Ryan Blair (footballer)

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Ryan Blair
Personal information
Full name Ryan Dominic Blair[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-23) 23 February 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 East Fife
Youth career
0000–2014 Falkirk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Falkirk 15 (1)
2016–2019 Swansea City 0 (0)
2018 → Falkirk (loan) 7 (1)
2019 → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 13 (1)
2019–2021 Stenhousemuir 35 (3)
2021 East Kilbride 12 (4)
2022– East Fife 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Ryan Dominic Blair (born 23 February 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for East Fife.

Career[]

Falkirk[]

Born in Glasgow, Blair began his career at Falkirk, and made his professional debut for the club on 6 September 2014 against Stranraer in the Scottish Challenge Cup.[2]

In the 2015–16 season he made seven appearances for the side in the Scottish Championship, one appearance in the Scottish League Cup, and one appearance in the Scottish Cup.

Swansea City[]

Blair moved to Swansea City in January 2016 for an undisclosed fee,[3] signing a three-and-a-half year contract and joining up with their under-21 squad.[3]

Blair returned to Falkirk on loan in January 2018,[4] where he played eight times and scored once. In January 2019, he signed for Falkirk's derby rivals Dunfermline Athletic on a short-term loan deal until the end of the 2018–19 season.[5]

He was released by the club in July 2019.[6]

Stenhousemuir[]

Blair returned to Scotland on a permanent basis, joining Stenhousemuir on 29 November 2019.[7] Blair was among 18 players released by the club in May 2021.[8]

East Kilbride[]

Blair joined Lowland League side East Kilbride in October 2021 and left for league 1 side East Fife three months later in 2022.[9]

East Fife[]

After leaving East Kilbride after only 3/4 months, Blair joined Methil side East Fife on 2nd January 2022.[10]

Career statistics[]

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
Falkirk 2014–15[11] Scottish Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
2015–16[12] 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
Total 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 0
Swansea City U23s 2016–17[13] Premier League 2 - Div 2 — — — 5[b] 0 5 0
2017–18[14] Premier League 2 - Div 1 — — — 2[b] 0 2 0
2018–19[15] — — — 2[b] 0 2 0
Total — — — 9 0 9 0
Falkirk (loan) 2017–18[14] Scottish Championship 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 2018–19[15] 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
Career total 25 2 2 0 1 0 10 0 38 2
  1. ^ Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Stranraer 1-0 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Ryan Blair: Falkirk midfielder joins Swansea City U21s". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Falkirk take Ryan Blair back on loan from Swansea City". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. ^ Hart, Ross (1 February 2019). "Dunfermline sign Bruce Anderson and Ryan Blair on loan". Dunfermline Press. Newsquest. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Swans reveal retained list | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  7. ^ Nov 29, Jamie Swinney |; Featured, 2019 |; News | 0, First Team (29 November 2019). "Ryan Blair joins the Warriors". Stenhousemuir FC. Retrieved 16 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Updated: Defender Jonathan Tiffoney among 18 players leaving Stenhousemuir as part of squad rejig". www.falkirkherald.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  9. ^ McGilvray, Andy (12 October 2021). "East Kilbride boss Chris Aitken: Focus on climbing Lowland League". Daily Record. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  10. ^ Temple, Alan (2 January 2022). "East Fife sign former Dunfermline and Swansea midfielder as Stevie Crawford begins rebuild". the courier.co.uk. Newsquest. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Games played by Ryan Blair in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Games played by Ryan Blair in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Games played by Ryan Blair in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Games played by Ryan Blair in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Games played by Ryan Blair in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

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