alongside Tony Gallagher, Matthew Knox, Ronan Hughes, Liam Burt and Jack Aitchison.[6] Currie suffered a serious knee ligament injury in November 2017.[7] He was subsequently loaned to East Fife, Forfar Athletic and Linfield.[8]
Currie was released by Hearts after the 2019/20 season and was signed by Brechin City in August 2020.[9]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 23 October 2021
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Heart of Midlothian | 2016–17[10] | Premiership | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18[11] | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| East Fife | 2018–19 | League One | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | |
| Forfar | 2019–20 | League One | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Brechin City | 2020–21 | League Two | 19 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Highland League | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Career total | 54 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 73 | 11 | ||
References
edit- ^ Hedworth, Alice (3 February 2016). "Academy Transfer Roundup". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club.
- ^ Hedworth, Alice (4 May 2016). "Eight Academy Players To Leave". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club.
- ^ "Five join U20s". Heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian Football Club. 13 June 2016.
- ^ McLauchlin, Brian (28 November 2016). "Heart of Midlothian 3-0 Motherwell". BBC Sport. BBC.
- ^ Wilson, Richard (30 December 2016). "Heart of Midlothian 0-1 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. BBC.
- ^ Wilson, Fraser (2 January 2017). "Six top Scottish football prospects to look out for in 2017". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror.
- ^ Anderson, Barry (17 February 2018). "Hearts bulk up Rory Currie as striker goes through injury rehab". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Rory Currie: Linfield sign Hearts striker on loan until end of the season". BBC Sport. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Brechin boss Mark Wilson makes first new signing of summer as former Hearts striker Rory Currie joins City".
- ^ "Games played by Rory Currie in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Rory Currie in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
External links
edit- Rory Currie at Soccerbase
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