Cameron McGeehan

Name: Cameron McGeehan
Born: 6 April 1995, Surrey (ENG)
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight:
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 3 Under-21 Caps (2013-2014), Under-19 (2013), Under-17, 9 Under-16 Caps.
Club Honours: (with Norwich) FA Youth Cup Winner 2012/13; (with Luton) Conference Champion 2013/14.
Awards: Conference Player of the Month Apr/14.


Club Career: 
Teams ...... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup
Fulham .................... -03 Youth .0(0)/ 0
Chelsea ....................-05 Youth .0(0)/ 0
Norwich City ...............-10 Youth .0(0)/ 0

Luton Town.. 13/14 ..... Jan-14 .Loan 18(0)/ 3
Cambridge U. 14/15 ..... Jan-15 .Loan .4(0)/ 3 2(0)/0
Luton Town.. 14/15 ..... Feb-15 .Loan 13(2)/ 3 
Luton Town . 15/16-16/17 Jun-16 Undis
Barnsley ... 17/18- date Jun-17 Undis
Scunthorpe U 17/18 ..... Jan-18 .Loan

Biography:
Captain of the Norwich side that won the 2013 FA Youth Cup, he scored penalties in both legs of a 4-2 aggregate win over ex-club, Chelsea.

Had been on the books at Fulham before signing for Chelsea as a 10-year-old in an £80,000 deal. He signed for Norwich after being released by Chelsea.

Joined Luton on a months loan in January 2014. The move was extended to the end of the season as Luton won the Conference title and McGeehan's impressive form earned him the Conference Player of the Month award for April.

Capped by Northern Ireland at Schoolboy and Youth level by Northern Ireland before elevation to the Under-21 set-up while just eighteen. Made his Under-21 debut as a sub in a 1-0 win over Cyprus in November 2013.

Made the bench for Norwich's senior team for a League Cup tie against Crawley in August 2014. After enjoying further successful loan spells with Cambridge and back at Luton McGeehan felt his career would be better served be leaving Carrow Road behind. He was once again signed by Luton, this time on a permanent deal worth "six figures".

In September 2015, McGeehan rejected a call-up for under-21 qualification matches against Scotland and Iceland, stating that he was "reconsidering his international future." In January 2017 he suffered a broken leg in a match against Portsmouth.

In May 2018 McGeehan was a surprise inclusion in the Northern Ireland squad for the Central American tour, though he had to withdraw through injury.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
19-11-2013 Cyprus H W 1-0 ECQ sub
05-03-2014 Italy. H L 0-2 ECQ
09-09-2014 Serbia H L 1-4 ECQ sub

Summary: 1(2)/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 2.

Mark McChrystal

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Name: Mark McChrystal
Born: 25 June 1984, Londonderry
Height: 6.01 ft
Weight: 13.07 st
Position: Defender


Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 9 Under-21 Caps (2004-2006), Under-19, Schoolboy (2000)
Club Honours: (with Derry) FAI Cup Runner-Up 2008; League of Ireland Cup Winner 2008; (with Bristol Rovers) Football Conference Play-Off Winner 2014/15.

Club Career:
Teams............. --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other
Tristar ............................. Youth
Wolverhampton W. .................... Youth ..0(0)/0
Bradford City .... 02/03 ..... Apr-03 .Loan ..0(0)/0
Derry City........ 2003 - 2006 Apr-03 .Free .50(-)/1* ............ 1(0)/0
Institute......... 03/04 ..... Aug-03 .Loan ..1(0)/0 ...... 4(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0
Partick Thistle... 06/07 ..... Jan-07 .Free .13(2)/1 2(0)/0
Derry City ....... 2007 - 2009 Aug-07 .Free .34(5)/1
Huddersfield Town ............ Sep-09 Trial ..0(0)/0
Crewe Alexandra .............. Oct-09 Trial ..0(0)/0
Lisburn Distillery 09/10 ..... Nov-09 .Free ..3(0)/0
Derry City ....... 2010 ...... Jan-10 ..... .29(1)/3
Tranmere Rovers .. 10/11-12/13 Jan-11 .Free .38(3)/1 ...... 1(0)/0 ...... 2(0)/0
Scunthorpe United. 12/13 ..... Nov-12 .Loan ..3(0)/0
Bristol Rovers ... 12/13-16/17 Jan-13 .Free 107(7)/0 4(0)/0 1(0)/0 ...... ......8(0)/1
Crusaders ........ 17/18- date Jul-17 .Free
* All domestic games.

Biography:
In the early 2000s Wolves had a strong Northern Ireland contingent among their youth ranks - Sammy Clingan, Mark Clyde, Andrew Dickson and Mark McChrystal were all on the fringes of the senior team at Molineux.

A strapping left-sided centre-back, McChrystal had won Schoolboy caps while at St. Columb's College in his native Derry and added Under-18 honours while with Wolves. He was released by Wolves in 2003 and returned home to join Derry City. He initially struggled to make an impact at the Brandywell and for the start of the 2003/04 season made the short move to Institute on a three month loan. He played six times at right-back for Stute before the loan spell was cut short by injury.

Back at Derry, McChrystal slowly established himself in the firstteam squad, filling in at left- or right-back as well as in his preferred central defencive role. He established himself in the Northern Ireland Under-21 team, becoming captain, even when not assured of a starting place with his club side.

McChrystal was released by Derry in December 2006 having been identified as surplus to requirements. Within a few weeks he was playing for Partick Thistle in the Scottish First Division. He made his Jags debut in a 2-0 defeat by Clyde on 2nd January 2007 and was a regular through to the end of the season. He scored his only goal in a 4-3 defeat by Queen of the South as Partick almost came back from 4-0 down. McChrystal was released at the end of that season by new manager, Ian McCall.

McChrystal returned to Derry City in August 2007 and the following year he collected his first major honours, a winner's medal in the League Cup as Wexford Youths were routed 6-1 and a runners-up medal following an FAI Cup Final penalty shoot-out defeat by Bohemians.

In September 2009 McChrystal, unhappy with his limited firstteam chances after returning from a broken cheekbone, negotiated an early release from his Derry contract, the Candystripes being only too happy to offload players as their financial straits became clearer. He joined Huddersfield on trial but after three weeks he was unable to secure the hoped for move. There followed another trial with Crewe which proved equally fruitless before he joined Lisburn Distillery on a short-term deal.

McChrystal returned to Derry City in January 2010 as the demoted side gained an instant return to the League of Ireland Premier Division. In January 2011 he joined Tranmere Rovers on a six-month deal.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
18-08-2004 Switzerland.... H D 0-0 FR
08-02-2005 Scotland....... H W 2-1 FR
16-08-2005 Rep. of Ireland H D 2-2 FR
06-02-2006 Israel......... A W 1-0 FR
28-02-2006 Wales.......... A W 1-0 FR
12-04-2006 Leichtenstein.. A W 4-1 ECQ
10-05-2006 Leichtenstein.. H W 4-0 ECQ
16-05-2006 Scotland....... H W 1-0 FR
16-08-2006 Romania........ A L 0-3 ECQ

Summary: 9/0. Won 6, Drew 2, Lost 1.

Rory McArdle

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Name: Rory Alexander McArdle
Born: 1 May 1987, Sheffield (England)
Height: 6.01 ft
Weight: 11.03 st
Position: Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full, 19 Under-21 Caps (2006-2008).
Club Honours: (with Rochdale) Football League Two Third (promoted) 2009/10, Play-Off Runner-Up 2007/08; (with Bradford) League Cup Runner-Up 2012/13; League Two Play-Off Winner 2012/13.
Awards: Football League One Player of the Month Dec/14.

Club Career:
Teams ............. --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Sheffield Wednesday 05/06-06/07 Jul-05 ..Youth ..0(1)/0 ...... 0(1)/0
Rochdale .......... 05/06 ..... Aug-05 ...Loan .16(3)/1 1(0)/0
Rochdale .......... 06/07 ..... Nov-06 ...Loan ..9(0)/0 1(0)/0
Rochdale .......... 06/07-09/10 Jan-07 Nominal 116(4)/4 6(0)/0 3(0)/0 7(0)/1
Aberdeen .......... 10/11-11/12 May-10 ...Free .47(6)/2 8(1)/1 5(1)/2 
Bradford City ..... 12/13-16/17 Jun-12 .. Free 
Scunthorpe United . 17/18- date Jun-17

Biography:
To follow.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
26-05-2010 Turkey....... N L 0-2 FR

Still active.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
06-02-2006 Israel....... A W 1-0 FR
28-02-2006 Wales........ A W 1-0 FR
12-04-2006 Leichtenstein A W 4-1 ECQ
10-05-2006 Leichtenstein H W 4-0 ECQ 1 Goal
16-08-2006 Romania...... A L 0-3 ECQ
01-09-2006 Germany...... H L 2-3 ECQ
14-11-2006 Germany U-19. A L 1-2 FR
06-02-2007 Wales........ H L 0-4 FR
24-03-2007 Romania...... A L 0-2 FR
24-05-2007 Scotland..... A L 0-4 FR
01-06-2007 Moldova...... A W 1-0 ECQ
21-08-2007 Finland...... H W 2-1 FR
07-09-2007 Germany...... H L 0-3 ECQ
12-09-2007 Luxembourg... A W 2-1 ECQ
17-10-2007 Israel....... H L 1-3 ECQ
16-11-2007 Luxembourg... H W 5-0 ECQ
20-11-2007 Moldova...... H W 3-0 ECQ
06-02-2008 Israel....... A L 1-2 ECQ
26-03-2008 Romania...... H L 1-3 FR

Summary: 19/1. Won 9, Drew 0, Lost 10.

Oliver Norwood

Name: Oliver James Norwood Born: 12 April 1991, Burnley (England) Height: 5.11 ft Weight: 12.00 st Position: Midfielder Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full (2010-date), 1 B Cap (2009), Under-21 (2009-date), Youth; England: Youth. Club Honours: (with Brighton) EFL Championship Runner-up 2016/17 (promoted); (with Fulham) EFL Championship Play-Off Winner (promoted) 2017/18.

Club Career:
Teams.........--Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Manchester U. ............. 2007 Youth .0(0)/ 0
Carlisle U... 10/11 ..... Sep-10 .Loan .4(2)/ 0 ............. 1(0)/0

Scunthorpe U. 11/12 ..... Aug-11 .Loan 14(1)/ 1 0(1)/0 1(0)/0 1(0)/0
Coventry City 11/12 ..... Jan-12 .Loan 17(1)/ 2
Huddersfield. 12/13-13/14 Jun-12 ..... 75(5)/ 8 4(2)/1 4(0)/0
Reading ..... 14/15-15/16 Aug-14 £1.2m 75(6)/ 4 8(1)/1 2(0)/0
Brighton & HA 16/17- date Aug-16 Undis 16(17)/0 1(0)/0 3(0)/0 
Fulham ...... 17/18 ..... Jul-17 .Loan 22(14)/5 1(0)/0 1(0)/0 0(3)/0
Sheffield U.. 18/19 ..... Aug-18 .Loan

Biography:
A product of the same Manchester United youth set-up that has produced the likes of the Evans brothers and Craig Cathcart in recent seasons, Ollie Norwood signed his first professional contract in July 2009.

Already capped at Youth level by England, Norwood switched allegiances to Northern Ireland. He initially played for Northern Ireland in friendlies and minor tournaments, including an Elite success in the 2009 Milk Cup, while awaiting clearance. He made his competitive début in a 1-1 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifier against Germany in November 2009, scoring the equaliser with a stoppage time free kick. In May 2010 he starred for Northern Ireland in the Elite Round of the UEFA Under-19 Championship, scoring twice (including another free-kick) in a 2-2 draw with Russia and a penalty to give the Irish a 1-0 lead against Italy prior to an eventual 3-2 defeat.

Norwood received his first senior call-up for the August 2010 friendly against Montenegro. He made his debut as a 64th minute substitute for Sammy Clingan, though by then Northern Ireland were already trailing 2-0 which turned out to be the final score.

Yet to make his United début, Norwood had a loan spell at Carlisle cut short by injury early in the 2010/11 season. In August 2011 he joined Scunthorpe on loan through to the following January. It was during his time at the Iron that Norwood scored his first senior goal, a trademark "belter" in a 2-2 draw with Huddersfield. Another loan spell that season with Coventry saw him play alongside Sammy Clingan but suffer relegation from the Championship.

In the summer of 2012 Norwood announced that he would be seeking a move away from Manchester United, despite the offer of a new contract, as he sought regular firstteam football. He drew interest from several clubs before eventually signing for Huddersfield.

In 2014 he moved to Reading in a reported £1.2 million deal.

More to follow.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
11-08-2010 Montenegro.... A L 0-1 FR. sub

09-02-2011 Scotland...... N L 0-3 CNC sub

24-05-2011 Rep. Ireland.. A L 0-5 CNC sub

27-05-2011 Wales......... N L 0-2 CNC
still active

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
06-05-2009 Scotland...... A L 0-3 FR sub

Summary: 0(1)/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
12-08-2009 Portugal...... A L 1-2 FR. sub
13-11-2009 Germany....... H D 1-1 ECQ 1 goal
17-11-2009 Czech Republic H L 1-2 ECQ 1 goal
02-03-2010 San Marino.... A W 3-0 ECQ 2 goals
03-09-2010 San Marino.... H W 4-0 ECQ
07-09-2010 Germany....... A L 0-3 ECQ

31-05-2011 Faroe Islands. A D 0-0 ECQ

10-08-2011 Faroe Islands. H W 4-0 ECQ
still active

Pictures kindly supplied by Roy Cathcart.

Billy Kee

Name: Billy Rodney Kee
Born: 1 December 1990, Leicester (England)
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 11.04 st
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 10 Under-21 Caps / 3 Goals (2009-2012), 8 Under-19 Caps/ 4 Goals.
Awards: EFL League Two Player of Season 2017/18; EFL Team of the Season 2017/18; PFA League Two Team of the Year 2017/18; League Two Player of the Month Nov-2011.

Club Career:
Teams............. --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League-- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Leicester City ... 08/09-09/10 . 2006 Youth .0 (0)/ 0
Accrington Stanley 09/10 ..... Jul-09 .Loan 15(22)/ 9 1(2)/0 1(1)/0 2(0)/0
Torquay United ... 10/11-11/12 Jun-10 .Free 18 (6)/ 9 1(3)/1 1(0)/0 4(1)/0

Burton Albion .... 11/12-14/15 Aug-11 Undis 70(29)/39 4(3)/2 2(3)/1 3(3)/0
Scunthorpe United. 14/15 ..... Aug-14 Undis .0(12)/ 0 1(1)/0 ...... 0(2)/0 
Mansfield Town ... 14/15 ..... Jan-15 .Loan .8 (5)/ 2
Accrington Stanley 15/16- date Jun-15 .Free

Biography:
A young stocky striker, Billy Kee spent 2009/10 on loan at Accrington Stanley from Leicester City. He was part of the Northern Ireland side that claimed the 2009 Milk Cup Elite title and in September 2009, still just eighteen, he was called into the senior Northern Ireland squad. He was disappointed to be released by Leicester in May 2010 but quickly signed for Torquay United. In August 2011 he scored his first goals at  Under-21international level, a virtuoso hattrick against the Faroe Islands, so becoming the first Northern Ireland player to score three in a match at that level.  Early in the 2011/12 season Kee left Torquay for personal reasons. He move closer to "home" by joining Burton Albion for a fee believed to be around £20,000 and a startling run of goalscoring form saw him crowned Football League Young Player of the Month for October. In August 2014 he moved on to Scunthorpe for a fee believed to be around £250,000, earning Torquay a further £80,000 through a sell on clause. He failed to start a league game or score a goal for the Iron and joined Mansfield on a three-month loan deal mid-season.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
04-09-2009 Czech Republic A L 0-2 ECQ
13-10-2009 Iceland....... A L 1-2 ECQ
13-11-2009 Germany....... H D 1-1 ECQ
17-11-2009 Czech Republic H L 1-2 ECQ
02-03-2010 San Marino.... A W 3-0 ECQ
17-11-2010 Scotland ..... A L 1-3 FR
10-08-2011 San Marino ... H W 4-0 ECQ 3 goals
02-09-2011 Serbia ....... A L 0-1 ECQ
07-09-2012 FYRo Macedonia H L 1-3 ECQ
10-09-2012 Denmark ...... A L 0-3 ECQ sub

Summary: 9(1)/3. Won 2, Drew 1, Lost 7.

Picture courtesy of Roy Cathcart

Michael O'Connor

Full Name: Michael O'Connor
Born: 6 October 1987, Belfast
Height: 6.01 ft / 1.85 m
Weight: 12.06 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Nothern Ireland Career: Full Caps (2008-), 1 B Cap (2009), 3 Under-21 Caps / 2 Goals (2007-2008), 10 Under-19 Caps, 13 Under-17 Games / 6 Goals, 1 Under-18 Schools Cap, 7 Under-15 Schools Cap; Republic of Ireland: Under-21 (2006-2007).
Club Honours: (with Rotherham) League Two Runner-Up 2012/13 (promoted); League One Play-off Winner 2013/14 (unused sub).

Club Career:
Clubs............ --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League-- FA Cup FL Cup Others
Crewe Alexandra.. 05/06-08/09 Jul-05 Youth 65(12)/ 3 3(0)/0 5(0)/0 4(0)/0
Lincoln City..... 08/09 ..... Mar-09 .Loan .9 (1)/ 0
Scunthorpe United 09/10-11/12 Jul-09 £250k 77(20)/12 3(0)/0 6(1)/1 1(0)/0 
Rotherham United. 12/13-13/14 May-12 .Free 47(17)/ 8 4(1)/0 2(0)/0 1(2)/0
Port Vale ....... 14/15-15/16 Jul-14 .Free 69 (1)/10 4(0)/1 2(0)/1 
Notts County .... 16/17-17/18 Jun-16 .Free 31 (7)/ 2 2(0)/0 ...... 0(2)/0 
Lincoln City .... 18/19- date

Biography:
A regular captain for Northern Ireland at every Youth level up to Under-20, Michael O'Connor became involved in a tug-of-war between the IFA and the FAI and he actually turned out for the Republic of Ireland's Under-21 side. Because those appearances were not competitive he was able to change his mind and in November 2007 was included in Roy Millar's Under-21 panel for matches against Luxembourg and Moldova. In March 2008 Nigel Worthington then included O'Connor in the Full squad for a friendly match against Georgia.

A product of the highly successful Crewe Alexandra Academy, O'Connor helped Alex's youth side to the 2004 FA Youth Cup semi-final. Originally a more attacking player, he has developed into an effective defensive midfielder using his size to great effect. His League debut came is a late substitute in a 2-1 win over Brighton in February 2006 and he was a regular feature in the Crewe line-up from the 2006/07 season on.

On 6th March 2009, O'Connor joined Lincoln City on loan after falling out with Crewe manager Gudjon Thordarson. He was made available for transfer at the end of the campaign and after being linked with a permanent move to Lincoln and training with Hibernian he signed for Scunthorpe in a deal reported to be worth £250,000. With The Iron he teamed up with Northern Ireland teammate, Grant McCann.

Although impressing in the Championship on a regular basis, O'Connor has struggled to impress his international boss, Nigel Worthington. As such he has been only an occasional squad member, but despite news of his frustrations appearing in the press he has not been completely ignored.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
26-03-2008 Georgia....... H W 4-1 FR. sub
20-08-2008 Scotland...... A D 0-0 FR. sub
10-09-2008 Czech Republic H D 0-0 WCQ sub
15-10-2008 San Marino.... H W 4-0 WCQ
19-11-2008 Hungary....... H L 0-2 FR
06-06-2009 Italy......... A L 0-3 FR
14-10-2009 Czech Republic A D 0-0 WCQ sub
14-11-2009 Serbia........ H L 0-1 FR. sub
03-03-2010 Albania....... A L 0-1 FR
17-11-2010 Morocco....... H D 1-1 FR. sub
still active

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
16-11-2007 Luxembourg H W 5-0 ECQ 1 Goal
20-11-2007 Moldova... H W 3-0 ECQ 1 Goal
06-02-2008 Israel.... A L 1-2 ECQ

Summary: 3/2. Won 2, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Picture kindly supplied by Roy Cathcart.

Martin Paterson

Name: Martin Andrew Paterson
Born: 10 May 1987, Tunstall (England)
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.05 st
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full Caps (2007-2014); 2 Under-21 Caps (2007), Youth.
Club Honours: (with Burnley) Football League Championship Play-Off Winner 2008/09.

Club Career:
Clubs......... --Seasons-- -Fee- --League-- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Stoke City.... 04/05-06/07 Youth ..2(12)/ 1 ...... 0(1)/0
Grimsby Town.. 06/07...... .Loan .15 (0)/ 6
Scunthorpe Utd 07/08 ............ 34 (6)/13 1(0)/0 1(0)/1
Burnley ...... 08/09-12/13 £1.3m 100(30)/29 5(2)/2 9(2)/5 4(0)/1

Huddersfield T 13/14-14/15 .Free .13(12)/ 5 1(0)/1 3(0)/0
Bristol City . 13/14 ...... Loan ..6 (2)/ 1
Fleetwood Town 14/15 ...... Loan ..3 (0)/ 0
Orlando City . 2015 ....... Loan ..0 (3)/ 0 (MLS)
Orlando City . 2015 ...... .Free ..0 (1)/ 0 (MLS)
Blackpool .... 15/16 ..... .Free ..0(17)/ 0 1(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0
Port Vale .... 16/17 ..... .Free .10 (6)/ 2 1(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0
Tampa Bay Rowdies.. Feb-17 ..... (USL)
ATK ............... Jan-18 ..... (ISL)

Seasonal Record:

Season	Club	TOTAL			League			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Other			Div
		St	Sb	Gl	St	Sb	Gl	St	Sb	Gl	St	Sb	Gl	St	Sb	Gl
04/05 05/06 06/07 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 13/14 14/15 14/15 2015 15/16 16/17	Stoke C. Stoke C. Stoke C. Grimsby Scunthorpe Burnley Burnley Burnley Burnley Burnley Hudd'field Bristol C. Hudd'field Fleetwood Orlando C. Blackpool Port Vale	0 2 0 15 36 53 18 8 10 28 13 6 0 3 0 2 12	(3) (1) (10) (0) (6) (4) (8) (6) (5) (11) (9) (2) (3) (0) (4) (17) (6)	0 0 1 6 14 19 4 3 3 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 2	0 2 0 15 34 39 17 7 9 28 13 6 0 3 0 0 10	(3) (1) (9) (0) (6) (4) (6) (4) (5) (11) (9) (2) (3) (0) (4) (17) (6)	0 0 1 6 13 12 4 2 3 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 2	- - - - 1 4 0 0 1 - 1 - - - - 1 1	- - - - (0) (0) (1) (1) (0) - (0) - - - - (0) (0)	- - - - 0 1 0 1 0 - 1 - - - - 0 0	- - 0 - 1 7 1 1 - - 3 - - - - - -	- - (1) - (0) (0) (1) (1) - - (0) - - - - - -	- - 0 - 1 5 0 0 - - 0 - - - - - -	- - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - 1 1	- - - - - (0) - - - - - - - - - (0) (0)	- - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 0 0	FLC FLC FLC FL2 FLC FLC PL FLC FLC FLC FLC FL1 FLC FL1 MLS FL1 EFL1
TOTAL		210	(105)	67	183	(94)	57	9	(2)	3	13	(3)	6	5	(0)	1	-

Biography:
After a prolific start to the 2007/08 season, Scunthorpe striker Mark Paterson was called into the Northern Ireland squad for the November games against Denmark and Spain.

Primarily a front-man, he has also been known to play wide on the left or right. A real starlet in his young days at Stoke, he scored the goal that put Manchester United out of the FA Youth Cup, finished leading scorer in the Youth team and was named 'Academy Player of the Season'.
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Previously capped at Youth level, Paterson made his Under-21 debut as a substitute in a 4-0 defeat by Wales in February 2007. He made his full debut as a late substitute in the final match of the Euro 2008 campaign, a 1-0 defeat by Spain.

Paterson moved to Burnley in June 2008. The Clarets had been chasing his signature for a number of months and the initial bid of £400,000 grew to £1,000,000 plus a £300,000 appearance clause. His 19 goals helped fire Burnley to the Carling Cup semi-final and promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs. The pick of his strikes was a 30-yard left foot effort against Reading in the play-off semi-final.

Although he played a key role in Burnley's excellent start to life in the Premier League, including in wins over Manchester United and Everton, the one think lacking from Paterson's top-flight performances was a goal - indeed he was guilty of some very poor finishing, notably against Chelsea. He was then ruled out by injury for several months and in his absence Burnley began to struggle. He returned to playing in late January and scored his first Premier League goal in a 5-2 defeat by Aston Villa on 21st Febraury. Two further goals could do little to fire the Clarets clear of the relegation places and their demotion was confirmed following a 4-0 defeat by Liverpool with two matches still to play.

Since Burnley's relegation from the Premier League Paterson's appearances for club and country have been limited by a series of fitness problems. He finally broke his Northern Ireland goalscoring duck when  he converted a late penalty, which he won, in a friendly draw with Finland in August 2012.

After lengthy contract negotiations with Burnley, Paterson joined Huddersfield in June 2013. He scored his second international goal with a header in a famous 1-0 World Cup qualification win over Russia that August. He struggled to establish himself at Huddersfield and had loan spells at Bristol City, Fleetwood and with MLS side, Orlando City. Whenever his Huddersfield contract expired at the end of the 2014/15 season Paterson signed a permanent deal with Orlando, though his injury ravaged stay was cut short as he was released that August.

Paterson signed for League One Blackpool in September, though he was unable to make an impact on the crisis-hit club and was released following their relegation. He joined Port Vale early in the following season.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
21-11-2007 Spain......... A L 0-1 ECQ sub
06-02-2008 Bulgaria...... H L 0-1 FR. sub
20-08-2008 Scotland...... A D 0-0 FR
06-09-2008 Slovakia...... A L 1-2 WCQ
10-09-2008 Czech Republic H D 0-0 WCQ sub
15-10-2008 San Marino.... H W 4-0 WCQ sub
19-11-2008 Hungary....... H L 0-2 FR. sub
11-02-2009 San Marino.... A W 3-0 WCQ
12-08-2009 Israel........ H D 1-1 FR. sub
05-09-2009 Poland........ A D 1-1 WCQ sub
09-09-2009 Slovakia...... H L 0-2 WCQ
11-08-2010 Montenegro.... A L 0-2 FR 
29-02-2012 Norway........ H L 0-3 FR
15-08-2012 Finland....... H D 3-3 FR. sub 1 goal (pen)
26-03-2013 Israel........ H L 0-2 WCQ
14-08-2013 Russia........ H W 1-0 FR. 1 goal
06-09-2013 Portugal...... H L 2-4 WCQ
10-09-2013 Luxembourg.... A L 2-3 WCQ 1 goal
11-10-2013 Azerbaijan.... A L 0-2 WCQ
15-10-2013 Israel........ A D 1-1 WCQ
15-11-2013 Turkey........ A L 0-1 FR
05-03-2014 Cyprus........ A D 0-0 FR

still active

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
06-02-2007 Wales......... H L 0-4 FR. sub 
24-03-2007 Romania....... A L 0-2 FR. sub 

Summary: 0(2)/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 2.