Ryan Finnie

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Ryan Finnie
Ryan Finnie playing on 26 March for Rangers FC 2014-05-27 00-32.jpg
Finnie playing for Rangers in March 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-02-19) 19 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Law, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2014 Hamilton Academical 5 (0)
2012 → Dumbarton (loan) 14 (0)
2014–2015 Rangers 0 (0)
2015 Partick Thistle 0 (0)
2015–2016 Annan Athletic 13 (1)
2016 Alloa Athletic 7 (0)
2016–2017 Annan Athletic 12 (0)
2017 Clyde 7 (0)
2017–2018 Grange Thistle
2018 IFK Östersund 8 (0)
2018–2019 Edinburgh City 0 (0)
2019 Caledonian Braves
2019 IFK Mora
2019–2020 Queen's Park 14 (1)
2020–2021 Berwick Rangers 11 (0)
2021 → Cowdenbeath (loan) 14 (0)
2021–2022 Spartans
International career‡
2011 Scotland U16 1 (0)
2011–2012 Scotland U17 8 (0)
2013 Scotland U18 1 (0)
2013 Scotland U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:00, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:17, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Ryan Finnie (born 19 February 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who used to play for Spartans.

Contents

Finnie has previously played for Hamilton Academical, Dumbarton, Rangers, Partick Thistle, Annan Athletic, Alloa Athletic, Clyde, Grange Thistle, IFK Östersund, Edinburgh City, Caledonian Braves, IFK Mora, Queen's Park, Berwick Rangers, and Cowdenbeath.

Club career

Born in Law, South Lanarkshire [1] Finnie moved on loan from Hamilton Academical to Dumbarton in January 2012. [2] He left Hamilton in January 2014, [3] and in March of the same year signed for Rangers on a short-term deal. [4] He signed for Partick Thistle in January 2015, [5] and was released by them at the end of the season. [6]

Finnie then spent the summer of 2015 playing as a trialist for a number of different clubs, including Brechin City and Dunfermline Athletic. He eventually signed for Scottish League Two side Annan Athletic in September 2015, [7] making his debut against Arbroath [8] and scoring his only goal for the side in December 2015 against Montrose. [9]

Finnie left Galabank in February 2016, [10] signing for Scottish Championship side Alloa Athletic shortly after. [11] Following Alloa's relegation from the Scottish Championship Finnie was released by the club, [12] after which he subsequently re-signed for Annan. [13] Finnie left Annan on 7 January 2017, [14] and on 13 January 2017, joined fellow Scottish League Two side Clyde until the end of the 2016–17 season. [15] Finnie was released by the club following the end of his contract. [16]

After leaving Clyde, Finnie moved to Australia in June 2017, signing for Brisbane Premier League club Grange Thistle on 9 June 2017. [17]

After a spell with Swedish club IFK Östersund, [18] [19] he signed for Edinburgh City in October 2018. [20]

In January 2019 he was playing for Edusport. [21] Finnie went back to Sweden to sign for IFK Mora in August 2019. [22] Finnie returned to Scotland in November and signed for Queen's Park. [23]

Finnie signed with Berwick Rangers on 7 October 2020 and [24] later joined Cowdenbeath on loan on 9 March 2021. [25]

Finnie departed Berwick Rangers by mutual agreement on 27 October 2021. [26]

Spartans announced the signing of Finnie on 18 November 2021. [27]

International career

He was called up by the Scotland under-19 squad for the first time in April 2013. [28]

He has played for Scotland at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 level. [29] [30] [31] [32]

Career statistics

As of 12 June 2017 [33]
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hamilton Academical 2012–13 4000000040
2013–14 1000000010
Total5000000050
Dumbarton (loan) 2011–12 140000000140
Rangers 2013–14 0000000000
Partick Thistle 2014–15 0000000000
Annan Athletic 2015–16 131400000171
Alloa Athletic 2015–16 7000000070
Annan Athletic 2016–17 120201110161
Clyde 2016–17 7000000070
Career total581601110662

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  30. ↑ "Ryan Finnie under-17 profile". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  31. ↑ "Ryan Finnie under-18 profile". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
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  33. ↑ Ryan Finnie at Soccerbase
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