Conor McLaughlin

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Conor McLaughlin
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McLaughlin playing for Northern Ireland in 2019
Personal information
Full name Conor Gerard McLaughlin [1]
Date of birth (1991-07-26) 26 July 1991 (age 32) [2]
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
0000–2007 Linfield
2007–2009 Preston North End
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2012 Preston North End 24 (0)
2012 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 4 (0)
2012–2017 Fleetwood Town 172 (7)
2017–2019 Millwall 32 (1)
2019–2021 Sunderland 40 (0)
2021–2022 Fleetwood Town 9 (0)
Total281(8)
International career
Northern Ireland U16 9 (0)
Northern Ireland U17 9 (0)
Northern Ireland U19 14 (1)
2010–2012 Northern Ireland U21 7 (0)
2011–2021 Northern Ireland 43 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Conor Gerard McLaughlin (born 26 July 1991) is a Northern Irish former footballer who played as a right back.

Contents

Club career

Preston North End

Born in Belfast, McLaughlin turned professional with Preston North End in January 2010. [3] He made his début for Preston on 12 November 2010, in a 0–2 loss against Hull City. [4] In December 2010, McLaughlin signed a contract extension, keeping him with Preston until 2013. [5] He signed a two-month loan deal with Shrewsbury Town in March 2011. [6]

He was transfer-listed by the club in May 2012. [7]

Fleetwood Town

McLaughlin joined Fleetwood Town on 20 July 2012. [8] [9] He signed a new three-year contract with the club in June 2014. [10] He scored his first goal – for any club – in the Football League in February 2015. [11]

Millwall

McLaughlin signed for Millwall in July 2017. [12] He scored his first goal for Millwall in a 2–2 draw with Queens Park Rangers on 12 September 2017. [13]

Sunderland

After leaving Millwall he moved to Sunderland on a free transfer on 1 July 2019. [14] On 25 May 2021 it was announced that he would leave Sunderland at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract. [15]

Return to Fleetwood Town and retirement

He re-signed for Fleetwood Town on a short-term deal in October 2021. [16] On 14 January 2022, McLaughlin left Fleetwood for a second time following the expiration of his short-term deal, leaving the club as their all-time third highest EFL appearance maker. [17]

On 14 April 2022, McLaughlin announced his retirement "due to injury". [18]

International career

McLaughlin has represented Northern Ireland at youth international level. [19] [20] [21]

He received his first call-up for the senior national team in October 2011, [22] making his senior début later that month, in a 0–3 defeat against Italy on 11 October 2011. [23] [24]

McLaughlin started Northern Ireland's first game of Euro 2016 against Poland. [25]

Personal life

Conor McLaughlin is the elder brother of Ryan McLaughlin; both have been capped by Northern Ireland. [26]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Preston North End 2009–10 [27] Championship 000000—00
2010–11 [28] Championship701000—80
2011–12 [28] League One 17020001 [lower-alpha 1] 0200
Total240300010280
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2011–12 [28] League Two 40———40
Fleetwood Town 2012–13 [29] League Two190101000210
2013–14 [30] League Two35030009 [lower-alpha 2] 1471
2014–15 [31] League One391101000411
2015–16 [32] League One37210103 [lower-alpha 1] 0422
2016–17 [33] League One42440102 [lower-alpha 3] 0494
Total1727100401412008
Millwall 2017–18 [13] Championship2412000—261
2018–19 [34] Championship800030—110
Total321203000371
Sunderland 2019–20 [35] League One150104010210
2020–21 [36] League One25010003 [lower-alpha 1] 0290
Total400204040500
Fleetwood Town 2021–22 [37] League One9010002 [lower-alpha 1] 0120
Career total28181801102113319
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Six appearances in the Football League Trophy and three in the League Two play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearances in the League One play-offs

International

As of 5 October 2021 [38]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Northern Ireland 201110
201460
201570
201691
201780
201830
201940
202040
202110
Total431
As of match played 9 November 2017. Northern Ireland score listed first, score column indicates score after each McLaughlin goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 November 2016 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland22Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 3–04–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Sunderland

Individual

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