Jamie McGonigle

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Jamie McGonigle
Personal information
Full name Jamie McGonigle
Date of birth (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Derry, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Coleraine
Number 19
Youth career
Dungiven Celtic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2019 Coleraine 148 (52)
2019–2021 Crusaders 62 (22)
2021–2024 Derry City 76 (24)
2024– Coleraine 15 (7)
International career
2017–2018 Northern Ireland U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024

Jamie McGonigle (born 5 March 1996) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for NIFL Premiership side Coleraine.

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Starting his career with Dungiven Celtic, McGonigle moved to Coleraine in 2015. After scoring 65 goals in 179 appearances, he signed for Crusaders in August 2019 for a Northern Irish transfer record fee of £60,000. He scored the fastest hattrick in an Irish league competition, only taking him 3 minutes. [1]

Club career

Coleraine

McGonigle began his career playing in the lower leagues for hometown club Dungiven Celtic. After impressing, he moved to Coleraine in 2014, and after scoring 30 goals for the reserve team, made his debut for the senior team against Institute in January 2015. [2]

By October 2017, he had scored against every club in the top flight, and his 16 league goals that season took Coleraine to second place in the league. [3] He also helped the side to win the Irish Cup, playing in the 3–1 final victory over Cliftonville, [4] and was named in the NIFL Team of the Year. [5] He scored a total of 65 goals in 179 games for the Bannsiders.

Crusaders

McGonigle signed for Crusaders on 8 August 2019. [6] The fee of £60,000 broke the Northern Irish transfer fee record, passing the previous record of £55,000 which had stood since Glenn Ferguson's transfer to Linfield from Glenavon in 1998. [1] McGonigle scored his first goals by scoring five, including a hat-trick in less than three minutes, in an 8–1 victory over Sirocco Works on 10 September 2019. [7]

Derry City

McGonigle then signed for Derry City on 29 June 2021 for a rumoured fee of £35,000. McGonigle made his Derry City debut in a 2–0 win over Waterford on 2 July 2021 at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. McGonigle netted his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win over Drogheda United a month later. He netted a crucial goal in a 2–1 win over Dundalk in the final game of the season which secured a 4th-place finish and European football for his side. Ahead of the 2022 season, McGonigle was handed the number 9 shirt. On 25 February 2022, McGonigle became the first Derry player since Alex Krstic in 1986 to score in 5 games in a row for Derry City in a 2–1 victory in injury time against Shamrock Rovers. On 18 March 2022, he signed a new contract with the club until the end of the 2025 season. [8] McGonigle also bagged his first hat-trick for Derry in a 7–1 victory against UCD on 22 April 2022. He was named League of Ireland Player of the Month for April 2022 after scoring 5 goals in the month. [9]

International career

McGonigle earned five caps for the Northern Ireland U21 side, having received his first call-up in 2017. [10] [11]

Career statistics

As of match played on 6 October. [12]

ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueNational Cup League Cup Europe OtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Coleraine 2014–15 NIFL Premiership 730000——73
2015–16 3771020——407
2016–17 34154331——4119
2017–18 361642112 [lower-alpha 1] 01 [lower-alpha 2] 04420
2018–19 341242122 [lower-alpha 1] 0—4016
Club total1485212774401017965
Crusaders 2019–20 NIFL Premiership 27122243—2 [lower-alpha 3] 53522
2020–21 351030——0 [lower-alpha 3] 03810
Club total62225243—257332
Derry City 2021 LOI Premier Division 17810———188
2022 351154—2 [lower-alpha 4] 0—4215
2023 24510—5 [lower-alpha 4] 01 [lower-alpha 5] 0315
Club total762474—70109128
Career Total2869822117411045343125

Honours

Coleraine

Derry City

Individual

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