Ryan Curran

Ryan Curran

Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-10-13) 13 October 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Derry, Northern Ireland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Cliftonville
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2015	Derry City	68	(4)
2012	→ Finn Harps (loan)	2	(0)
2016–2017	Finn Harps	30	(7)
2017–2018	Ballinamallard United	46	(16)
2018–	Cliftonville	173	(68)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:45, 14 July 2023 UTC

Ryan Curran (born 13 October 1993) is a footballer from Northern Ireland who plays for Cliftonville ^[2] in the NIFL Premiership.

Club career

Early career

Curran began his senior career at Derry City, making eleven appearances before being sent out on loan to Finn Harps in August 2012. He only made two appearances for Harps before returning to Derry City in the same month. ^[3]

Return to Derry City

After returning from a loan spell at Finn Harps, Curran made 72 appearances for Derry City, netting five goals. He was part of the squad that won the 2012 FAI Cup, ^[4] before returning to Finn Harps in 2015. ^[5]

Finn Harps

Curran signed for then newly promoted League Of Ireland side Finn Harps in 2015. On 10 May 2016, Curran scored in a 2–2 draw against his former club, Derry City. ^[6] Harps finished 10th in the table, and Curran left for then NIFL Premiership outfit Ballinamallard United in January 2017.

Ballinamallard United

In his first season at Ballinamallard United, Curran made 10 appearances, scoring twice. He suffered a persistent ankle injury problem throughout his early career and it affected him at the beginning of his time at Ballinamallard. In March 2017, He played his first full 90 minutes for Ballinamallard in a match against Ards. ^[7] Curran scored 16 goals for Ballinamallard in the 2017/18 season before they were relegated on the final day. He left Ballinamallard for Cliftonville in May 2018.

Cliftonville

Cliftonville announced the signing of Ryan Curran on 4 May 2018. ^[8] He made his debut in a Europa League qualifier against Danish Superliga side FC Nordsjaelland in July 2018. ^[9] In Curran's first season with the Reds, he won the Cliftonville Players' Player of the Year and the Cliftonville Player of the Year. In January 2020, Curran scored a last-minute winner in a dramatic County Antrim Shield final comeback against Ballymena, winning his first trophy with the club. On 13 March 2022, Ryan Curren put in a Man Of The Match display during which Cliftonville won its sixth Irish League Cup against Coleraine at Windsor Park. ^[10]

Career Statistics

Club

As of 10 August 2024 ^[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Derry City	2011	League of Ireland Premier Division	—		—		1	0	—		—		1	0
	2012		13	1	2	1	2	0	—		1 [a]	0	18	2
	2013		15	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2 [a]	0	19	0
	2014		20	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		21	1
	2015		20	2	2	0	2	0	—		—		24	2
	Total		68	4	5	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	83	5
Finn Harps (loan)	2012	League of Ireland First Division	2	0	—		—		—		—		2	0
Finn Harps	2016	League of Ireland Premier Division	30	7	—		2	0	—		—		32	7
Ballinamallard United	2017-18	NIFL Premiership	34	14	1	0	1	0	—		—		36	14
Cliftonville	2018-19	NIFL Premiership	37	14	—		1	0	2 [b]	0	—		40	14
	2019-20		31	5	3	2	2	0	3 [b]	0	—		39	7
	2020-21		39	15	2	1	—		—		—		41	16
	2021-22		38	19	3	0	4	3	—		—		45	22
	2022-23		28	15	1	0	3	0	2 [c]	0	1 [d]	0	35	15
	2023-24		0	0	—		—		—		—		0	0
	2024-25		0	0	—		—		2 [c]	0	1 [e]	0	3	0
	Total		173	68	9	3	10	3	9	0	2	0	203	74
Career Total			307	93	15	4	20	3	9	0	5	0	356	100

1. Appearance(s) in Setanta Sports Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
4. Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup
5. Appearance(s) in NIFL Charity Shield

Honours

Derry City

• FAI Cup: 2012

Cliftonville

• County Antrim Shield: 2019-20
• Irish League Cup: 2021–22

References

1. "Ryan Curran - Player Profile - Football".
2. "Cliftonville Football Club » Ryan Curran" . Retrieved 26 December 2021.
3. "Ryan Curran".
4. "Derry City win the 2012 FAI Cup". Extratime.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
5. "Finn Harps sign former Derry City striker Ryan Curran | Goal.com".
6. Brandywell, Seamus Crudden at (10 May 2016). "Ryan Curran and Sean Houston secure a point for Finn Harps". The Irish News. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
7. "Ballinamallard new boy Curran aiming to put injuries behind him and start banging in the goals". Impartial Reporter. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
8. Fullerton, Gareth (4 May 2018). "Curran delight as he joins up with Cliftonville". BelfastLive. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
9. "Cliftonville Football Club » Ryan Curran" . Retrieved 20 December 2021.
10. "Curran hits last-gasp winner for Reds". BBC Sport. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
11. Ryan Curran at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2024.