Rory Currie (born 20 February 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Highland Football League club Brechin City as a striker. He has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, East Fife, Forfar Athletic and Linfield.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rory Currie | ||
Date of birth | (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Lanark, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Brechin City | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2011 | Rangers | ||
2011–2015 | Celtic | ||
2015–2016 | Rangers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2020 | Heart of Midlothian | 10 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → East Fife (loan) | 18 | (6) |
2019 | → Forfar Athletic (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2020 | → Linfield (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2020– | Brechin City | 19 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:49, 3 August 2021 (UTC) |
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] He made his professional debut for Heart of Midlothian as a 75th-minute substitute during a 3–0 home win against Motherwell on 28 November 2016.[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 Record's 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]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Heart of Midlothian | 2016–17[10] | Premiership | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
2017–18[11] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
East Fife | 2018-19 | League One | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
Career total | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 8 |
Brechin City F.C. – current squad | |
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