Paul McManus
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul James McManus[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Flint Town United (on loan from Rhyl) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Chester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2009 | Chester City | 27 | (3) |
| 2009 | Bangor City | 14 | (2) |
| 2009–2011 | Airbus UK Broughton | 42 | (4) |
| 2012– | Rhyl | 48 | (12) |
| 2015– | → Flint Town United (loan) | 17 | (5) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:51, 19 February 2016 (UTC). | |||
Paul James McManus (born 22 April 1990, Liverpool) is an English footballer who currently plays for Flint Town United on loan from Rhyl.
Career
McManus was a product of Chester City's youth system and a prolific scoring record for the youth and reserve sides persuaded Bobby Williamson to hand McManus a professional contract on 2 October 2007. Highlights of his early time at the club included scoring the shock winner for Chester's youngsters against Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Youth Cup in December 2006 and a hat-trick against Carlisle United in a reserve fixture in September 2007.
He made his Football League debut as a late substitute in a 3–1 home win over Shrewsbury Town on 7 October 2007, becoming the first player born in the 1990s to make a first-team appearance for Chester. He is one of several homegrown players to appear for the first-team this season. He made his first starting appearance in the first–team in a Football League Trophy tie away at Carlisle United two nights later and remained in the first–team squad for most of the season. In the closing weeks of the 2007–2008 season he played regularly in attack, scoring his first league goal in a 2–1 loss to Lincoln City on 12 April 2008.[2]
The following season saw McManus scored successive equalisers for Chester against Shrewsbury Town and Luton Town in September but he was allowed to move to Bangor City shortly before the transfer window closed on 2 February 2009.[3] He made 14 appearances during the remainder of the 2008–09 season and also won the Welsh Cup and played in the final of the Welsh League Cup.[4] At the end of the season, he was released by Bangor at the end of the season, moving to Airbus UK Broughton.[5]
In January 2012 he joined Rhyl.
Career statistics
- As of 10 July 2010
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Chester City | 2007–08 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 2008–09 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| Subtotal | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| Bangor City | 2008–09 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| Airbus UK Broughton | 2009–10 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| 2010–11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |
| Subtotal | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 7 | |
| Total | 71 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 12 | |
Honours
- Bangor City
- Welsh Cup Winner: 1
- 2008–09
References
- ↑ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ↑ "Chester 1–2 Lincoln City". BBC Sport. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ↑ "Chester duo become Citizens". welsh-premier.com. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
- ↑ "Aberystwyth Town 0–2 Bangor City". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ↑ "McManus completes Airbus move". welsh-premier.com. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2010.