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Liam McAlinden
McAlinden playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2014
Personal information
Full name Liam James McAlinden[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-26) 26 September 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Cannock, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Morecambe
Number 19
Youth career
2001–2010 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 (1)
2013 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 9 (3)
2014 → Fleetwood Town (loan) 5 (2)
2015 → Fleetwood Town (loan) 14 (2)
2015 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 8 (0)
2016 → Crawley Town (loan) 6 (1)
2016–2018 Exeter City 60 (7)
2018–2019 Cheltenham Town 8 (0)
2018–2019 → Brackley Town (loan) 5 (1)
2019 → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 13 (0)
2019–2020 FC Halifax Town 27 (10)
2020 Stockport County 9 (2)
2020– Morecambe 12 (0)
International career
2012 Northern Ireland U21 3 (0)
2014 Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:26, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Liam James McAlinden (born 26 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Morecambe.

Playing career

Wolves

McAlinden signed his first professional contract in 2010 with Wolves,[3] before making his senior debut on 27 April 2013 as a substitute in a 1–2 defeat to Burnley.[4]

The striker has represented Northern Ireland at youth levels as, although born in England, he qualified through his grandfather.[5] However, in June 2013, he switched his allegiance to the Republic of Ireland, from which his parents hail.[6]

He scored his first senior goal on 3 September 2013 in a Football League Trophy tie against Walsall.[7] Later in the season, he scored his first Wolves league goal to earn a 1–0 victory at MK Dons in March 2014 as the team went on to win promotion back to the Championship.[8]

In October 2013 McAlinden was loaned to fellow League One club Shrewsbury Town for three months.[9] He scored on his club debut after coming on as a substitute against Gillingham,[10] the first of three goals in nine appearances before being recalled by Wolves in early December.[11]

In October 2014 McAlinden moved on a three-month-loan deal to League One Fleetwood Town.[12] However, after scoring twice in his first 5 appearances for Fleetwood, he was recalled to cover injuries at his parent club. On 15 January 2015 McAlinden returned on loan to Fleetwood for the remainder of the season,[13] where he scored two further goals during 14 appearances.

McAlinden returned to Shrewsbury Town for a second time on a half-season loan in July 2015.[14] In March 2016 he signed a loan deal with Crawley Town until the end of the 2015–16 season.[15]

McAlinden was released by Wolverhampton at the end of the 2015–16 season after his contract was not renewed.[16]

Exeter City

On 31 May 2016, McAlinden signed for League Two club Exeter City.[17] He scored his first goal for Exeter in a 2–1 defeat to Hartlepool United on 13 August 2016.[18]

He was released by Exeter at the end of the 2017–18 season.[19]

Cheltenham Town

Follow his release from Exeter, McAlinden signed a two-year deal with League Two side Cheltenham Town on 28 July 2018.[20] On 15 December 2018, McAllinden joined Brackley Town on an initial month's loan.[21] He then returned to Cheltenham after one month, and two days later, he then joined Kidderminster Harriers also on loan deal for one month.[22] The club announced on 21 February 2019, that the loan deal had been extended until the end of the season.[23]

FC Halifax Town

At the start of the 2019–20 season he signed for FC Halifax Town.[24]

Stockport County

On 14 January 2020, he signed for Stockport County.[25]

Morecambe

On 4 August 2020, McAlinden signed for League Two club Morecambe.[26]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 February 2017.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other[a] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2012–13[27] Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2013–14[28] League One 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 10 2
2014–15[29] Championship 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
2015–16[30] Championship 0 0 − 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 14 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 19 2
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2013–14[28] League One 9 3 − − − 9 3
Fleetwood Town (loan) 2014–15[29] League One 5 2 − − − 5 2
Fleetwood Town (loan) 2014–15[29] League One 14 2 − − − 14 2
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2015–16[30] League One 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 11 1
Crawley Town (loan) 2015–16[30] League Two 6 1 − − − 6 1
Exeter City 2016–17 League Two 22 3 0 0 2 0 3 2 27 5
Career total 78 12 2 0 4 0 7 4 91 16
  1. ^ Includes Football League Trophy matches.

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Morecambe" (PDF). English Football League. p. 44. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ^ Liam McAlinden at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Wolves sign up Zeli Ismail and Liam McAlinden". Express & Star. 15 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Wolverhampton 1–2 Burnley". BBC Sport. 27 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Wolves on the fringe". wolves.theoffside.com. 31 May 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Liam McAlinden quits Northern Ireland for Republic". BBC Sport. 2 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Wolverhampton 2–2 Walsall". BBC Sport. 3 September 2013.
  8. ^ "MK Dons 0–1 Wolves". BBC Sport. 29 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Liam McAlinden: Shrewsbury Town sign Wolves striker on loan". BBC Sport. 11 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Shrewsbury 2–0 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 12 October 2013.
  11. ^ "Liam McAlinden: Wolves recall striker from Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 6 December 2013.
  12. ^ "Liam McAlinden: Fleetwood Town bring in Wolves striker". BBC Sport. 2 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Liam McAlinden: Wolves striker returns to Fleetwood Town on loan". BBC Sport. 15 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Liam McAlinden: Wolves striker rejoins Shrewsbury Town on loan". BBC Sport. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. ^ "Liam McAlinden: Crawley Town sign Wolves striker on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  16. ^ "Contract decisions revealed". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 9 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016.
  17. ^ Roderick, Oliver. "Grecians Complete Third Signing Of The Summer". Exeter City FC. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  18. ^ "Exeter 1–2 Hartlepool". BBC. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  19. ^ "Troy Archibald-Henville: Exeter City defender among seven released by club". BBC Sport. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  20. ^ "Liam McAlinden: Cheltenham Town sign former Exeter City striker on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  21. ^ Cheltenham Town's former Wolves and Exeter City striker makes loan switch to Brackley Town, gloucestershirelive.co.uk, 15 December 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  22. ^ McAlinden joins Harriers, harriers.co.uk, 18 January 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  23. ^ McAlinden extends stay, harriers.co.uk, 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  24. ^ "FC Halifax Town: Striker McAlinden joins Shaymen". Halifax Courier. 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  25. ^ "Striker McAlinden joins Hatters!". www.stockportcounty.com. 14 January 2020.
  26. ^ "Liam McAlinden Signs". www.morecambefc.com. 4 August 2020.
  27. ^ "Games played by Liam McAlinden in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  28. ^ a b "Games played by Liam McAlinden in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  29. ^ a b c "Games played by Liam McAlinden in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  30. ^ a b c "Games played by Liam McAlinden in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

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