Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 September 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Ripon, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Ettifaq (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Cockermouth | |||
2007–2015 | Liverpool | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Witton Albion (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2018 | → Chester (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Barrow | 18 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Rangers | 1 | (0) |
2022 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2022–2024 | Connah's Quay Nomads | 55 | (0) |
Total | 95 | (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.
Firth was born in Ripon, North Yorkshire. [1]
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]
Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liverpool | 2015–16 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Witton Albion (loan) | 2015–16 [16] [17] | NPL Division One North | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Chester (loan) | 2017–18 | National League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Barrow | 2018–19 | National League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
Rangers | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Partick Thistle (loan) | 2022–23 | Scottish Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Connah's Quay Nomads [18] | 2022–23 | Cymru Premier | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
2023–24 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
Total | 44 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||
Career total | 84 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 105 | 0 |
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