Blair Currie

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Blair Currie
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 (age 29) [1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Stirling Albion
Youth career
2001–2011 Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013 Rangers 0 (0)
2012 → Hamilton Academical (loan) 4 (0)
2013–2015 Hamilton Academical 3 (0)
2015–2017 Annan Athletic 41 (0)
2017–2019 Clyde 68 (0)
2019– Stirling Albion 110 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:50, 31 January 2024

Blair Currie (born 19 February 1994) [1] is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Stirling Albion.

Contents

Early and personal life

Currie's brother Max is also a footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for Airdrieonians. [2]

Career

Currie began his playing career as a youth for Rangers at the age of seven. [1] He worked his way up to the under-19 squad, where he was back up to fellow keeper Alan Smith. [3] On the opening day of the 2012 January transfer window, Currie joined Scottish First Division side Hamilton Academical on an emergency loan [4] until the end of the season. [5]

Currie was an unused substitute on 14 occasions, [6] before he made his debut as a substitute against Falkirk on 10 April 2012, following the sending off of David Hutton. [7] At the time he was the youngest goalkeeper playing first team football in the UK. [8] In all he made four appearances before returning to Rangers. [9]

He was released by Hamilton at the end of the 2014–15 season. [10] On 15 July 2015, Currie signed for Annan Athletic, agreeing a one-year contract. [11] After two seasons with Annan, Currie left the club to join former Annan manager Jim Chapman at league rivals Clyde in June 2017. [12]

At the end of Season 18–19, Currie opted to join Stirling Albion.

Career statistics

As of match played 30 October 2021 [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers 2011–12 [13] Scottish Premier League 0000000000
2012–13 [14] Scottish Third Division 0000000000
Total0000000000
Hamilton Academical (loan) 2011–12 [13] Scottish First Division 4000000040
Hamilton Academical 2013–14 [15] Scottish Championship 3000000030
2014–15 [16] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
Total3000000030
Annan Athletic 2015–16 [17] Scottish League Two 6000000060
2016–17 [18] 35030402 [lower-alpha 1] 0440
Total410304020500
Clyde 2017–18 [19] Scottish League Two 32020401 [lower-alpha 2] 0390
2018–19 [20] 36010304 [lower-alpha 3] 0440
Total680307050830
Stirling Albion 2019–20 [21] Scottish League Two 160202000200
2020–21 [22] 7010000080
2021–22 [23] 110104000160
Total340406000440
Career total1500100170701840
  1. ↑ Appearances in the League One play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in the League One play-offs

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References

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  2. ↑ "Goalkeeping brothers Blair and Max Currie sent off on same day". BBC Sport. 24 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Blair Joins Accies". Rangers F.C. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Hamilton may have to throw in on-loan rookie Rangers keeper Blair Currie against St Mirren". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Registrations Window Opens". acciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical F.C. 1 January 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Blair Currie stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Falkirk 3–0 Hamilton Academical". Scottish Football League. 10 April 2012. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Rangers keeper Blair Currie: If club has to go with youngsters next season then I'll be ready". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Blair Currie in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Scottish Premiership ins and outs - Summer 2015". BBC Sport. 2 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Squad additions". Annan Athletic FC. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Blair Currie joins Clyde". Clyde FC. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Games played by Blair Currie in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Blair Currie in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Blair Currie in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Blair Currie in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Blair Currie in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Blair Currie in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Blair Currie in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Blair Currie in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Blair Currie in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Blair Currie in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Blair Currie in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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