Rory Currie

Rory Currie
Personal information
Full name Rory Currie
Date of birth (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998
Place of birth Lanark, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
East Fife
(on loan from Heart of Midlothian)
Youth career
2007–2011 Rangers
2011–2015 Celtic
2015–2016 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Heart of Midlothian 10 (0)
2018–East Fife (loan) 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 September 2018

Rory Currie (born 20 February 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for East Fife, on loan from Heart of Midlothian.

Career

Currie 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] He made his professional debut for Heart of Midlothian as a 75th-minute substitute during a 3–0 home win against Motherwell on 28 November 2016.[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 Liam Burt and Jack Aitchison.[6] Currie suffered a serious knee ligament injury in November 2017.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 December 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Heart of Midlothian 2016–17[8] Premiership 90210000111
2017–18[9] 10001020
2018–19 00000000
Career total 100211000131

References

  1. Hedworth, Alice (3 February 2016). "Academy Transfer Roundup". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club.
  2. Hedworth, Alice (4 May 2016). "Eight Academy Players To Leave". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club.
  3. "Five join U20s". Heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian Football Club. 13 June 2016.
  4. McLauchlin, Brian (28 November 2016). "Heart of Midlothian 3-0 Motherwell". BBC Sport. BBC.
  5. Wilson, Richard (30 December 2016). "Heart of Midlothian 0-1 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. BBC.
  6. Wilson, Fraser (2 January 2017). "Six top Scottish football prospects to look out for in 2017". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror.
  7. Anderson, Barry (17 February 2018). "Hearts bulk up Rory Currie as striker goes through injury rehab". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  8. "Games played by Rory Currie in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  9. "Games played by Rory Currie in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.


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