Thomas Orr (footballer)

Thomas Orr
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-01-13) 13 January 1997
Place of birth Livingston, Scotland
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Queen's Park
Youth career
2001-2007 Langcraigs
2007-2009 St Peter's BC
2009-2012 St Mirren
2012-2014 St Peter's BC
2014-2015 Greenock Morton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Greenock Morton 7 (0)
2016 → East Stirlingshire (loan) 20 (5)
2016 → Livingston (loan) 1 (0)
2017 → BSC Glasgow (loan) ? (?)
2017– Queen's Park 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:01, 19 July 2017 (UTC).

Thomas Orr (born 13 January 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Queen's Park. Orr has previously played for Greenock Morton, East Stirlingshire, Livingston and BSC Glasgow.

Career

Morton

Having scored 24 goals by February for Morton's under-17 side,[1] Orr signed a full-time two-year contract with Morton in May 2014.[2]

He made his first-team debut for the first team in a Scottish League One match against Stranraer as a 79th-minute substitute for Michael Miller.[3] Orr scored his first goal at Cappielow for the senior side in kitman Andy Bryan's testimonial against Celtic.[4][5]

Orr agreed a new one-year deal to stay at Morton for the 2016–17 season.[6]

He was released along with John Mitchell and Alex McWaters in May 2017.[7]

Loan moves

In January 2016, Orr moved to Scottish League Two side East Stirlingshire on a development loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.[8] Orr scored on his debut as the Shire won the Stirlingshire derby with Stirling Albion.[9]

In July 2016, Orr went on a short-term loan deal to home town club Livingston.[10] After six weeks, he was recalled from the loan deal.[11] On 25 January 2017, Orr was sent on loan to Lowland League side BSC Glasgow until the end of the 2016–17 season.[12]

Queen's Park

Orr moved to Queen's Park in July 2017,[13] and scored his first senior goal against old club Morton in the Scottish League Cup.[14]

Personal life

Orr attended Gleniffer High School in Paisley.[1]

Honours

Morton

References

  1. 1 2 "THE NEXT BIG THING... This week, Thomas Orr". Greenock Telegraph. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (23 May 2014). "Ten commit future to Ton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Morton 4–0 Stranraer". Scottish Professional Football League. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (14 July 2015). "Report: Morton 1 Celtic XI 3". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Mullen, Scott (13 July 2015). "Morton and Celtic celebrate the life of Bryan". The Herald. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (5 May 2016). "Five starts to stay at Morton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (10 May 2013). "Three young players depart". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Shire Welcome Thomas". eaststirlingshirefc.co.uk. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Elgin go top in League 2". Scottish Professional Football League. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "New striker comes on loan". Livingston F.C. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (30 August 2016). "Thomas Orr returns from Livingston". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  12. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (25 January 2017). "Orr joins BSC Glasgow on loan until end of season". Greenock Morton FC. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Thomas Orr". Queen's Park F.C. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Morton 2-2 Queen's Park". Scottish Professional Football League. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  15. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (29 March 2016). "Morton Under-20s crowned champions". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 30 March 2016.

See also

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