Rory Currie

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Rory Currie
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Lanark, Scotland
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2007–2011 Rangers
2011–2015 Celtic
2015–2016 Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2020 Heart of Midlothian 10 (0)
2018–2019 → East Fife (loan) 18 (6)
2019 → Forfar Athletic (loan) 7 (0)
2020 → Linfield (loan) 5 (0)
2020–2022 Brechin City 19 (3)
2022–2023 Tranent Juniors 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:49, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Rory Currie (born 20 February 1998) is a Scottish footballer who previously played for Lowland Football League club Tranent Juniors as a striker, currently a free agent. He has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, East Fife, Forfar Athletic, Linfield, Brechin City and Tranent Juniors.

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Career

Currie began his football career with Celtic's youth teams before leaving to join the Rangers Academy in January 2016 on a contract until the end of the 2015–16 season. [1]

Currie was released by Rangers in May 2016 [2] but joined Heart of Midlothian. [3] On 28 November 2016, he made his professional debut for Hearts as a 75th-minute substitute during a 3–0 home win against Motherwell. [4] He followed this a month later with his second league appearance against Aberdeen on 30 December. [5]

In January 2017, he was named as one of the Daily Record 's Scottish footballing prospects for 2017 alongside Tony Gallagher, Matthew Knox, Ronan Hughes, Liam Burt and Jack Aitchison. [6] Currie suffered a serious knee ligament injury in November 2017. [7] He was subsequently loaned to East Fife, Forfar Athletic and Linfield. [8]

Currie was released by Hearts after the 2019/20 season and was signed by Brechin City in August 2020. [9]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 October 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Heart of Midlothian 2016–17 [10] Premiership 9021——111
2017–18 [11] 10—10—20
2018–19 ————00
East Fife 2018–19 League One 18631—31248
Forfar 2019–20 League One 70———70
Brechin City 2020–21 League Two 191—41—232
2021–22 Highland League ??10401060
Career total5476291417311

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  3. ↑ "Five join U20s". Heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian Football Club. 13 June 2016.
  4. ↑ McLauchlin, Brian (28 November 2016). "Heart of Midlothian 3-0 Motherwell". BBC Sport. BBC.
  5. ↑ Wilson, Richard (30 December 2016). "Heart of Midlothian 0-1 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. BBC.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Fraser (2 January 2017). "Six top Scottish football prospects to look out for in 2017". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror.
  7. ↑ Anderson, Barry (17 February 2018). "Hearts bulk up Rory Currie as striker goes through injury rehab". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Rory Currie: Linfield sign Hearts striker on loan until end of the season". BBC Sport. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Brechin boss Mark Wilson makes first new signing of summer as former Hearts striker Rory Currie joins City".
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