Graham Cummins
 Cummins playing for Rochdale in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graham Rickard Cummins[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Cork, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Rochdale (on loan from Preston North End) | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tramore Athletic | |||
| College Corinthians | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2008 | Cobh Ramblers | ||
| 2009 | Waterford United | 28 | (17) |
| 2010–2012 | Cork City | 62 | (42) |
| 2012– | Preston North End | 34 | (4) |
| 2013– | → Rochdale (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 2010 | Republic of Ireland U23 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:30, 29 December 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Graham Rickard Cummins (born 29 December 1987) is an Irish footballer who plays for Rochdale on loan from Preston North End. He plays as a striker.
Playing career
Early career
Cummins played the majority of his schoolboy football with Tramore Athletic, and also had a spell with College Corinthians.
Cobh Ramblers
Cummins joined Cobh Ramblers in 2006 and achieved promotion with them in his second season under Stephen Henderson. He scored 11 league goals as Cobh won the First Division, and he was named in the PFAI First Division Team of the Year.[2] He continued to play for Cobh in the Premier Division in 2008, but they were relegated that year.
Waterford United
After Cobh were relegated from the league the following season, Cummins moved onto Waterford United,[3] where he again linked up with Stephen Henderson, former Cobh Ramblers manager. He won the Munster Senior Cup with Waterford that year. Graham enjoyed great personal success in his first and only season with the club, he became one of the club's top scorers, scoring 17 league goals, and he was named in the PFAI First Division Team of the Year for the second time in his career.
Cork City
In March 2010 Cummins signed for his local club Cork City.[4] Graham was called up to the Ireland U23 squad versus Estonia in September 2010.[5] He played the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win.[6] In October 2010 Graham was named in the PFAI First Division Team of the Year and won the PFAI First Division Player of the Year award.[7][8] He finished the season as City's top scorer, and joint top scorer in the First Division with 18 league goals. Graham scored his first hat-trick for City in a 5–0 league win over Finn Harps on 15 April 2011.[9][10] He scored the winner against St.Pats in the quarter final of the Ea sports cup.
Record Breaker
On 4 October 2011, in a game against Monaghan, Cummins scored his 21st goal of the season, becoming the first ever Cork City player to score more than 20 league goals in a season. The previous record was held by Pat Morley (footballer) (who is a first cousin of Grahams mother, Susan Morley), who had on two occasions scored 20 league goals in a season. He went on to score 24 goals that season including the goal that clinched the First Division title for Cork City away to rivals Shelbourne in the 94th minute of the final game of the season at Tolka Park
Preston North End
On 30 January 2011, Cork City announced that they had accepted a transfer bid for Cummins from Preston North End.[11]
Cummins signed for Rochdale on loan until the 2 January on 2 September 2013.[12]
Honours
Club
Cobh Ramblers
Waterford United
- Munster Senior Cup (1): 2008–09
Cork City
Individual
- PFAI First Division Player of the Year (2): 2011, 2010
- PFAI First Division Team of the Year (4): 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007
References
- ↑ "Cummins, GR (Graham)", English National Football Archive
- ↑ "PFAI and Ford announce nominees for annual awards". Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ↑ "Kevin Murray joins fellow Cobh Ramblers players at Waterford". Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ↑ "Cummins joins Cork City FC". Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ↑ "U23s prepare for Estonia test". Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ↑ "Ireland U23s defeat Estonia in Tallinn". Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ↑ "PFAI Award Nominations 2010". Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ↑ "Ryan scoops PFAI award". Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ↑ "Cork City 5 – 0 Finn Harps". Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ↑ "Cummins happy with Harps hat-trick". Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ↑ "Bid for Graham Cummins Accepted". Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ↑ "Rochdale: Preston striker Graham Cummins joins on loan". BBC Sport. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
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