Ryan Hardie

Ryan Hardie (born 17 March 1997) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for League Two club Plymouth Argyle on loan from Blackpool. Hardie started his career with Rangers, and was loaned by them to Raith Rovers, St Mirren and Livingston. He moved to English club Blackpool in July 2019.

Ryan Hardie
Personal information
Full name Ryan Hardie[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997
Place of birth Stranraer, Scotland
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Plymouth Argyle
(on loan from Blackpool)
Number 18
Youth career
2010–2014 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Rangers 13 (2)
2016 → Raith Rovers (loan) 10 (6)
2016–2017 → St Mirren (loan) 16 (3)
2017 → Raith Rovers (loan) 18 (6)
2018–2019 → Livingston (loan) 37 (15)
2019– Blackpool 7 (0)
2020– → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 13 (7)
National team‡
2012 Scotland U16[2] 2 (0)
2014 Scotland U17[2] 7 (1)
2015–2016 Scotland U19[2] 8 (4)
2016 Scotland U20[2] 5 (3)
2016–2018 Scotland U21[2] 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:58, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2019

Hardie has represented Scotland at youth internationals up to and including the Under-21 level.

Club career

Rangers

Hardie, from Stranraer, is a boyhood Rangers fan.[3] He made his professional debut for the team in a League Cup match against Falkirk on 23 September 2014, replacing Dean Shiels for the last four minutes of a 3–1 win at the Falkirk Stadium.[4] He was first called up for a league game on 15 November, remaining an unused substitute in a 1–1 draw with Alloa Athletic at Ibrox.[5] On 28 March 2015, he made his Scottish Championship debut, replacing Nicky Clark for the final 16 minutes of a 4–1 home win over Cowdenbeath.[6] Hardie's first start was on 18 April away to Dumbarton and he scored his first two professional goals as they came from behind to win 3–1, the second being an overhead kick from Lee Wallace's cross.[7]

On 17 February 2016, Hardie was loaned out to Raith Rovers on an initial month-long loan;[8] however, this was extended to the end of the season a month later.[9] On 25 July 2016, Hardie joined Scottish Championship club St Mirren on loan until January 2017.[10] He made his debut in the League Cup against Edinburgh City on 30 July 2016.[11] Hardie moved on loan again to Raith Rovers in January 2017, on a deal until May 2017.[12] In January 2018, he returned to the second tier of Scottish football, this time signing a six-month loan deal with Livingston.[13] Upon his return to Rangers, Hardie signed a one-year contract extension to tie him to the club until 2019.[14]

Hardie again signed on loan for Livingston for the first part of the 2018–19 season. In January 2019 he signed another one-year contract with Rangers, and returned on loan to Livingston.[15]

Blackpool

Hardie moved to EFL League One club Blackpool for an undisclosed fee in July 2019.[16] He scored his first goal for Blackpool when he scored in an EFL Trophy tie against Morecambe on 3 September 2019.[17]

He signed on loan for Plymouth Argyle for the rest of the 2019–20 season on 9 January 2020.[18]

International career

Hardie has represented Scotland at various age levels.[2]

Career statistics
As of match played 3 September 2019[19]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers
2014–15 Scottish Championship5200100062
2015–16 Scottish Championship1010101[lower-alpha 1]040
2017–18 Scottish Premiership700000—70
Total 132102010172
Raith Rovers (loan) 2015–16 Scottish Championship10600002[lower-alpha 2]0126
St Mirren (loan) 2016–17 Scottish Championship 163001000173
Raith Rovers (loan) 2016–17 Scottish Championship 18621002[lower-alpha 3]1228
Livingston (loan) 2017–18 Scottish Championship 168100000178
2018–19 Scottish Premiership 217100000227
Total 37152000003815
Blackpool 2019–20[20] EFL League One 1000101[lower-alpha 4]131
Career total 953251406211035
  1. Appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Appearance in 2016 Scottish Premiership play-offs
  3. Appearance in 2017 Scottish Championship play-offs
  4. Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Blackpool" (PDF). English Football League. p. 6. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. "Ryan Hardie". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  3. McCarthy, David (25 September 2014). "Rangers rookie Ryan Hardie still in dreamland after making first team bow.. and sharing bus with hero Kris Boyd". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror.
  4. Wilson, Richard (23 September 2014). "Falkirk 1-3 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC.
  5. "Rangers 1–1 Alloa". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  6. Crawford, Kenny (28 March 2015). "Rangers 4–1 Cowdenbeath". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  7. Lamont, Alasdair (18 April 2015). "Dumbarton 1–3 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  8. Thomson, Nick (17 February 2016). "Hardie Heads To Raith". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club.
  9. McDougall, Mark (18 March 2016). "Rangers kid Ryan Hardie extends loan deal at Championship rivals Raith Rovers". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror.
  10. McDougall, Mark (25 July 2016). "Rangers striker Ryan Hardie heads out on loan as he joins St Mirren". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror.
  11. "St Mirren 3-0 Edinburgh City". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media. 30 July 2016.
  12. "Rovers Return for Ryan Hardie". Raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers Football Club. 1 January 2017.
  13. "Ryan Hardie arrives on loan". Livingston FC. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  14. Thomson, Nick (15 June 2018). "Hardie Signs New Deal". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club.
  15. "Ryan Hardie: Rangers forward signs new deal and returns to Livingston on loan". BBC Sport. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  16. "Livingston: Ibrahima Savane joins on two-year". BBC Sport. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  17. "Blackpool 5-1 Morecambe: Seasiders run riot in opening EFL Trophy group game". blackpoolgazette.co.uk. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  18. "Ryan Hardie Signs". pafc.co.uk. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  19. "R. HARDIE". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  20. "Games played by Ryan Hardie in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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