Daniel Devine (footballer)

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Daniel Devine
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Gerard Devine
Date of birth (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992
Place of birthBelfast, Northern Ireland
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current clubInverness Caledonian Thistle
Number14
Youth career
Lisburn Distillery
Linfield
2009–2011Preston North End
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2012Preston North End15(1)
2012–2013Fleetwood Town0(0)
2012Wrexham (loan)4(0)
2013–Inverness Caledonian Thistle15(0)
National team
2010–2011Northern Ireland U21[1]2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:53, 2 February 2014 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

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

Daniel Gerard Devine[2] (born 7 September 1992) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Devine has previously played for Preston North End, Fleetwood Town and Wrexham.

Career

Born in Belfast, Devine played youth football with Lisburn Distillery and Linfield, before moving to Preston North End in July 2009.[3] He made his professional debut for Preston on 30 April 2011 in a 2-1 defeat against Ipswich Town.[4] In June 2011, Devine signed a one-year contract with Preston.[5] In May 2012, Devine was released from the club after being told his contract would not be renewed.[6]

He joined Fleetwood Town in the summer of 2012, moving on loan to Wrexham in September 2012.[7] 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.[8][9] 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.[10]

In March 2013, Devine signed a contract extentsion, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2014–15 season.[11]

International career

Devine was born in Northern Ireland and represented them at youth international level.[1] 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.[12]

Career statistics

As of 2 February 2014[13]
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 5000200070
Total 150002000170
Career total 341103000381

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Northern Ireland profile at NIFG
  2. "Profile". English National Football Archive. 
  3. "Profile". Preston North End F.C. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 
  4. "Ipswich 2 - 1 Preston". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 
  5. "Preston North End confirm Paul Hayes departure". BBC Sport. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2013. 
  6. "Summer Change Programme Underway". PNEFC. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012. 
  7. "Wrexham FC sign Danny Devine on loan until Christmas". Daily Post. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  8. "Wrexham miss out on defender Danny Devine". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013. 
  9. Dewar, Heather (3 January 2013). "Inverness: Danny Devine agrees contract after Wrexham exit". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2013. 
  10. "Inverness: Danny Devine happy at Terry Butcher decision". BBC Sport (BBC). 10 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013. 
  11. Heather Dewar (15 March 2013). "Defender Danny Devine agrees Inverness CT contract". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 15 March 2013. 
  12. "NI poised to lose Devine and Ferguson to Republic". BBC Sport. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 
  13. Daniel Devine career stats at Soccerbase

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