Andy Firth | |
Birth Date: | 26 September 1996 |
Birth Place: | Ripon, England |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Currentclub: | Al-Ettifaq (Goalkeeping Coach) |
Youthclubs1: | Cockermouth |
Youthyears2: | 2007–2015 |
Youthclubs2: | Liverpool |
Years1: | 2015–2018 |
Clubs1: | Liverpool |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2015–2016 |
Clubs2: | → Witton Albion (loan) |
Caps2: | 10 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2018 |
Clubs3: | → Chester (loan) |
Caps3: | 11 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs4: | Barrow |
Caps4: | 18 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2019–2022 |
Clubs5: | Rangers |
Caps5: | 1 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2022 |
Clubs6: | → Partick Thistle (loan) |
Caps6: | 0 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2022–2024 |
Clubs7: | Connah's Quay Nomads |
Caps7: | 55 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 95 |
Totalgoals: | 0 |
Andrew Firth (born 26 September 1996) is an English football coach and former professional player who is a goalkeeping coach for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq.
Firth was born in Ripon, North Yorkshire.
Firth began his career with Cockermouth.[1] He joined Liverpool at under-11 level.[2] He spent time on loan at Witton Albion in 2015, and moved on loan to Chester in January 2018,[3] and made 11 appearances for the club before returning to Liverpool in May.[4] Firth had obtained his coaching badges whilst with the Liverpool Academy, and due to financial constraints at Chester he acted on occasion as coach for loanee Will Jääskeläinen.[5]
After leaving Liverpool in the summer of 2018, he signed for Barrow in July.[6] He moved to Scottish club Rangers in January 2019,[7] after 18 league appearances for Barrow. He made his senior debut for Rangers against Kilmarnock in May 2019.[8] Firth signed a new one-year deal with Rangers on 29 April 2021.[9] On 12 February 2022, Firth joined Partick Thistle on loan in the Scottish Championship.[10]
Firth left Rangers in June 2022[11] and joined Connah's Quay Nomads in July 2022.[12]
Firth announced on 15 June 2024 he would be leaving Connah's Quay Nomads to join Al Ettifaq as a goalkeeping coach.[13]
Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Liverpool | 2015–16 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Witton Albion (loan) | 2015–16[14] [15] | NPL Division One North | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[16] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
Chester (loan) | 2017–18 | National League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
Barrow | 2018–19 | National League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[17] | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Rangers | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Partick Thistle (loan) | 2022–23 | Scottish Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Connah's Quay Nomads[18] | 2022–23 | Cymru Premier | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
2023–24 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[19] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
Total | 44 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 0 | |||
Career total | 84 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 105 | 0 |
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