Ryan Hardie

Ryan Hardie

Personal information
Full name	Ryan Hardie [1]
Date of birth	(1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Stranraer, Scotland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Plymouth Argyle
Number	9
Youth career
2010–2014	Rangers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2019	Rangers	13	(2)
2016	→ Raith Rovers (loan)	10	(6)
2016–2017	→ St Mirren (loan)	16	(3)
2017	→ Raith Rovers (loan)	18	(6)
2018–2019	→ Livingston (loan)	37	(15)
2019–2021	Blackpool	7	(0)
2020–2021	→ Plymouth Argyle (loan)	35	(10)
2021–	Plymouth Argyle	148	(44)
International career‡
2012	Scotland U16 [2]	2	(0)
2014	Scotland U17 [2]	7	(1)
2015–2016	Scotland U19 [2]	8	(4)
2016	Scotland U20 [2]	5	(3)
2016–2018	Scotland U21 [2]	8	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:17, 22 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2019

Ryan Hardie (born 17 March 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle. Hardie started his career with Rangers, and was loaned by them to Raith Rovers, St Mirren and Livingston. In July 2019 he moved to English club Blackpool, with whom he remained for 18 months, before signing for Plymouth Argyle in January 2021.

Hardie has represented Scotland at youth internationals up to and including the Under-21 level.

Club career

Rangers

Hardie, from Stranraer, is a boyhood Rangers fan. ^[3] He made his professional debut for the team in a League Cup match against Falkirk on 23 September 2014, replacing Dean Shiels for the last four minutes of a 3–1 win at the Falkirk Stadium. ^[4] He was first called up for a league game on 15 November, remaining an unused substitute in a 1–1 draw with Alloa Athletic at Ibrox. ^[5] On 28 March 2015, he made his Scottish Championship debut, replacing Nicky Clark for the final 16 minutes of a 4–1 home win over Cowdenbeath. ^[6] Hardie's first start was on 18 April away to Dumbarton and he scored his first two professional goals as they came from behind to win 3–1, the second being an overhead kick from Lee Wallace's cross. ^[7]

On 17 February 2016, Hardie was loaned out to Raith Rovers on an initial month-long loan; ^[8] however, this was extended to the end of the season a month later. ^[9] On 25 July 2016, Hardie joined Scottish Championship club St Mirren on loan until January 2017. ^[10] He made his debut in the League Cup against Edinburgh City on 30 July 2016. ^[11] Hardie moved on loan again to Raith Rovers in January 2017, on a deal until May 2017. ^[12] In January 2018, he returned to the second tier of Scottish football, this time signing a six-month loan deal with Livingston. ^[13] Upon his return to Rangers, Hardie signed a one-year contract extension to tie him to the club until 2019. ^[14]

Hardie again signed on loan for Livingston for the first part of the 2018–19 season. In January 2019 he signed another one-year contract with Rangers, and returned on loan to Livingston. ^[15]

Blackpool

Hardie moved to EFL League One club Blackpool for an undisclosed fee in July 2019. ^[16] He scored his first goal for Blackpool when he scored in an EFL Trophy tie against Morecambe on 3 September 2019. ^[17]

He signed on loan for Plymouth Argyle for the rest of the 2019–20 season on 9 January 2020. ^[18] On 29 July, he returned to Plymouth on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season. ^[19]

Plymouth Argyle

Halfway through his second loan spell at the club, Hardie completed a permanent move on 29 January 2021. ^[20]

On 25 May 2023 Hardie signed a new three-year contract with Plymouth Argyle after finishing the 2022–23 League One season as the club's top scorer with 17 goals. ^[21]

On 5 August 2023 Hardie scored his 50th goal for the club in 164 appearances. ^{[22] [23]}

International career

Hardie has represented Scotland at various age levels. ^[2]

Hardie was selected for the Scotland U17 team in the UEFA under-17 Championship in 2014, ^[24] where the Netherlands beat them in the semi-finals. ^[25]

He was selected for the under-20 squad in the 2017 Toulon Tournament. ^[26] After a historic first ever win against Brazil, the first at any level, ^[27] Scotland later won the bronze medal. ^[28] It was the nations first ever medal at the competition. ^[29]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 September 2024 ^[30]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [lower-alpha 1]		League cup [lower-alpha 2]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rangers	2014–15	Scottish Championship	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	2
	2015–16	Scottish Championship	1	0	1	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	4	0
	2017–18	Scottish Premiership	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	0
	Total		13	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	17	2
Raith Rovers (loan)	2015–16	Scottish Championship	10	6	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 4]	0	12	6
St Mirren (loan)	2016–17	Scottish Championship	16	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	3
Raith Rovers (loan)	2016–17	Scottish Championship	18	6	2	1	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 5]	1	22	8
Livingston (loan)	2017–18	Scottish Championship	16	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	8
	2018–19	Scottish Premiership	21	7	1	0	0	0	—		22	7
	Total		37	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	39	15
Blackpool	2019–20 [31]	EFL League One	7	0	0	0	1	0	4 [lower-alpha 6]	1	12	1
Plymouth Argyle (loan)	2019–20 [31]	EFL League Two	13	7	0	0	0	0	—		13	7
	2020–21 [32]	EFL League One	22	3	4	1	2	0	2 [lower-alpha 6]	0	30	4
	Total		35	10	4	1	2	0	2	0	43	11
Plymouth Argyle	2020–21 [32]	EFL League One	21	2	0	0	0	0	—		21	2
	2021–22 [33]	EFL League One	37	16	5	1	2	2	1 [lower-alpha 6]	0	45	19
	2022–23 [34]	EFL League One	44	13	1	0	1	0	8 [lower-alpha 6]	4	54	17
	2023–24 [35]	EFL Championship	40	12	3	1	2	0	—		45	13
	2024–25 [36]	EFL Championship	6	1	0	0	2	1	—		8	2
	Total		148	44	9	2	7	3	9	4	173	53
Career total			284	86	18	4	13	3	20	6	335	99

1. Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup
2. Includes Scottish League Cup, EFL Cup
3. Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
4. Appearances in Scottish Premiership play-offs
5. Appearances in Scottish Championship play-offs
6. Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Plymouth Argyle

• EFL League One: 2022–23 ^[37]
• EFL Trophy runner-up: 2022–23 ^[38]

References

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20. "Hardie Completes Permanent Move To Plymouth". Blackpool FC. 29 January 2021. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
21. "Hardie signs new three-year deal with Plymouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
22. "Argyle 3 Huddersfield 1 | Hardie's Reaction | Plymouth Argyle - PAFC". www.pafc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
23. "Ryan Hardie | Football Stats | Plymouth Argyle | Age 26 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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28. "Scotland finish third at Toulon Tournament with 3-0 win". Scottish FA. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
29. "JULES AND HOLSGROVE TAKE BRONZE WITH SCOTLAND IN TOULON". Reading FC. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
30. "R. HARDIE". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
31. "Games played by Ryan Hardie in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
32. "Games played by Ryan Hardie in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
33. "Games played by Ryan Hardie in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
34. "Games played by Ryan Hardie in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
35. "Games played by Ryan Hardie in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
36. "Games played by Ryan Hardie in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
37. "Plymouth beat Port Vale to win League One title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
38. Brent Pilnick (2 April 2023). "Bolton crush Plymouth to win Papa Johns Trophy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

External links

• Ryan Hardie at Soccerbase