Richie Foran

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Richie Foran
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Personal information
Full name Richard Foran
Date of birth (1980-06-16) 16 June 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
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Position(s) Midfielder/Winger/Striker
Team information
Current team
 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 St Patrick's Athletic 0 (0)
1999–2001 Shelbourne 28 (11)
1999–2000 → Home Farm (loan) 24 (7)
2001–2004 Carlisle United 91 (25)
2004 → Oxford United (loan) 4 (0)
2004–2007 Motherwell 90 (23)
2007–2009 Southend United 21 (1)
2007–2008 → Darlington (loan) 12 (3)
2008–2009 → Darlington (loan) 9 (3)
2009– Inverness Caledonian Thistle 168 (38)
International career‡
2001–2002 Republic of Ireland U21 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 October 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2014

Richard 'Richie' Foran (born 16 June 1980) is an Irish footballer who plays for Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

He has also played for St Patrick's Athletic, Shelbourne, Carlisle United, Oxford United, Motherwell, Southend United and Darlington.

Career

Ireland

Born in Dublin, Foran started his career in Ireland with St Patrick's Athletic but failed to make a first team appearance, before signing for fellow League of Ireland club Shelbourne in 2000. He finished his first season in the league by winning the PFAI Young Player of the Year award. Also during his debut season with Shelbourne, he scored home and away against Rosenborg in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, and made his debut for the Republic of Ireland under-21 international team in Cyprus.

Carlisle

In 2001, manager Roddy Collins spent £120,000 to secure Foran's signature for Carlisle United, in England. While at Brunton Park he scored twenty-nine goals, with sixteen of them coming in the 2001–2002 season, helping Carlisle to a respectable mid-table finish – despite the club's recent history of battling to stay in The Football League. Over the next two seasons, Carlisle struggled and Foran found it difficult to score goals. He had a short loan spell at Oxford United during the 2003–2004 season, but at the end of the campaign, Carlisle United were relegated. During his time at Carlisle, he had a highly publicised 'fight' in the tunnel with Huddersfield Town's Steve Yates after a series of fouls committed by Foran in the first-half. Both were sent-off, Yates lost a front tooth and Foran picked up a five-match ban.

Motherwell

Foran moved to Scottish Premier League outfit Motherwell on a free transfer in 2004, where he scored twenty-three league goals in ninety matches. He also played in the 2005 Scottish League Cup Final against Rangers, but Motherwell lost the match 5–1.

Southend

On 31 January 2007 he completed a £200,000 transfer to Southend United. His career at Southend started with an assist for Freddy Eastwood against Stoke City, after coming on as a substitute. He then had a man-of-the-match performance playing against Crystal Palace. However, his early, impressive start was somewhat tarnished when he was sent-off for a second bookable offence during a game against Leicester City.[1] His first goal in a Southend shirt came in the 1–0 win against Burnley in the later part of the 2006–07 season.[2] His only other goal for the club came in a Football League Trophy tie against Dagenham & Redbridge.[3]

Foran went on-loan to Darlington from Southend, but due to a knee injury, he returned to his 'parent' club.
Nevertheless, he made a second loan-move to Darlington in October 2008 following an injury to their striker Liam Hatch.[4] He did not play for Southend during the 2008–09 season and his contract was terminated in January 2009.

Inverness

Soon afterwards he joined Inverness CT on a deal until the end of the season, making him their first signing under manager Terry Butcher. Foran made his debut in a goalless draw against Celtic and scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win over Hibernian. He also netted a hat-trick for Inverness in an emphatic 5–1 win over Ayr United.

Following Inverness' relegation to Division 1 in 2010, Foran became the club captain. He was involved in most of the games during the club's promotion back to the Scottish Premier League.
In January 2012, he signed a new-deal to keep him at the club until 2014.[5] On 12 September 2013, Foran was awarded the SPFL Player of the Month for August.[6]

Due to a complicated knee injury, he missed the latter part of the 2013–14 season and the entire 2014–15 campaign.

Honours

Shelbourne

Inverness CT

References

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