Ryan Dominic Blair (born 23 February 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dumbarton.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ryan Dominic Blair[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-02-23) 23 February 1996 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Dumbarton | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2014 | Falkirk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Falkirk | 7 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Swansea City | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Falkirk (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Stenhousemuir | 35 | (1) |
| 2021 | East Kilbride | 12 | (4) |
| 2022 | East Fife | 17 | (0) |
| 2022– | Dumbarton | 14 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:54, 12 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
Born in Glasgow, Blair began his career at Falkirk, and made his professional debut for the club on 6 September 2014 against Stranraer in the Scottish Challenge Cup.[2]
In the 2015–16 season he made seven appearances for the side in the Scottish Championship, one appearance in the Scottish League Cup, and one appearance in the Scottish Cup.
Blair moved to Swansea City in January 2016 for an undisclosed fee,[3] signing a three-and-a-half year contract and joining up with their under-21 squad.[3]
Blair returned to Falkirk on loan in January 2018,[4] where he played eight times and scored once. In January 2019, he signed for Falkirk's derby rivals Dunfermline Athletic on a short-term loan deal until the end of the 2018–19 season.[5]
He was released by the club in July 2019.[6]
Blair returned to Scotland on a permanent basis, joining Stenhousemuir on 29 November 2019.[7] Blair was among 18 players released by the club in May 2021.[8]
Blair joined Lowland League side East Kilbride in October 2021 and left for league 1 side East Fife three months later in 2022.[9]
After leaving East Kilbride after only four months, Blair joined Methil side East Fife on 2nd January 2022.[10]
Having left East Fife, Blair joined Scottish League Two side Dumbarton in June 2022.[11]
As of 22:19 November 11, 2022.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Falkirk | 2014–15[12] | Scottish Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015–16[13] | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Swansea City U23s | 2016–17[14] | Premier League 2 - Div 2 | — | — | — | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18[15] | Premier League 2 - Div 1 | — | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19[16] | — | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Falkirk (loan) | 2017–18[15] | Scottish Championship | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 2018–19[16] | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| Stenhousemuir | 2019–20 | Scottish League Two | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 2020–21 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Total | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||
| East Fife | 2021–22 | Scottish League One | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dumbarton | 2022–23 | Scottish League Two | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Career total | 93 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 116 | 3 | ||
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