Danny Devine (footballer, born 1992)

Daniel Gerard Devine (born 7 September 1992) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Scottish club Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Daniel Devine

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Gerard Devine[1]
Date of birth	(1992-09-07) 7 September 1992[1]
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Playing position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Youth career
	Lisburn Distillery
	Linfield
2009–2011	Preston North End
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Preston North End	15	(1)
2012–2013	Fleetwood Town	0	(0)
2012	→ Wrexham (loan)	4	(0)
2013–2016	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	68	(2)
2016–2018	Partick Thistle	56	(0)
2018–2020	Dunfermline Athletic	46	(2)
2020–	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0	(0)
National team^‡
2010–2011	Northern Ireland U21[2]	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:17, 8 March 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:36, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Devine has previously played for Preston North End, Fleetwood Town, Wrexham, Partick Thistle and Dunfermline Athletic.

Career

Club career

Born in Belfast, Devine played youth football with Lisburn Youth FC, Lisburn Distillery and Linfield, before moving to Preston North End in July 2009.[3] He made his professional debut for Preston on 30 April 2011 in a 2–1 defeat against Ipswich Town.[4] In June 2011, Devine signed a one-year contract with Preston.[5] In May 2012, Devine was released from the club after being told his contract would not be renewed.[6]

He joined Fleetwood Town in the summer of 2012, moving on loan to Wrexham in September 2012.[7] Wrexham offered Devine a permanent long term contract, but he chose to join Scottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle, citing his desire to work with manager Terry Butcher.[8][9] After Butcher turned down the chance to join Barnsley, Devine said he was relieved that Butcher chose to stay, as Butcher was one of the reasons why he turned down clubs in England.[10]

In March 2013, Devine signed a contract extension, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2014–15 season.[11] A suspension to Gary Warren meant that Devine played for Inverness in their 2015 Scottish Cup Final victory.[12] Soon afterwards, Devine signed a new one-year contract with the club.[12]

Devine left Inverness in 2016 and was then signed by Partick Thistle on a two-year contract.[13] Thistle were relegated via the playoffs at the end of the 2017–18 season. Following that relegation, Devine was one of many players released by Thistle.[14]

Devine then signed with Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic.[15] Devine was released after two seasons with Dunfermline, and subsequently re-signed for fellow Championship side Inverness Caledonian Thistle in August 2020 on a two-year deal.[16]

International career

Devine represented Northern Ireland at youth international level.[17][2] In May 2011 the BBC reported that then Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington had been informed by Devine that he intended to switch his allegiance to the Republic of Ireland.[18] In March 2018, the then Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill said that he would have selected Devine in his Northern Ireland squad for UEFA Euro 2016, but was unable to do so because Devine had signed an international transfer form which committed him to the Republic.[17]

Career statistics

As of 8 March 2020[19]

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
Preston North End	2010–11[20]	EFL Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2011–12[21]	EFL League One	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	1
	Total		15	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	1
Fleetwood Town	2012–13[22]	EFL League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wrexham (loan)	2012–13[22]	Conference Premier	4	0	2	0	—		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	8	0
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2012–13[22]	Scottish Premier League	10	0	0	0	0	0	—		10	0
	2013–14[23]	Scottish Premiership	13	0	0	0	3	0	—		16	0
	2014–15[24]		8	0	3	1	0	0	—		11	1
	2015–16[25]		37	2	4	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	43	2
	Total		68	2	7	1	3	0	2	0	80	3
Partick Thistle	2016–17[26]	Scottish Premiership	30	0	3	0	4	0	—		37	0
	2017–18[27]		26	0	1	0	6	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	34	0
	Total		56	0	4	0	10	0	1	0	71	0
Dunfermline Athletic	2018–19[28]	Scottish Championship	30	1	1	0	5	1	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	37	2
	2019–20[29]		16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	1
	Total		46	2	2	0	5	1	1	0	54	3
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2020–21[30]	Scottish Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			189	5	15	1	19	1	6	0	229	7

1. Appearances in the FA Trophy.
2. Appearances in the Europa League.
3. Appearance in the Scottish Premiership play-offs.
4. Appearance in the Scottish League Challenge Cup.

Honours

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

• Scottish Cup: 2014–15[31]

References

1. "Danny Devine". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
2. Northern Ireland profile at NIFG
3. "Profile". Preston North End F.C. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
4. "Ipswich 2 – 1 Preston". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
5. "Preston North End confirm Paul Hayes departure". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
6. "Summer Change Programme Underway". www.pnefc.net. Preston North End FC. 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
7. "Wrexham FC sign Danny Devine on loan until Christmas". Daily Post. 18 September 2012. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
8. "Wrexham miss out on defender Danny Devine". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
9. Dewar, Heather (3 January 2013). "Inverness: Danny Devine agrees contract after Wrexham exit". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
10. "Inverness: Danny Devine happy at Terry Butcher decision". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
11. Dewar, Heather (15 March 2013). "Defender Danny Devine agrees Inverness CT contract". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
12. "Inverness: Danny Devine secures new Caley Thistle contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
13. "Daniel Devine signs two year deal". Partick Thistle F.C. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
14. "Playing squad update". www.ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle FC. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
15. "List of SPFL summer signings". SPFL. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
16. "Danny Devine Signs For ICTFC". Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
17. Quinn, Philip (4 March 2018). "Northern Irish boss claims FAI use 'sectarian' tactics". Extra.ie. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
18. "NI poised to lose Devine and Ferguson to Republic". BBC Sport. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
19. Danny Devine at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
20. "Games played by Danny Devine in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
21. "Games played by Danny Devine in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
22. "Games played by Danny Devine in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
23. "Games played by Danny Devine in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
24. "Games played by Danny Devine in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
25. "Games played by Danny Devine in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
26. "Games played by Danny Devine in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
27. "Games played by Danny Devine in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
28. "Games played by Danny Devine in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
29. "Games played by Danny Devine in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
30. "Games played by Danny Devine in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
31. Lamont, Alasdair (30 May 2015). "Inverness CT 2–1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 4 June 2015.

External links

• Daniel Devine at Soccerbase