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Steven Beattie
Personal information
Full name Steven Beattie
Date of birth (1988-08-20) 20 August 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Skerries, Ireland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cork City
Number 10
Youth career
2001–2006 Skerries Town
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Northern Kentucky Norse 90 (77)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Puerto Rico Islanders 1 (0)
2012–2013 UMF Tindastóll 32 (11)
2014–2015 Bohemians 29 (4)
2015 Sligo Rovers 14 (2)
2015–2019 Cork City 101 (10)
2019–2020 Chattanooga Red Wolves 32 (11)
2021– Cork City 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2021

Steven Beattie (born 8 August 1988) is an Irish footballer who plays for League of Ireland First Division club Cork City.

Career

Initial career stumbles in North America and move to Iceland

Beattie was a three-time All American at Northern Kentucky University and was drafted by in the first round of the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft by Toronto FC, however he was never signed by the team.[2] He signed with the Puerto Rico Islanders of the NASL, but was injured in his first game. To get his career back on track he signed with second division Icelandic club Tindastóll. In his first half-season with the club, Beattie scored 4 goals in 10 appearances.[3] In his second and only full season with Tindastóll he made 21 appearances in the league, while making 2 Super Cup appearances, he scored 7 total goals.[3]

Initial successes in Ireland

After his second season with the club he moved to the League of Ireland, playing with three clubs between 2014 and 2019, most prominently with Cork City.[2][4] After impressing in Iceland, Beattie moved to Dublin side Bohemian F.C. where he made 29 appearances and scored 4 goals, with 5 Cup appearances, in his only season with the club.[3] After a season in Dublin Beattie moved to Sligo Rovers F.C.[3] Beattie only spent half of a season in Sligo however, scoring 2 goals, before moving to Cork City.[3] During his time in Cork, Beattie played in over 100 games and scored over 10 goals.[3] While in Cork, Beattie's trophy cabinet grew, with the club winning one League of Ireland title, two FAI Cup titles, three President's Cup titles, and two Munster Senior League titles.[3]

USL League One and Chattanooga

Most recently he moved to U.S. based club Chattanooga Red Wolves to play in the newly created USL League One, the third-division of American Soccer.[5] Before the season began, Beattie was named the team's captain.[6] On 30 March 2019 Beattie scored the first goal in Red Wolves history from nearly 30 yards out in the 83rd minute of a 3–2 loss to North Texas SC.[7] In addition to the first goal in Red Wolves' history, Beattie was also named to the first ever USL League One team of the week on 2 April 2019.[8] On April 23, 2019, Beattie was named the Player of the Week for Week 4 of the 2019 campaign.[9] Throughout the Red Wolves' campaign, Beattie was considered one of the bright spots of both the team and the league, however, despite this, it was not enough for the Red Wolves to make the league playoffs with the team finishing in 5th place, one spot out.[10] On October 16, 2019 Beattie was named to the USL League One All League First Team as one of the best players of the season.[11]

Career statistics

As of 13 January 2020[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
UMF Tindastóll 2012 1. deild 10 4 – – – – 10 4
2013 21 7 2 0 – – – 23 7
UMF Tindastóll Total 31 11 2 0 – – – 33 11
Bohemians 2014 League of Ireland Premier Division 29 4 3 1 4 0 – 1[a] 1 37 6
Sligo Rovers 2015 14 2 1 0 1 0 – – 16 2
Cork City 14 3 – – – – 14 3
2016 29 5 5 0 1 0 6[b] 0 2[c] 0 43 5
2017 23 1 2 0 2 0 4[b] 1 3[d] 0 34 2
2018 19 0 2 0 0 0 4[e] 0 1[f] 0 26 0
Chattanooga Red Wolves 2019 USL League One 24 9 1 0 – – – 25 9
2020 8 2 0 0 – – – 8 2
Chattanooga Red Wolves Total 32 11 1 0 – – – 33 11
Cork City 2021 League of Ireland First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0[g] 0 0 0
Cork City Total 85 9 9 0 3 0 14 1 6 0 117 10
Total 191 37 16 1 8 0 14 1 7 1 236 40
  1. ^ Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ 1 appearance in President of Ireland's Cup & 1 appearance in Munster Senior Cup
  4. ^ 1 appearance in President of Ireland's Cup & 2 appearances in Munster Senior Cup
  5. ^ 2 appearances in UEFA Champions League & 2 appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in President of Ireland's Cup
  7. ^ Appearances in Munster Senior Cup

Honours

Cork City[13]

References

  1. ^ Steven Beattie at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ a b "Steven Beattie getting career back on track in Iceland after MLS disappointment". www.goal.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Republic of Ireland - S. Beattie - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Former NKU star, Steven Beattie, signs with Sligo Rovers F.C." nkunorse.com. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. ^ "CHATTANOOGA RED WOLVES SC SIGNS LEAGUE OF IRELAND PREMIER DIVISION CHAMPION STEVEN BEATTIE". www.chattredwolves.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Chattanooga Red Wolves Soccer Club captain Steven Beattie is USL League One player of the week". timesfreepress.com. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Red Wolves fall 3–2 in USL League One debut". www.timesfreepress.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  8. ^ "North Texas' Pepi Claims League One Player of the Week". www.uslleagueone.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  9. ^ SC, Chattanooga Red Wolves (23 April 2019). "Steven Beattie Claims League One Player of the Week". Chattanooga Red Wolves SC. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Richard Dixon's fight shows in Red Wolves' season finale". timesfreepress.com. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  11. ^ USLLeagueOne com Staff (16 October 2019). "2019 USL League One All-League Teams Revealed". USL League One. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  12. ^ Steven Beattie at Soccerway
  13. ^ Steven Beattie at Soccerway
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