Connor McManus

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Connor McManus
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-02-29) 29 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Paisley, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 East Fife
Number 6
Youth career
2005–2015 Celtic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Celtic 1 (0)
2015–2016 → Alloa Athletic (loan) 32 (1)
2017 → Queen of the South (loan) 10 (0)
2017–2018 Greenock Morton 12 (0)
2018 → East Fife (loan) 18 (1)
2018–2021 Stranraer 105 (3)
2021– East Fife 107 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Connor McManus (born 29 February 1996) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish League Two club East Fife. McManus has previously played for Celtic, Alloa Athletic Queen of the South, Greenock Morton, East Fife (loan) and Stranraer. He recently rejoined East Fife on a 2 year deal in 2021.

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Career

McManus joined Celtic's academy in 2005. McManus played for the team in the 2013–14 UEFA Youth League and scored versus A.C. Milan on 26 November 2013 but the club was still eliminated from the competition.[ citation needed ] In 2015, McManus won the Scottish Youth Cup, captaining the team to a 5–2 win over Old Firm rivals Rangers at Hampden Park. [1]

On 3 July 2015 McManus and teammate Michael Duffy were loaned out to Alloa Athletic. [2] McManus made his senior debut twenty two days later, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 win at Brora Rangers in the first round of the Scottish Challenge Cup [3] and on 8 August 2015 McManus made his league debut in a 3–1 defeat away to Queen of the South at Palmerston Park in Dumfries. [4] McManus scored one goal in a 2-2 draw versus the Doonhamers, as the Wasps were relegated to Scottish League One.

On 24 March 2017, McManus signed an emergency loan deal at Queen of the South [5] and returned to Celtic at the end of the 2016-17 season. [6] After he was released by Celtic, McManus signed a six-month contract with Greenock Morton in July 2017. [7]

After Greenock Morton, Connor moved onto East Fife on loan making only 11 appearances and 1 goal then following season signed for Stranraer for two seasons in Scottish League Two.

In August 2021 he moved back permanently with East Fife but hugely missed most of 2021-2022 season with injury where the club was relegated to league two in the end. Therefore made a comeback in the 1-0 away win over Albion Rovers on 11 February 2023.

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References

  1. ↑ "Celtic win 2015 Little Big Shot Youth Cup". Scottish Football Association. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Wasps bring in young Celts". Alloa Athletic F.C. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Brora Rangers 0-1 Alloa". BBC Sport. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Queen of Sth 3-1 Alloa". BBC Sport. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "QosFC: Connor McManus". Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "QosFC: Squad Upate". Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (21 July 2017). "SIGNING NEWS: CONNOR MCMANUS JOINS MORTON". Gmfc.net. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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