Chris McGroarty

Chris McGroarty

Personal information
Full name	Christopher McGroarty
Date of birth	6 February 1981 (1981-02-06) (age 30)
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Stenhousemuir
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2004	Dunfermline Athletic	91	(1)
2003	→ Clyde (loan)	12	(0)
2004	St. Mirren	12	(0)
2004–2005	Dumbarton	6	(0)
2005	East Stirlingshire	12	(2)
2005–2006	Berwick Rangers	33	(5)
2006–2007	Stranraer	9	(0)
2007–2008	Berwick Rangers	29	(0)
2008–2009	Stenhousemuir	25	(0)
2009	Brechin City	2	(0)
2009–	Forfar Athletic	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 April 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

Chris McGroarty (born 6 February 1981 in Bellshill) is a Scottish professional football player currently with Forfar Athletic in the Scottish Third Division.

Career

McGroarty began his career with Scottish Premier League side Dunfermline Athletic, making his first team debut in the 1998–99 season. He was loaned out to Glasgow side Clyde in 2003 before moving to Paisley club St. Mirren one month later. At the end of the 2003–04 season, McGroarty was released by St. Mirren and was signed by Scottish Second Division side Dumbarton. After only 4 games with Dumbarton, McGroarty was signed by East Stirlingshire on a short-term contract.

At the end of McGroarty's contract with East Stirlingshire, he signed for Berwick Rangers and played 33 matches for them in the 2005–06 season, scoring five goals. He attracted attention from Stranraer and was signed at the start of the 2006–07 season, only to re-join Berwick in January of that season where he played five games. In May 2008, McGroaty was released from his contract with The Wee Gers^[1] He subsequently signed for Scottish Third Division side Stenhousemuir a few days later, by doing that he became the first player that manager John Coughlin has signed during his time at three different clubs.^[2]

McGroarty in July 2009 signed a short-term contract for Second Division side Brechin City before joining Forfar Athletic in October the same year. McGroarty signed for Glenrothes Juniors in 2010.

References

1. ^ "Berwick pay up for Junior striker". BBC Sport. 2008-05-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/berwick_rangers/7411728.stm. Retrieved May 28, 2008. 
2. ^ "17th May Brand New Signings!". stenhousemuirfc.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080214135003/http://www.stenhousemuirfc.com/news.htm. Retrieved May 28, 2008. 

3. http://www.brechincity.com/bcfc/servlet/BCFCFrontControllerServlet?action=News&page_id=706&category=2

4. http://www.webteams.co.uk/NewsItems.aspx?team=glenrothes

External links

• Chris McGroarty career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
Name	Macgroarty, Chris
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Date of birth	1981-02-06
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
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