Andrew Little (footballer)

Andrew Little
Personal information
Full name Andrew Little[1]
Date of birth (1989-05-12) 12 May 1989 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Utility player[4]
Youth career
Ballinamallard United
2006–2008 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Rangers 65 (33)
2011Port Vale (loan) 7 (0)
2014–2016 Preston North End 12 (1)
2015–2016Blackpool (loan) 5 (1)
2016Accrington Stanley (loan) 0 (0)
2017–2018 Stirling Albion 13 (1)
2018 Dumbarton 6 (0)
Total 108 (36)
International career
Northern Ireland U17 7 (2)
2006–2008 Northern Ireland U19 11 (5)
2008–2010 Northern Ireland U21 6 (3)
2009 Northern Ireland B 1 (0)
2009–2012 Northern Ireland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:40 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Andrew Little (born 12 May 1989) is a Northern Irish former footballer who played mainly as a forward.

A versatile player, he could play in any outfield position, though he preferred a more attacking role. He left Ballinamallard United for Rangers in 2006, where he turned professional the following year. He made some first-team appearances in 2009–10 but was otherwise limited to youth and reserve team football until he won a loan move to Port Vale in August 2011. He returned to Rangers and was a key player as they won the Scottish Third Division title in 2012–13 and the League One title in 2013–14. He signed with Preston North End in June 2014 and was loaned out to Blackpool in November 2015, and Accrington Stanley in March 2016. Preston released him in May 2016 and he joined Stirling Albion in February 2017, where he played until May 2018. He signed with Dumbarton in July 2018 but retired in November 2018 following persistent injury problems.

Having represented Northern Ireland at under-19 and under-21 levels, as well as making one appearance for the "B" team, he won his first senior cap in March 2009 and appeared nine times in total.

  1. ^ "Andrew Little". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Profile of Andrew Little". irishfa.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  3. ^ "FootballSquads – Port Vale – 2011/12". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Andrew Little". NIFG. Retrieved 8 November 2018.