Ruairí Harkin

Ruairí Harkin (born 11 October 1989) is a footballer who plays as a central midfielder for League of Ireland Premier Division club Finn Harps.

Ruairí Harkin
Personal information
Full name Ruairí Harkin
Date of birth (1989-10-11) 11 October 1989
Place of birth Derry, Northern Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Central midfield
Club information
Current team
 Finn Harps
Number 8
Youth career
Don Bosco's
Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Heybridge Swifts (loan) ? (?)
2009–2011 Derry City 43 (3)
2009 → Finn Harps (loan) 12 (0)
2012–2016 Coleraine 133 (10)
2016–2019 Cliftonville 28 (2)
2019– Finn Harps 0 (0)
National team
2005 Northern Ireland U16 ? (?)
2006 Republic of Ireland U17 4 (0)
2006–2008 Republic of Ireland U19 ? (?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Youth

Harkin began his career at a very young age with Don Boscos. Throughout his career with Don Bosco's, Harkin made several appearances for the Derry and District League Select in the Foyle Cup and also County Londonderry in the Milk Cup. Having turned down opportunities to sign for a number of English clubs, such as Blackburn Rovers, in order to finish his GCSE exams at St. Columb's College, he eventually signed for Charlton Athletic in the summer of 2006.

Senior

Harkin looked set to have a bright future in the game and his ability was praised by coaches. However, the young midfielder failed to play a senior game for the English team and instead languished in the reserves, before being loaned out to non-league outfit, Heybridge Swifts. At the end of 2008, Harkin was released by Charlton and promptly snapped up by his hometown club, Derry City. Harkin was loaned out to Derry's rivals, Finn Harps at the beginning of the 2009 season. He made 12 appearances for Harps in the early part of 2009 before returning to the Brandywell where he turned out 3 times for the Candystripes before the season ended. Ruairi made 20 league appearances for Derry in 2010, scoring three times, as the club won the First Division title, and in 2011 he made another 20 appearances, though 14 of these came as a substitute. Harkin signed for Coleraine in the Irish Premier League on 5 January 2012.[1] Harkin joined Cliftonville on 1 August 2016 for a fee believed to be £18,000.

International career

Having represented Northern Ireland at Under-16 level, the Derry-born Harkin was later called up to the Republic of Ireland Under-19 squad,[2] where he was capped 4 times between 2006 and 2008.

Career statistics
As of match played on 26 December 2019.[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Derry City2009LOI Premier Division400000—40
2010LOI First Division2030000—203
2011LOI Premier Division1900021—211
Total4330021—454
Finn Harps2009LOI First Division1200000—120
Coleraine2011–12IFA Premiership1302010—160
2012–13IFA Premiership37220102[lower-alpha 1]0422
2013–14NIFL Premiership30410102[lower-alpha 1]1345
2014–15NIFL Premiership1930010—213
2015–16NIFL Premiership3411030—381
Total1331060704115011
Cliftonville2016–17NIFL Premiership1420010—152
2017–18NIFL Premiership902000—110
2018–19NIFL Premiership600000—60
Total2922010—322
Finn Harps2019LOI Premier Division7000002[lower-alpha 2]090
2020LOI Premier Division000000—00
Total7000002090
Career total23715801016126117
  1. Appearances in the Setanta Sports Cup.
  2. Appearances in the Relegation Playoff.

Honours

References
  1. "Coleraine sign Paul Owens from Carrick and Derry's Ruairi Harkin". BBC. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. "U19 men - Season 2007/'08 Summary Report". Football Association of Ireland. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  3. "Ruairí Harkin". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
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