Chris Duggan

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Chris Duggan
Personal information
Full name Christopher Duggan
Date of birth (1994-01-30) 30 January 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Port Melbourne
Youth career
Queen's Park
2010–2012 Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 Partick Thistle 0 (0)
2014Forfar Athletic (loan) 6 (1)
2014Queen's Park (loan) 5 (1)
2015Dumbarton (loan) 7 (0)
2015Queen's Park (loan) 30 (15)
2016–2018 East Fife 58 (22)
2018–2019 Raith Rovers 14 (2)
2019 East Fife 7 (0)
2020– Port Melbourne 39 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2022

Christopher Duggan (born 30 January 1994) is an Australian professional footballer, who plays as a forward.

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Career

Duggan started his career as a player at Queen's Park before moving to Hamilton Academical. He also spent some time playing in the United States. [1] Following an impressive trial at an Irvine Meadow tournament with the jags, newly promoted Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle signed Duggan in 2013. [2]

After spending some time in Thistle's under 20 squad, Duggan moved to Scottish League One side Forfar Athletic on 21 March 2014, on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season. [3] In March 2014, Duggan scored his first goal for Forfar in a 2–1 defeat to East Fife at Station Park. [4] Duggan returned on loan to Queens Park on loan on 11 September 2014. for three months. [5] Duggan got two assists in his first game back with Queens Park in a 2–1 victory. His loan at Queen's Park came to an end on 1 November 2014, after he had injured his ankle while training with Partick Thistle. [6]

He signed for Dumbarton on an emergency loan until the end of the season in February 2015. [7] Duggan made his debut as a late sub in a 3–0 defeat to Hibernian. [8] He went on to make seven appearances for the club without scoring. Having been released by Partick Thistle, Duggan went on trial with Morton and scored two goals in a friendly against Greenock Juniors. [9] On 21 August 2015, Duggan signed a new one-year contract with Partick Thistle and was immediately loaned to Queen's Park again, moving until 1 January 2016. Duggan helped lead Queens Park to Promotion from League 2, including 2 goals in the playoffs. [10] After his contract with Thistle expired, Duggan signed for East Fife in May 2016. [11]

During the 2018 close season, Duggan signed for Raith Rovers. [12] Duggan was not offered a new contract at the end of an injury prone season and the club did not retain him. He re-signed for East Fife in July 2019, [13] but then left them midway through the 201920 as he wanted to move back to Australia. [14]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 October 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Forfar Athletic (loan) 2013–14 [15] League One 6100000061
Queen's Park (loan) 2014–15 [16] League Two 5100000051
Dumbarton (loan) 2014–15 [16] Championship 7000000070
Queen's Park (loan) 2015–16 [17] League Two 301221004 [lower-alpha 1] 33615
East Fife 2016–17 [18] League One 207222000207
2017–18 [19] 321420411 [lower-alpha 2] 03815
East Fife total42214261105822
Career total1003543615310639
  1. Two appearances and a goal in the Scottish Challenge Cup; two appearances and two goals in the League One play-offs
  2. Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup

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