Gary Irvine

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Gary Irvine
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Personal information
Full name Gary Irvine
Date of birth (1985-03-17) 17 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2003–2006 Celtic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2007 Celtic 0 (0)
2006 → Ross County (loan) 17 (0)
2007–2010 St Johnstone 85 (1)
2010–2016 Dundee 166 (6)
2016–2018 St Mirren 56 (0)
2019–2022 Forfar Athletic 57 (2)
International career‡
2006 Scotland U21 2 (0)
Managerial career
2021–2022 Forfar Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:27, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Gary Irvine (born 17 March 1985) is a Scottish professional footballer and manager. He has previously played for Celtic, Ross County, St Johnstone, Dundee and St Mirren and Forfar Athletic, the last of which he also performed the role of player-manager for.

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Career

Celtic & Ross County

Irvine started his career at Celtic, but failed to make an appearance for the club during his time there.

At the start of the 2006–07 season, he moved on loan to Ross County. During his time at County, he was involved as they won the 2006–07 Scottish Challenge Cup, beating Clyde on penalties. [1]

St Johnstone

After leaving Celtic, Irvine signed for Scottish First Division side St Johnstone. [2] In his first season at McDiarmid Park, he won the 2007–08 Scottish Challenge Cup, his second winners medal in that competition in successive seasons, with St Johnstone winning 3–2 against Dunfermline Athletic. [3] The following season, he was part of the squad as St Johnstone won the Scottish First Division. At the end of the 2009–10 season he was one of eight players released by the club. [4] Irvine scored once during his spell at the club; his goal coming in a 3–1 win over Dunfermline Athletic in April 2009. [5]

Dundee

On 24 July 2010, Irvine signed for Dundee, of the Scottish First Division. [6] In July 2012, with Dundee having been promoted to the Scottish Premier League after the demotion of Rangers, he signed a new deal with the club, [7] despite interest from several Scottish Premier League clubs including his former team, Ross County. [8] After Dundee's relegation from the Scottish Premier League, Irvine agreed terms on a new contract for the 2013–14 season. [9]

St Mirren

On 29 January 2016 Saints signed Irvine from Dundee until the end of the season, with the option of a further year. [10] He was released by St Mirren at the end of the 2017–18 season. [11]

Forfar Athletic

Irvine joined Forfar Athletic in February 2019, until the end of the season. [12] On 9 April 2021, Irvine agreed to take charge of the Loons after manager Stuart Malcolm and his assistants resigned from their positions. [13] [14] Irvine was announced as the club's new manager on 4 May. [15] Despite coming close to promotion in the 2021–22 season, a very disappointing start to the following season which left the Loons bottom of the table led to Forfar releasing Irvine on 9 November 2022. [16]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOther [A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 2006–07 Scottish Premier League 0000000000
Ross County (loan) 2006–07 [17] First Division 17000205 [lower-alpha 1] 0240
St Johnstone 2007–08 [18] First Division 33050104 [lower-alpha 1] 0430
2008–09 [19] 35110201 [lower-alpha 1] 0391
2009–10 [20] Scottish Premier League 1702030—220
Total8518060501041
Dundee 2010–11 [21] First Division 31110202 [lower-alpha 1] 0361
2011–12 [22] 35130202 [lower-alpha 1] 0421
2012–13 [23] Scottish Premier League 3402030—390
2013–14 [24] Championship 33010203 [lower-alpha 1] 0390
2014–15 [25] Premiership 2642020—304
2015–16 [26] 700000—70
Total166690110701936
St Mirren 2015–16 [26] Championship 160000000160
2016–17 [27] 33030305 [lower-alpha 1] 0440
2017–18 [25] 7000401 [lower-alpha 1] 0120
Total560307060720
Forfar Athletic 2018–19 [28] Scottish League One 12200002 [lower-alpha 2] 0142
2019–20 [29] 250105000310
2020–21 [30] 170303000230
2021–22 [31] Scottish League Two 2000202 [lower-alpha 1] 060
2022–23 [32] 1000000010
Total5724010040752
Total38192403602704689

Managerial record

Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecordRef.
GWDLWin %
Forfar Athletic Flag of Scotland.svg 9 April 20219 November 202275261732034.67
Total75261732034.67—

International career

Irvine was capped twice for the Scotland under–21s, against Iceland [33] and Turkey [34] in 2006.

Honours

Ross County
St Johnstone
Dundee
St. Mirren

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References

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  32. ↑ "Games played by Gary Irvine in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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