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Rory Currie
Personal information
Full name Rory Currie
Date of birth (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:15, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Rory Currie (born 20 February 1998) is a Scottish footballer who most recently played for Heart of Midlothian, as a striker. He has previously played for East Fife and Forfar Athletic on loan.

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] He was subsequently loaned to East Fife, Forfar Athletic and Linfield.[8]

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
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Heart of Midlothian 2016–17[9] Premiership 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11 1
2017–18[10] 1 0 0 0 1 0 — 2 0
2018–19 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
East Fife 2018-19 League One 14 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 17 7
Career total 24 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 30 8

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. ^ "Rory Currie: Linfield sign Hearts striker on loan until end of the season". BBC Sport. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Games played by Rory Currie in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Games played by Rory Currie in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.


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