Rory Holden

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Rory Holden
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-08-23) 23 August 1997 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Derry, Northern Ireland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Walsall
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Derry City 13 (1)
2017–2020 Bristol City 0 (0)
2018 → Barrow (loan) 5 (0)
2019 → Rochdale (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2020 → Walsall (loan) 29 (2)
2020– Walsall 21 (4)
National team
2018 Northern Ireland U21 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:19, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Rory Holden (born 23 August 1997) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for Walsall, as a midfielder.

Career[]

Holden began his career with Derry City, moving to English club Bristol City in August 2017.[3][4] He moved on loan to Barrow in September 2018,[5] and to Rochdale in January 2019.[6]

In July 2019 he moved on loan to Walsall.[7] On 11 August 2020, he re-joined Walsall on a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee.[8]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 13 April 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Derry City 2016[1] LOI Premier Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
2017[1] LOI Premier Division 9 1 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 11 1
Total 13 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 1
Bristol City 2017–18[9] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2018–19[10] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2019–20[11] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Barrow (loan) 2018–19[10] National League 5 0 — — — 5 0
Rochdale (loan) 2018–19[10] League Two 6 0 — — 1[b] 0 7 0
Walsall (loan) 2019–20[11] League Two 29 2 3 0 0 0 4[b] 0 36 2
Walsall 2020–21[12] League Two 21 4 1 0 1 0 3[b] 0 26 4
Career total 74 7 4 0 1 0 10 0 89 7
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "R. Holden: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. ^ Rory Holden at Soccerbase
  3. ^ Dan Newman (4 September 2017). "New Bristol City signing Rory Holden has big ambitions as attacker chats about how move emerged". Bristol Post. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  4. ^ Kevin McLaughlin (30 March 2018). "Former Derry City starlet loving life at Bristol City". Derry Journal. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. ^ James Crawley (14 September 2018). "HOLDEN HEADS OUT ON LOAN". Bristol City F.C. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Rory Holden: Rochdale sign Bristol City forward on loan for rest of season". BBC Sport. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  7. ^ Masi, Joseph. "Walsall sign Rory Holden on loan from Bristol City". www.expressandstar.com.
  8. ^ "Rory Holden: Walsall sign Bristol City midfielder following 2019-20 loan spell". BBC. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Games played by Rory Holden in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  10. ^ a b c "Games played by Rory Holden in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Games played by Rory Holden in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Games played by Rory Holden in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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