Danny Devine (footballer)

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Daniel Devine
Personal information
Full name Daniel Gerard Devine[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Number 14
Youth career
Lisburn Distillery
Linfield
2009–2011 Preston North End
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2011–2012 Preston North End 15 (1)
2012–2013 Fleetwood Town 0 (0)
2012 → Wrexham (loan) 4 (0)
2013– Inverness Caledonian Thistle 65 (0)
National team‡
2010–2011 Northern Ireland U21[2] 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:58, 30 April 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:36, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Daniel Gerard Devine (born 7 September 1992) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[3] Devine has previously played for Preston North End, Fleetwood Town and Wrexham.

Career

Born in Belfast, Devine played youth football with Lisburn Youth FC, Lisburn Distillery and Linfield, before moving to Preston North End in July 2009.[4] He made his professional debut for Preston on 30 April 2011 in a 2–1 defeat against Ipswich Town.[5] In June 2011, Devine signed a one-year contract with Preston.[6] In May 2012, Devine was released from the club after being told his contract would not be renewed.[7]

He joined Fleetwood Town in the summer of 2012, moving on loan to Wrexham in September 2012.[8] Wrexham offered Devine a permanent long term contract, but he chose to join Scottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle, citing his desire to work with manager Terry Butcher.[9][10] After Butcher turned down the chance to join Barnsley, Devine said he was relieved that Butcher chose to stay, as Butcher was one of the reasons why he turned down clubs in England.[11]

In March 2013, Devine signed a contract extension, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2014–15 season.[12] A suspension to Gary Warren meant that Devine played for Invernes in their 2015 Scottish Cup Final victory.[13] Soon afterwards, Devine signed a new one year contract with the club.[13]

International career

Devine was born in Northern Ireland and represented them at youth international level.[2] In May 2011 the BBC reported that Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington had been informed by Devine that he intended to switch his allegiance to the Republic of Ireland.[14]

Career statistics

As of 30 April 2016[15]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Preston North End 2010–11 2000000020
2011–12 131001000141
Total 151001000161
Fleetwood Town 2012–13 0000000000
Wrexham (loan) 2012–13 4010000050
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2012–13 100000000100
2013–14 130003000160
2014–15 80310000111
2015–16 340400010390
Total 650713010761
Career total 841814010972

Honours

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

References

  1. ↑ Daniel Devine profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 Northern Ireland profile at NIFG
  3. ↑ "Profile". Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Profile". Preston North End F.C. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "Ipswich 2 – 1 Preston". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  6. ↑ "Preston North End confirm Paul Hayes departure". BBC Sport (BBC). 15 June 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Summer Change Programme Underway". www.pnefc.net. Preston North End FC. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "Wrexham FC sign Danny Devine on loan until Christmas". Daily Post. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "Wrexham miss out on defender Danny Devine". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  10. ↑ Dewar, Heather (3 January 2013). "Inverness: Danny Devine agrees contract after Wrexham exit". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  11. ↑ "Inverness: Danny Devine happy at Terry Butcher decision". BBC Sport (BBC). 10 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  12. ↑ Dewar, Heather (15 March 2013). "Defender Danny Devine agrees Inverness CT contract". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  13. 1 2 "Inverness: Danny Devine secures new Caley Thistle contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "NI poised to lose Devine and Ferguson to Republic". BBC Sport. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  15. ↑ Daniel Devine career statistics at Soccerbase
  16. ↑ Lamont, Alasdair (30 May 2015). "Inverness CT 2–1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 4 June 2015.

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