Jordan Moore

Jordan Moore

Personal information
Full name	Jordan Moore
Date of birth	19 February 1994
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Limerick
Number	22
Youth career
2007–2012	Dundee United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2012–2015	Dundee United	0	(0)
2013	→ Airdrie United (loan)	9	(2)
2013–2014	→ Dunfermline Athletic (loan)	16	(5)
2015	→ Queen's Park (loan)	8	(3)
2016-	Limerick	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 April 2015. † Appearances (goals)

Jordan Moore (born 19 February 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward and is currently playing for Limerick in the League of Ireland. He previously played for Dundee United. He never played a competitive match for Dundee United, but has spent time on loan at lower-division clubs Airdrie United, Dunfermline Athletic and Queen's Park. Moore overcame skin cancer in 2014.

Playing career

Early career

Moore was born in Glasgow and joined Dundee United at under-14 level.^[1] He was a prolific scorer at youth level and after impressing in the SPFL U20 League was loaned to Airdrie United for the latter part of the 2012–13 season in order to gain first-team exposure.^[2] On 23 December 2015, he left Dundee United by mutual agreement.^[3]

Airdrie United

Moore was loaned out to Scottish First Division side Airdrie United in February 2013^[2] and scored on his debut from the penalty spot against Hamilton Academical in a 2–2 draw.^[4] He went on to make a total of nine appearances for Airdrie,^[5] scoring once more in a defeat away to Cowdenbeath before returning to Dundee United at the end of the season.

Dunfermline Athletic

Moore was once again loaned out for the 2013–14 season, this time to Scottish League One side Dunfermline Athletic where he was joined by fellow Dundee United players Ryan Ferguson and Luke Johnston.^[6] He made his debut for the club in a Scottish League Cup match on 3 August as a substitute for Ryan Wallace in the final three minutes of a 2–0 away win.^[5] Three weeks later he was given his first start for the club and scored twice as Dunfermline beat Stenhousemuir 5–4 away.^[7] He netted another brace on 2 November, in a 5–3 win at Elgin City, with two goals in a minute, the first a penalty which he won himself when fouled by David Niven.^[8] Four days later however, he was sent off for two bookings in a 1–3 defeat to Rangers at Ibrox, the second coming for conceding a penalty with a foul on Lee McCulloch, who converted the spot-kick.^[9]

Queen's Park

On 2 February 2015, Moore went on loan to Scottish League Two club Queen's Park until the end of the season.^[10] Six days after signing, he made his debut in a 4–1 win over Montrose, scoring two late goals, one from the penalty spot.^[11] He played seven more matches for the Glaswegian club, scoring once more, a last-minute winner as a substitute away to Elgin City on 14 March.^[12]

Career statistics

As of 2 February 2015^[13]

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dundee United	2012–13	Scottish Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2013–14	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2014–15		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airdrie United (loan)	2012–13	First Division	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
Dunfermline Athletic (loan)	2013–14	Scottish League One	16	5	2	2	2	1	1	0	21	8
Queen's Park (loan)	2014–15	Scottish League Two	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Career total			26	9	2	2	2	1	1	0	31	12

Cancer and recovery

In April 2014, Moore revealed he had been receiving treatment for skin cancer.^[14] His team-mates at Dundee United^[15] and Dunfermline^[16] wore T-shirts in support. In late May he then announced that his cancer had gone and he would soon return to playing football once his surgical wounds had healed.^[17]

Moore received support from Hibernian manager and testicular cancer survivor Alan Stubbs during his illness.^[18] He returned to football despite being told that there was only a 1% of chance of him playing the sport again.^[18] Moore was given a Special Merit Award at the PFA Scotland awards in May 2015.^[18]

Honours

Individual

• PFA Scotland Special Merit Award: 2015^[18]

References

1. "Under-20s". Dundee United FC. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
2. "Squad Update". Airdriefc.com. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
3. http://dufc.co/news/jordan-moore-leaves-tannadice/
4. "Championship: Airdrieonians 2 – 2 Hamilton | 16 February 2013". Spfl.co.uk. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
5. "Jordan Moore | Football Stats | Dunfermline Athletic | Age 19". Soccer Base. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
6. "Three on loan from United | The Dugout | The Dugout | News | Dunfermline". Dafc.co.uk. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
7. "BBC Sport – Stenhousemuir 4–5 Dunfermline Athletic". Bbc.co.uk. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
8. "Elgin 3-5 Dunfermline". BBC Sport. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
9. "Rangers 3-1 Dunfermline". BBC Sport. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
10. "Signing News". Queen's Park F.C. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
11. "Queens Park 4-1 Montrose". BBC Sport. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
12. "Elgin 1-2 Queen's Park". BBC Sport. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
13. "Jordan Moore player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
14. "Dunfermline Athletic pledge support to Jordan Moore in skin cancer battle". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
15. "Dundee United send out perfect message on emotional day for club". The Courier. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
16. "The Shirts Say It All | Jordan Moore". Pars United. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
17. Alexander, Michael (26 May 2014). "Jordan Moore shares 'good news' on cancer recovery". The Courier. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
18. Lamont, Alasdair (4 May 2015). "Dundee Utd: Jordan Moore battles back after planning own funeral". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

External links

• Jordan Moore career statistics at Soccerbase