Ryan Curran

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Ryan Curran
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Ryan Curran with Cliftonville in 2023
Personal information
Full name Ryan Curran
Date of birth (1993-10-13) 13 October 1993 (age 29)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2015 Derry City 68 (4)
2012 → Finn Harps (loan) 2 (0)
2016–2017 Finn Harps 30 (7)
2017–2018 Ballinamallard 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.

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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, 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]

Honours

Derry City

Cliftonville

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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, by 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.
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