Ciaran McKenna

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Ciaran McKenna
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Partick Thistle
Number 16
Youth career
2006–2015 Celtic
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Duke Blue Devils 42 (4)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Jacksonville Armada U-23
2019 Falkirk 17 (2)
2019–2020 Hamilton Academical 4 (0)
2020– Partick Thistle 19 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:59, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Ciaran McKenna (born 25 March 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Partick Thistle.

Early life[]

McKenna was born in Glasgow and was educated at Cardinal Newman High School, Bellshill, and St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch. He played in the Celtic Academy before turning down the offer of a three-year professional contract with the club to instead accept the offer of a scholarship with Duke University.[1][2]

Club career[]

Early career[]

In three years with the Duke Blue Devils, he made 42 appearances, scoring twice.[3] McKenna spent time in 2017 playing for Jacksonville Armada U-23 in the National Premier Soccer League.[4]

Falkirk[]

In January 2019, McKenna joined Scottish Championship side Falkirk.[5] Mckenna made 17 appearances in his debut season as a professional with Falkirk.[6]

Hamiliton Academical[]

McKenna joined Scottish Premiership side Hamilton Academical in June 2019.[6]

Partick Thistle[]

McKenna joined Scottish League One side Partick Thistle in August 2020, on a two year contract.

Personal life[]

Between 14 November 2015 and 27 January 2016, McKenna was wrongly accused of rape by a fellow student at Duke University. Duke University then issued a six-semester suspension, which upon appeal by McKenna was increased to a ten-semester suspension, but this was overturned by legal action on a technicality as to the university's "double jeopardy" policy.[7]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 9 August 2020
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Falkirk [8] Scottish Championship 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2
Hamilton Academical 2019-20[9] Scottish Premiership 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 0
2020–21[10] Scottish Premiership 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 0
Career total 21 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 25 2

Honours[]

Club[]

Partick Thistle

References[]

  1. ^ Haggerty, Anthony (25 July 2015). "Hoops to stripes: Youngster turns down deal with Celtic for football scholarship at prestigious American university". Daily Record. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Ciaran McKenna". Duke Blue Devils. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Individual Career History Ciaran McKenna". Duke Blue Devils. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Brinkman Garners PDL Weekly Honor". Duke Blue Devils. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Duke University's ex-Celtic defender signs for the Bairns". falkirkherald.co.uk. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Ciaran McKenna: Hamilton sign former Falkirk defender". BBC Sport. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Men's soccer player suspended for rape files lawsuit against Duke". Duke Chronicle. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Games played by Ciaran McKenna in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Games played by Ciaran McKenna in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Games played by Ciaran McKenna in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Scottish League 1: Partick Thistle thrash Falkirk to secure title". BBC Sport. 29 April 2021.

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