Conor McLaughlin

Conor McLaughlin

Playing for Northen Ireland.
Personal information
Full name Conor Gerard McLaughlin[1]
Date of birth (1991-07-26) 26 July 1991
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
Fleetwood Town
Number 2
Youth career
2008–2010 Preston North End
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Preston North End 24 (0)
2012Shrewsbury Town (loan) 4 (0)
2012– Fleetwood Town 148 (6)
National team
Northern Ireland U16 9 (0)
Northern Ireland U17 9 (0)
Northern Ireland U19 14 (1)
2010–2012 Northern Ireland U21 7 (0)
2011– Northern Ireland 22 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:21, 4 December 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:43, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Conor Gerard McLaughlin (born 26 July 1991) is a Northern Irish international footballer who plays professionally for Fleetwood Town as a right back.

Career

Club career

Preston North End

Born in Belfast, McLaughlin turned professional with Preston North End in January 2010.[2] He made his début for Preston on 12 November 2010, in a 0–2 loss against Hull City.[3] In December 2010, McLaughlin signed a contract extension, keeping him with Preston until 2013.[4] He signed a two-month loan deal with Shrewsbury Town in March 2011.[5]

He was transfer listed by the club in May 2012.[6]

Fleetwood Town

McLaughlin joined Fleetwood Town from Preston North End on 20 July 2012.[7][8] He signed a new three-year contract with the club in June 2014.[9] He scored his first goal - for any club - in the Football League in February 2015.[10]

International career

McLaughlin has represented Northern Ireland at youth international level.[11][12][13]

He received his first call-up for the senior national team in October 2011,[14] making his senior début later that month, in a 0–3 defeat against Italy on 11 October 2011.[15][16]

McLaughlin started Northern Ireland's first game of Euro 2016 against Poland.[17]

Career statistics

As of 4 December 2016[18]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Preston North End 2010–11 7010000080
2011–12 170200010200
Total 240300010280
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2011–12 4000000040
Fleetwood Town 2012–13 190101000210
2013–14 350300091471
2014–15 391101000411
2015–16 372101010402
2016–17 183101000203
Total 148670401011697
Career total 1766100401112117

References

  1. "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. "Preston hand Conor McLaughlin professional contract". BBC Sport. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  3. "Preston 0 – 2 Hull". BBC Sport. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  4. "Conor McLaughlin signs Preston contract extension". BBC Sport. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  5. "Shrewsbury Town sign Preston defender Conor McLaughlin". BBC Sport. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  6. "Graham Westley wields the axe at Preston North End". BBC Sport. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  7. "McLaughlin Joins Fleetwood". Preston North End F.C. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  8. "Fleetwood sign Conor McLaughlin from Preston North End". BBC Sport. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  9. "Conor McLaughlin: Fleetwood full-back signs three-year contract". BBC Sport. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  10. Rob Stocks (11 February 2015). "Fleetwood's Oakwell victory 'massive'". Fleetwood Today. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  11. Jcd (6 February 2011). "Conor McLaughlin".
  12. Irish FA profile
  13. Preston North End F.C. profile
  14. "NI Squad Update". Irish FA. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  15. "McLaughlin Makes Senior Bow". Preston North End F.C. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  16. Conor McLaughlin at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. "Poland 1-0 Northern Ireland". BBC Sport. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  18. Conor McLaughlin career statistics at Soccerbase
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