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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Hegarty[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Dungannon, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Linfield | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Dungannon | ||
| 2008–2010 | Millwall | ||
| 2010–2011 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2014 | Rangers | 26 | (1) |
| 2014– | Linfield | 12 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Northern Ireland U16 | 8 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Northern Ireland U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Northern Ireland U19 | 17 | (0) |
| 2011 | Northern Ireland U21 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2012-10-126 | |||
Christopher "Chris" Hegarty (born 13 August 1992) is a Northern Irish footballer who currently plays for NIFL Premiership side Linfield.
Career
[edit]Hegarty began his career with local side Dungannon at the age of 14 and he spend two seasons at the club, before joining English side Millwall in 2008, Hegarty spent two seasons at Millwall in the summer of 2010 he joined Scottish side Rangers.[2]
Hegarty signed a new one-year deal in the summer of 2012 after making his debut for the first team in a friendly in May 2012. The defender has featured for Northern Ireland at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 level. His contract with the Light Blues expired at the end of the 2011-12 campaign and he became the first of Ally McCoist's signings of the summer of 2012 after the club was taken over by Charles Green's consortium.[3]
Hegarty made his debut for Rangers in the Challenge Cup win against Falkirk, playing 83 minutes before he was substituted and replaced by Robbie Crawford.[4] His league debut for Rangers came in the Third Division match against Clyde[5]. Hegarty went on to make 29 appearances for Rangers becoming a regular in the starting eleven, however, the following season Hegarty featured only twice and missed the majority of the season through injury. He started and scored, the first goal, in Rangers opening league fixture against Brechin City[6] In the summer of 2014, he agreed to terminate his contract, despite having only signed an extension in February 2013[7] . Upon his release from Rangers Hegarty joined Linfield[8].
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 11 February 2015
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rangers | |||||||||||
| 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| Linfield | |||||||||||
| 2014–15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| Total | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| Career total | 38 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 4 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Chris Hegarty - Player profile". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ "Hegarty in 'dream' Rangers move". newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ "Chris Hegarty signs deal with newco". BBC Sport. 29 June 2012.
- ^ "Falkirk 0-1 Rangers". BBC Sport. 21 August 2012.
- ^ "Little Starts At Clyde". David Melvin. Rangers.co.uk. 28 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ "Rangers 4-1 Brechin City". Andy Campbell. BBC Sport. 10 August 2013.
- ^ "Hegarty Pens New Deal". David Melvin. Rangers.co.uk. 14 February 2013.
- ^ "Defender Chris Hegarty joins Linfield on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 22 May 2014.
External link
[edit]- Chris Hegarty at Soccerbase