Corry Evans

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Corry Evans
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Evans playing for Hull City in 2011
Personal information
Full name Corry John Evans [1]
Date of birth (1990-07-30) 30 July 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sunderland
Number 4
Youth career
Greenisland Boys
2005–2009 Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011 Manchester United 0 (0)
2010 → Carlisle United (loan) 1 (0)
2011 → Hull City (loan) 18 (3)
2011–2013 Hull City 75 (3)
2013–2021 Blackburn Rovers 206 (4)
2021–2024 Sunderland 61 (2)
International career‡
2006–2007 Northern Ireland U16 3 (1)
2007 Northern Ireland U17 5 (0)
2007–2008 Northern Ireland U19 9 (0)
2008–2009 Northern Ireland U21 10 (0)
2009 Northern Ireland B 1 (0)
2009– Northern Ireland 69 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:24, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:42, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Corry John Evans (born 30 July 1990) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or centre-back for EFL Championship side Sunderland. A Northern Ireland under-21 and senior international, he came through the Manchester United youth academy, like his older brother, Jonny Evans. Corry Evans is capable of operating in defence or the centre of midfield. He has been used mainly as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers.

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Club career

Early career

Born in Belfast, Evans began his career with Greenisland Boys FC, where fellow Manchester United youth players Craig Cathcart and Conor Devlin also played before moving to England. However, when Evans' brother, Jonny, was signed by Manchester United, the whole family moved to Manchester.

Manchester United

Evans then joined the Manchester United youth team, and originally played as a schoolboy until he signed a trainee contract with the club on his 16th birthday in July 2006. By then, he had already become a regular in the club's Under-18 side, and he even made his debut for the reserve team on 31 October 2005, coming on as a substitute for Sam Hewson in a 5–1 away defeat by Oldham Athletic. He made 19 appearances and scored one goal for the Under 18s in 2006–07, but his next reserve team appearance did not come until November 2007, when he came on as a second-half substitute for David Gray in a 2–1 away win over Middlesbrough.

After five more appearances for the reserves in 2007–08, Evans established himself as a regular in the reserve team in 2008–09, and was even given the captain's armband at one point. However, despite having been deployed as a central midfielder throughout his earlier career, Evans found himself increasingly used as a centre-back during the 2008–09 season. Towards the end of the season, along with James Chester and Tom Cleverley, Evans was nominated by reserve team manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær for the Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year award, [2] but lost out to Chester. [3]

Evans received his first call-up to the Manchester United first team on 24 May 2009, when he was named on the bench for the club's last game of the 2008–09 Premier League season against Hull City. [4]

In July 2010, Evans was part of the United squad that toured North America. [5] Although he was an unused substitute in the first match against Celtic, [6] he came on as a substitute in the second half of the second game against Philadelphia Union, joining his brother Jonny on the pitch. [7]

On 22 October 2010, he joined Carlisle United on a one-month loan deal. [8]

Hull City

On 14 January 2011, he joined Hull City on loan. [9] Making his debut on 22 January 2011, as a replacement for Cameron Stewart, and scoring in the 1–1 away draw against Reading. [10] The move was made permanent following the close of the 2010–11 season. [11]

He made his first appearance since joining City on a permanent deal starting against Ipswich Town on 13 August 2011 at Portman Road, with City winning 1–0. [12] On 10 December 2011 against Coventry City at the Ricoh Arena, a neat move down the left resulted in Dawson sending over a high cross which dropped for Corry Evans, who controlled the ball before sending a low volley past Joe Murphy and into the bottom corner of the net. [13]

On 29 December 2012, Evans scored the first goal in the Tigers' 2–0 victory over Leeds United, placing the ball into the bottom corner past Leeds goalkeeper Paddy Kenny. [14]

Blackburn Rovers

After 97 appearances for Hull, Evans left to join Blackburn Rovers in August 2013. Despite a groin injury delaying his debut for the club, Evans passed a medical and signed a three-year contract. [15] On 31 August 2013, Evans scored his first goal for the club with a superb volley from 25 yards. [16] In November 2015, he signed a contract extension which would keep him in the club till 2019. [17] He was injured in December 2016 in a match against Brighton and Hove Albion in December 2016 due to a recurring groin problem. As a result, he was substituted off in the second half. [18] In March 2017, it was announced that he would be ruled out of action for the rest of the season as he would undergo a surgery for his groin problem. [19]

Evans' departure from Rovers was announced at the end of the 2020–21 season. [20]

Sunderland

On 15 July 2021, Evans joined League One side Sunderland on a free transfer, signing a two-year deal with an option of an additional year. [21] On 4 August, he was appointed club captain by manager Lee Johnson. [22] He scored his first goal for the club on 5 February 2022 in a 2–1 loss to Doncaster Rovers. [23]

On 17 May 2024, the club announced he would be released in the summer once his contract expired, [24]

International career

Evans began his international football career as a schoolboy international, playing for the Northern Ireland under-16 side; he scored one goal in three appearances for the team. In 2007, he progressed to the under-17 side, playing in five fixtures in the space of two months. However, the team went winless in those five matches, losing three and drawing the other two. By the end of 2007, Evans had joined the under-19 team, but they were just as the under-17s, losing four and winning just one of the six matches that Evans played in between October 2007 and October 2008. He made his debut for the under-21 side on 19 August 2008, but he was substituted after 72 minutes of the 1–0 defeat to Poland. He has since made four more appearances for the under-21s. Although the U21s failed to qualify for the Euro 2009, he was recalled for several Euro 2011 qualifiers.

Evans received his first call-up to the Northern Ireland senior team on 20 May 2009; he was named in a 19-man squad that contained nine other uncapped players for the match against Italy in Pisa on 6 June 2009. [25] He made his debut in that very game, playing 78 minutes of the 3–0 defeat before being replaced by Shane Ferguson. [26] On 3 September 2010, Evans scored his first international goal as he scored the winner with his first touch after coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 away win over Slovenia in the first UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying game. [27]

Evans was included in the Northern Ireland squad for the 2016 UEFA Euro which took place in France. [28] He was an unused substitute in its first match which saw Northern Ireland lose to Poland by a margin of 1–0. [29] He played the whole of the country's last group stage match against Wales which produced a similar result due to which Northern Ireland was eliminated from the tournament. [30]

During the first leg of a two-game playoff against Switzerland in the qualifying tournament for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, Evans was penalised for handball after a shot from close proximity from Xherdan Shaqiri went off his side, leading to a penalty kick that would be converted for what would ultimately prove the deciding score, both on the day and on aggregate. His brother Jonny compared the decision to Thierry Henry's handball against the Republic of Ireland in the 2010 qualification playoff. [31]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 May 2024 [32]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester United 2008–09 [33] Premier League 0000000000
2009–10 [34] Premier League0000000000
2010–11 [35] Premier League0000000000
Total0000000000
Carlisle United (loan) 2010–11 [35] League One 10———10
Hull City (loan) 2010–11 [35] Championship 183———183
Hull City 2011–12 [36] Championship4322000—452
2012–13 [37] Championship3211010—341
Total9363010—976
Blackburn Rovers 2013–14 [38] Championship2110000—211
2014–15 [39] Championship3813000—411
2015–16 [40] Championship3012010—331
2016–17 [41] Championship1900000—190
2017–18 [42] League One320301100361
2018–19 [43] Championship3501000—360
2019–20 [44] Championship900020—110
2020–21 [45] Championship1800000—180
Total20239041002154
Sunderland 2021–22 [46] League One33210303 [lower-alpha 1] 0402
2022–23 [47] Championship240000000240
2023–24 [48] Championship3000000030
Total602103030670
Career total35610130813038011

International

As of match played 24 September 2022 [49]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Northern Ireland 200910
201061
201170
201240
201330
201450
201560
201670
201750
201881
201970
202050
202140
202220
Total702
Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first. [49]
List of international goals scored by Corry Evans
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
13 September 2010 Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor, Slovenia5Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1–01–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
218 November 2018 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland52Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1–11–2 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B

Honours

Blackburn Rovers

Sunderland

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