Ricky Little (born 20 May 1989) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Arbroath in the Scottish Championship.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ricky Little | ||
Date of birth | (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989 (age 33) | ||
Place of birth | Stevenston, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Arbroath | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
Ayr United | |||
Ardrossan Winton Rovers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2007 | Ardrossan Winton Rovers | ||
2007–2010 | Partick Thistle | 4 | (0) |
2008 | → Queen's Park (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2009 | → Queen's Park (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Queen's Park | 116 | (1) |
2013– | Arbroath | 193 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:27, 20 January 2020 (UTC) |
Little began his youth career on the books of the Ayr United youth squad and Ardrossan Winton Rovers,[1] and he captained Scotland schoolboys under-18s in season 2006–07.
When he moved into the senior game, he featured on the subs bench[2] for the Partick Thistle first team several times to cover for injury under Ian McCall.
Little was sent on a month's loan to Queen's Park on 17 September 2008, as he was too old to play for the Firhill side's under 19 side.[3]
Little joined up with Queen's Park again on loan for two months in November 2009.[4] Following his release from the Jags in Jan 2010, he rejoined Queen's Park permanently until the end of the season.[5] He signed a new contract with Queen's Park at the beginning of season 2010–11 and was nominated for PFA Scotland Scottish Third Division Player of the Year at the end of a season that also saw him named club captain.[6]
After spending three years at Queen's Park, in June 2013, Arbroath manager Paul Sheerin signed Little to replace Stuart Malcolm who signed for Forfar Athletic.[7] Shortly after joining the club, he suffered an injury in a Scottish Challenge Cup match against Stenhousemuir,[8] which kept him out for six months.[9]
On 2 May 2015, Little scored from his own half as Arbroath beat Berwick Rangers 5–0.[10] He would go on to become a mainstay of the Arbroath defence, which saw him once again named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year for Scottish League One in 2015–16.[11] He was also part of the squads that won the 2016–17 Scottish League Two and 2018–19 Scottish League One titles.[12]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Partick Thistle | 2007–08[13] | Scottish First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2008–09[14] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2009–10[15] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Queen's Park (loan) | 2008–09[14] | Scottish Second Division | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Queen's Park (loan) | 2009–10[15] | Scottish Third Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Queen's Park | 2009–10[15] | Scottish Third Division | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 19 | 0 |
2010–11[16][17][18] | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 41 | 1 | ||
2011–12[19][17] | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
2012–13[20][17] | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 39 | 1 | ||
Total | 116 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 140 | 2 | ||
Arbroath | 2013–14[21] | Scottish League One | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 11 | 0 |
2014–15[22][17][23] | Scottish League Two | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
2015–16[24] | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
2016–17[25] | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 40 | 3 | ||
2017–18[26] | Scottish League One | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
2018–19[27] | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 43 | 3 | ||
2019–20[28] | Scottish Championship | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
Total | 193 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 237 | 9 | ||
Career total | 331 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 400 | 11 |
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Arbroath F.C. – current squad | |
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