Liam McStravick

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Liam McStravick
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-11-27) 27 November 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Airdrieonians
Number 10
Youth career
–2022 Cliftonville
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Linfield 57 (1)
2023– Airdrieonians 34 (3)
International career
Northern Ireland U18
2023– Northern Ireland U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 June 2025

Liam McStravick (born 27 November 2004) [2] is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for the Scottish Championship club Airdrieonians as a midfielder. [3] He was born in Belfast. [4]

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Career

McStravick was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. [5] He started playing youth football with Cliftonville under the mentorship of the former Northern Ireland youth international Marc Smyth. [6] [4] In 2022, he joined Linfield and signed his first professional contract. [7] In 2023, he moved to sign for Airdrieonians in Scotland for an undisclosed amount. [8] [9] He scored his first professional goal in November 2023 against Arbroath. [10] In 2024, McStravick scored the equalising goal for Airdrieonians against The New Saints in the 2024 Scottish Challenge Cup final, which Airdrieonians won to give him his first senior medal. [11] [12]

However, McStravick suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury during the match against The New Saints. [13] Due to the nature of his injury requiring surgery, Airdrieonians permitted him to return to Northern Ireland to undergo rehabilitation with the physio of Larne. [14] He later returned to Scotland to take part in Airdrieonians' social programmes in February 2025. [15] He returned to playing in March 2025, coming off the bench and scoring an equaliser against Livingstone. [14]

International career

During his youth career, he was called up to play for Northern Ireland national under-18 schoolboys football team. In October 2023, he was called up to the Northern Ireland national under-21 football team. [16] After returning from his ACL injury, he was recalled to Northern Ireland U-21s. [17]

Honours

References

  1. "L. McStravick". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. "Liam McStravick". TNT Sports. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  3. "Liam McStravick". Airdrieonians F.C. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Liam McStravick says Airdrie cup final hero of 2009 paved his own path to glory". Daily Record. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. "Dundee United v Airdrie: Confident Airdrie signing wants to show his 'magic'". Daily Record. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  6. "Emotional Airdrie hero pays tribute to ex-coach who was also a Diamonds winner". Daily Record. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  7. "David Healy excited by 'bright spark' Liam McStravick as teen signs first professional contract with Linfield". Belfast Telegraph. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  8. Thomson, Paul (27 August 2023). "Former Rangers striker hails "exciting opportunity" for new Airdrie signing". Daily Record. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  9. "Former Linfield teen Liam McStravick attracting significant interest in transfer window". Belfast Telegraph. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  10. "Liam McStravick and Lewis McGregor fire Airdrie to victory against Arbroath" . Irish News. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  11. 1 2 "TNS 1 Airdrie 2: Diamonds deliver first trophy in 16 years in pulsating final". Daily Record. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  12. "Liam Mcstravick - Airdrieonians Midfielder". ESPN (UK). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  13. Thomson, Paul (26 January 2025). "McStravick back from injury 'like a new signing', as Airdrie boss praises rehab". Daily Record. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  14. 1 2 Thomson, Paul (17 March 2025). "Airdrie ace hails Larne physio for making him a better player after injury hell". Daily Record. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  15. Bunting, Ian (18 February 2025). "Airdrieonians FC squad members chat with pupils as part of Time to Talk Day". Daily Record. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  16. "U21s - Three new faces in squad". Irish Football Association. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  17. Thomson, Paul (16 March 2025). "Airdrie boss: Losing Liam McStravick for Falkirk clash is deflating". Daily Record. Retrieved 22 April 2025.