Personal information | |||
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Full name | Shayne Francis Lavery [1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 December 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Aghagallon, County Antrim, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cambridge United | ||
Youth career | |||
Oxford Sunnyside | |||
Portadown | |||
–2015 | Glenavon | ||
2015–2019 | Everton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
2019 | → Falkirk (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Linfield | 56 | (33) |
2021–2024 | Blackpool | 95 | (15) |
2024– | Cambridge United | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Northern Ireland U17 | 3 | (2) |
2016 | Northern Ireland U19 | 5 | (1) |
2016– | Northern Ireland U21 | 14 | (5) |
2018– | Northern Ireland | 19 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:42, 2 November 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:22, 19 June 2023(UTC) |
Shayne Francis Lavery (born 8 December 1998) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Cambridge United. He has also represented the Northern Ireland national team. He has previously played for Everton, Falkirk and Linfield.
Lavery attended St Michael's Grammar School in Lurgan. [2] His older brother Conor played youth football for Manchester United. [2]
Lavery played youth football for Oxford Sunnyside, Portadown and Glenavon. [2] He was an unused substitute for Glenavon's first team in December 2014. [3]
In March 2015, Lavery moved to Everton following a successful trial. [2] On 6 December 2017, Lavery was named in Everton's first-team squad for the Europa League match away to Apollon Limassol but was an unused substitute. [4]
Lavery moved on loan to Scottish Championship club Falkirk in January 2019. [5] Following the end of his loan, Lavery departed Everton at the end of the 2018–19 season.
On 31 May 2019, it was announced that Lavery had joined Linfield on a one-year deal. [6] His deal was then extended by another year in May 2020. [7]
Lavery signed for Blackpool on 1 July 2021 on a two-year contract, with an option of a further 12 months. He scored, deep into injury time, on his debut as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 draw at Bristol City on 7 August. [8]
On 7 May 2024, Blackpool announced the player would be leaving the club in the summer when his contract expired. [9]
On 1 July 2024, Lavery joined League One side Cambridge United on a two-year deal. [10]
Lavery played for Northern Ireland at under-17, under-19 and under-21 youth levels. [2] [11] [12]
He received his first call up to the Northern Ireland senior team in March 2018, [13] and made his senior debut against Panama in May 2018. [14]
Lavery's first international goal came on 2 September 2021 against Lithuania in Vilnius, in a 2022 World Cup qualifier which Northern Ireland went on to win 4–1.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Glenavon | 2014–15 [12] | NIFL Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Everton | 2015–16 [15] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2016–17 [16] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2017–18 [17] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2018–19 [18] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Everton U23 | 2017–18 [17] | — | — | — | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 [18] | — | — | — | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
Falkirk (loan) | 2018–19 [18] | Scottish Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Linfield | 2019–20 [12] | NIFL Premiership | 25 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 [lower-alpha 2] | 4 | 35 | 14 |
2020–21 [12] | NIFL Premiership | 31 | 23 | 4 | 7 | — | 3 | 0 | 38 | 30 | ||
Total | 62 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 84 | 45 | ||
Blackpool | 2021–22 [19] | EFL Championship | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 40 | 10 | |
2022–23 | EFL Championship | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 30 | 2 | ||
Total | 64 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 12 | ||
Career total | 126 | 43 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 154 | 57 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Northern Ireland | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | 3 | 0 | |
2020 | 1 | 0 | |
2021 | 4 | 1 | |
2022 | 8 | 2 | |
2023 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 19 | 3 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Cap | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 2 September 2021 | LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania | Lithuania | 8 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 9 June 2022 | Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo | Kosovo | 14 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C |
3 | 27 September 2022 | Georgios Kamaras Stadium, Athens, Greece | Greece | 17 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2022-23 UEFA Nations League C |
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