Andy Firth

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Andy Firth
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-26) 26 September 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Ripon, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Al-Ettifaq (Goalkeeping Coach)
Youth career
Cockermouth
2007–2015 Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 Liverpool 0 (0)
2015–2016Witton Albion (loan) 10 (0)
2018Chester (loan) 11 (0)
2018–2019 Barrow 18 (0)
2019–2022 Rangers 1 (0)
2022Partick Thistle (loan) 0 (0)
2022–2024 Connah's Quay Nomads 55 (0)
Total95(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Firth (born 26 September 1996) is an English football coach and former professional player who is a goalkeeping coach for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq.

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Early and personal life

Firth was born in Ripon, North Yorkshire. [1]

Career

Firth began his career with Cockermouth. [2] He joined Liverpool at under-11 level. [1] He spent time on loan at Witton Albion in 2015, [3] and moved on loan to Chester in January 2018, [4] and made 11 appearances for the club before returning to Liverpool in May. [5] Firth had obtained his coaching badges whilst with the Liverpool Academy, and due to financial constraints at Chester he acted on occasion as coach for loanee Will Jääskeläinen. [6]

After leaving Liverpool in the summer of 2018, he signed for Barrow in July. [3] He moved to Scottish club Rangers in January 2019, [7] after 18 league appearances for Barrow. [8] He made his senior debut for Rangers against Kilmarnock in May 2019. [9] [10] Firth signed a new one-year deal with Rangers on 29 April 2021. [11] On 12 February 2022, Firth joined Partick Thistle on loan in the Scottish Championship. [12]

Firth left Rangers in June 2022 [13] and joined Connah's Quay Nomads in July 2022. [14]

Firth announced on 15 June 2024 he would be leaving Connah's Quay Nomads to join Al Ettifaq as a goalkeeping coach. [15]

Career statistics

As of 12 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueDomestic CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 2015–16 Premier League 0000000000
2016–17 0000000000
2017–18 0000000000
Total0000000000
Witton Albion (loan) 2015–16 [16] [17] NPL Division One North 10000203 [lower-alpha 1] 0150
Chester (loan) 2017–18 National League 1100000110
Barrow 2018–19 National League180101 [lower-alpha 2] 0200
Rangers 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 1000000010
2019–20 0000000000
2020–21 0000000000
2021–22 0000000000
Total1000000010
Partick Thistle (loan) 2022–23 Scottish Championship 0000000000
Connah's Quay Nomads [18] 2022–23 Cymru Premier 320503000400
2023–24 12030102 [lower-alpha 3] 0180
Total440804020580
Career total8409060601050
  1. One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Cheshire Senior Cup, one appearance in Mid-Cheshire Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Rangers

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