Rory Currie Explained

Rory Currie
Birth Date:20 February 1998
Birth Place:Lanark, Scotland
Position:Striker
Youthyears1:2007–2011
Youthclubs1:Rangers
Youthyears2:2011–2015
Youthclubs2:Celtic
Youthyears3:2015–2016
Youthclubs3:Rangers
Years1:2016–2020
Clubs1:Heart of Midlothian
Caps1:10
Goals1:0
Years2:2018–2019
Clubs2:East Fife (loan)
Caps2:18
Goals2:6
Years3:2019
Clubs3:Forfar Athletic (loan)
Caps3:7
Goals3:0
Years4:2020
Clubs4:Linfield (loan)
Caps4:5
Goals4:0
Years5:2020–2022
Clubs5:Brechin City
Caps5:19
Goals5:3
Years6:2022–2023
Clubs6:Tranent Juniors
Caps6:0
Goals6:0
Club-Update:11:49, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Rory Currie (born 20 February 1998) is a Scottish footballer who previously played for Lowland Football League club Tranent Juniors as a striker, currently a free agent. He has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, East Fife, Forfar Athletic, Linfield, Brechin City and Tranent Juniors.

Career

Currie began his football career with Celtic's youth teams before leaving to join the Rangers Academy in January 2016 on a contract until the end of the 2015–16 season.[1]

Currie was released by Rangers in May 2016[2] but joined Heart of Midlothian.[3] On 28 November 2016, he made his professional debut for Hearts as a 75th-minute substitute during a 3–0 home win against Motherwell.[4] He followed this a month later with his second league appearance against Aberdeen on 30 December.[5]

In January 2017, he was named as one of the Daily Records Scottish footballing prospects for 2017 alongside Tony Gallagher, Matthew Knox, Ronan Hughes, Liam Burt and Jack Aitchison.[6] Currie suffered a serious knee ligament injury in November 2017.[7] He was subsequently loaned to East Fife, Forfar Athletic and Linfield.[8]

Currie was released by Hearts after the 2019/20 season and was signed by Brechin City in August 2020.[9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueScottish CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Heart of Midlothian2016–17Premiership9021111
2017–18101020
2018–1900
East Fife2018–19League One1863131248
Forfar2019–20League One7070
Brechin City2020–21League Two19141232
2021–22Highland League??10401060
Career total5476291417311

Notes and References

  1. News: Academy Transfer Roundup. Alice . Hedworth. 3 February 2016. Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club.
  2. News: Eight Academy Players To Leave. Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Alice . Hedworth. 4 May 2016.
  3. News: Five join U20s. 13 June 2016. Heart of Midlothian Football Club. Heartsfc.co.uk.
  4. News: McLauchlin. Brian . Heart of Midlothian 3-0 Motherwell. BBC. BBC Sport. 28 November 2016.
  5. News: Wilson. Richard . Heart of Midlothian 0-1 Aberdeen. BBC. BBC Sport. 30 December 2016.
  6. News: Six top Scottish football prospects to look out for in 2017. Fraser . Wilson . Daily Record . Trinity Mirror . Glasgow. 2 January 2017 .
  7. News: Hearts bulk up Rory Currie as striker goes through injury rehab . Barry . Anderson . Edinburgh Evening News . 17 February 2018 . 16 April 2018.
  8. Web site: Rory Currie: Linfield sign Hearts striker on loan until end of the season . BBC Sport . 23 January 2020 . 24 January 2020.
  9. Web site: Brechin boss Mark Wilson makes first new signing of summer as former Hearts striker Rory Currie joins City.