Declan McManus
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Declan Joseph McManus | ||
Date of birth | 3 August 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | The New Saints | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2012 | Aberdeen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2015 | Aberdeen | 12 | (0) |
2013 | → Alloa Athletic (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2014–2015 | → Greenock Morton (loan) | 19 | (9) |
2015 | → Greenock Morton (loan) | 13 | (11) |
2015–2017 | Fleetwood Town | 7 | (1) |
2016 | → Greenock Morton (loan) | 17 | (4) |
2016–2017 | → Raith Rovers (loan) | 34 | (5) |
2017–2018 | Dunfermline Athletic | 32 | (7) |
2018–2020 | Ross County | 32 | (2) |
2019–2020 | → Falkirk (loan) | 26 | (19) |
2020–2021 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | (9) |
2021– | The New Saints | 81 | (71) |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | Scotland U18 | 2 | (1) |
2012–2013 | Scotland U19 | 8 | (3) |
2014–2015 | Scotland U21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 12 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:42, 11 August 2015 (UTC) |
Declan Joseph McManus (born 3 August 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a forward for Cymru Premier club The New Saints. McManus has previously played for Aberdeen, Fleetwood Town, Greenock Morton, Alloa Athletic, Raith Rovers, Dunfermline Athletic, Ross County and Falkirk.
Career
[edit]Aberdeen
[edit]McManus made his debut for Aberdeen's first team on 28 April 2012, coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 defeat to Dunfermline Athletic.[2] In the new season, McManus goalscoring form in the U20 league caught the eye of Dundee and Partick Thistle, who were keen to sign him on loan.[3] In November 2012, McManus signed a new contract with the club that will keep him until 2015.[4]
On 31 July 2013 McManus joined Alloa Athletic on a six-month loan deal.[5] McManus made his first ever senior start in Alloa Athletic's 2–0 win in the League Cup First Round fixture against Peterhead.[6] On 14 December 2013, McManus scored his first senior goal in Alloa's 2–0 win against Greenock Morton.[7]
McManus moved on loan to Scottish League One club Greenock Morton on 8 August 2014.[8][9] He scored his first ever senior hat-trick in a 5–2 cup victory over Berwick Rangers in August 2014,[10] and left the club at the end of his loan spell having scored 12 goals in 21 starts.[11] On 2 February 2015, McManus joined Greenock Morton for a second loan spell, signing until the end of the 2014–15 season.[12][13] McManus was nominated for the SPFA League One player of the year for 2014–15,[14] as well as being included in the League One Team of the Year with teammate Mark Russell.[15] He won the Player of the Year award.[16]
Fleetwood Town
[edit]On 15 May 2015, McManus signed a pre-contract agreement with Fleetwood Town.[17] On 31 December 2015, McManus returned for his third loan spell with Morton.[18] In July 2016, McManus returned to Scotland, joining Scottish Championship side Raith Rovers on loan.[19] In May 2017 he left Fleetwood at the end of his contract[20]
Dunfermline Athletic
[edit]McManus returned north to Scotland in June 2017, signing for Scottish Championship side Dunfermline Athletic on a one-year deal.[21]
Ross County
[edit]McManus signed for Ross County in June 2018[22] and was loaned to Falkirk on 16 July 2019.[23] McManus was released by County in May 2020, following the end of his contract.[24]
Dunfermline return
[edit]Following his release from County, McManus re-signed for Dunfermline Athletic on 10 July 2020, joining the club on a two-year deal.[25]
The New Saints
[edit]After one season with Dunfermline, McManus moved to Cymru Premier club The New Saints on 14 June 2021, for a fee of £60,000.[26] McManus scored a second half penalty to secure the Welsh sides first ever win a competitive European match, defeating FC Astana 2-0.[27]
International career
[edit]Having represented Scotland in U18 and U19 Levels, McManus was called up for the U21 squad.[28][29]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aberdeen | 2011–12[31] | Scottish Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2012–13[32] | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
2013–14[33] | Scottish Premiership | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
2014–15[34] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
Alloa Athletic (loan) | 2013–14[33] | Scottish Championship | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
Greenock Morton (loan) | 2014–15[34] | Scottish League One | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 3 | 21 | 12 |
13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | |||
Total | 32 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 23 | ||
Fleetwood Town | 2015–16[35] | Football League One | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 10 | 1 |
2016–17[36] | EFL League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
Greenock Morton (loan) | 2015–16[37][35] | Scottish Championship | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
Raith Rovers (loan) | 2016–17[36] | 34 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3[d] | 3 | 41 | 9 | |
Dunfermline Athletic | 2017–18[38] | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5[e] | 1 | 44 | 13 | |
Ross County | 2018–19[39] | Scottish Championship | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5[b] | 1 | 45 | 4 |
Falkirk (loan) | 2019–20[39] | Scottish League One | 26 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1[b] | 0 | 34 | 24 |
Dunfermline Athletic | 2020–21[40] | Scottish Championship | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2[f] | 0 | 36 | 10 |
The New Saints | 2021–22 | Welsh Premier League | 28 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6[g] | 6 | 37 | 31 |
2022–23 | 25 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4[h] | 0 | 33 | 32 | ||
2023–24 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3[i] | 3 | 26 | 21 | ||
2024–25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11[j] | 1 | 23 | 8 | ||
Total | 81 | 71 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 119 | 92 | ||
Career total | 318 | 139 | 27 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 43 | 18 | 414 | 181 |
- ^ Appearance in the Europa League
- ^ a b c Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
- ^ Appearance in the Football League Trophy
- ^ Appearance in the Championship play-offs
- ^ Appearance in the Premiership play-offs
- ^ Appearances in the Scottish Championship play-off
- ^ Appearances in the Europa Conference League Qualifiers
- ^ 2 appearances in the Europa League & 2 appearances in Champions League
- ^ Appearance & 1 goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances & 2 goals in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League five appearances & 1 goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
[edit]Greenock Morton
Ross County
The New Saints
Individual
- PFA Scotland League One Player of the Year: 2014–2015[16]
- PFA Scotland League One Team of the Year: 2014–2015[15]
- Greenock Telegraph Player of the Year: 2014–15
- SPFL Championship Player of the Month: February 2016[43]
References
[edit]- ^ Declan McManus at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ Andy Campbell (28 April 2012). "Dunfermline 3–0 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ "Aberdeen hitkid Declan McManus set for loan spell with Dundee or Partick Thistle". Daily Record. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ "Declan McManus has signed a new contract to keep him at Aberdeen until 2015". Sky Sports. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ "Hartley signs striker". Alloa Athletic. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013.
- ^ "Peterhead 0–2 Alloa Athletic". Alloa Athletic. 4 August 2013. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ "Alloa 2–0 Morton". BBC Sport. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ "Loan Signing". Greenock Morton F.C. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ Mitchell, Jonathan (8 August 2014). "Morton land Dons striker on loan". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Morton 5–2 Berwick Rangers". Scottish Professional Football League. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Declan McManus's Soccerbase profile". Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ "McManus re-joins Morton". Aberdeen F.C. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ Mitchell, Jonathan (2 February 2015). "McManus makes deadline-busting Morton return". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ Mitchell, Jonathan (22 April 2015). "Morton striker nominated for League One Player of the Year". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ a b "PFA Scotland Teams of the Year". Scottish Professional Football League. 1 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ a b "PFA Scotland award winners". Scottish Professional Football League. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Striker Declan McManus agrees to join Fleetwood Town". Fleetwood Town F.C. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ Mitchell, Jonathan (31 December 2015). "Ton in sensational striker swoop". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Major signing news: Skacel and McManus join Locke's Rovers". Raith Rovers FC. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ "Retained list 2016/17: First Team". Fleetwood Town FC. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Declan joins the lap of honour". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Declan McManus signs for the Staggies". Ross County FC. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "Declan joins McKinnon's Bairns on Loan". Ross County FC. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Skinner, Andy (26 May 2020). "Staggies release 14 players in end of season cull". Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals Ltd. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Declan McManus signs for the Pars". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Second signing of the season, as Declan McManus joins The New Saints". The New Saints. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Holden and McManus seal The New Saints victory in Conference League". Border Counties Advertizer. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "King, McKenzie and McManus added to under-21 squad". Scottish Football Association. 31 August 2014. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Mitchell, Jonathan (6 September 2014). "Morton striker's pride at international call-up". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ "Scotland - D. McManus - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ "Games played by Declan McManus in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Declan McManus in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Declan McManus in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Declan McManus in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Declan McManus in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Declan McManus in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Ross given goal against Alloa but no double for Morton striker Declan". Greenock Telegraph. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ "Games played by Declan McManus in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Declan McManus in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Declan McManus in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Ross County lifted the Challenge Cup for a third time". BBC Sport. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Cymru Premier: The New Saints win title with point against Penybont". BBC Sport. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "McManus lands February award". Scottish Professional Football League. 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
External links
[edit]- Declan McManus at Soccerbase
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Men's association football forwards
- Scottish men's footballers
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Alloa Athletic F.C. players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Raith Rovers F.C. players
- Fleetwood Town F.C. players
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
- Ross County F.C. players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- The New Saints F.C. players
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Scotland men's youth international footballers
- Footballers from Glasgow
- Scotland men's under-21 international footballers
- English Football League players
- Cymru Premier players
- 21st-century Scottish sportsmen