Gary Harkins

Gary Harkins
Personal information
Full name Gary Harkins[1]
Date of birth (1985-01-02) 2 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Greenock, Scotland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Celtic
2001–2003 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
2004 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 3 (0)
2005 → Bury (loan) 5 (0)
2005 → Blackpool (loan) 4 (1)
2006–2007 Grimsby Town 17 (0)
2007–2009 Partick Thistle 63 (9)
2009–2011 Dundee 70 (20)
2011–2013 Kilmarnock 46 (3)
2013 Dundee 14 (2)
2013–2014 St Mirren 15 (1)
2014 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 23 (5)
2014–2016 Dundee 58 (8)
2016–2017 Ayr United 32 (5)
2017–2018 Greenock Morton 34 (8)
2018 Queen of the South 13 (1)
2019–2020 Partick Thistle 22 (0)
2020 Stenhousemuir 3 (0)
2020 Gartcairn Juniors 0 (0)
2021–2022 Forfar Athletic 20 (0)
2022–2023 Kilbirnie Ladeside 0 (0)
2023 Glenafton Athletic 3 (1)
Total 446 (66)
Managerial career
2021–2022 Forfar Athletic (first team coach)
2022–2023 Kilbirnie Ladeside (first team coach)
2023 Glenafton Athletic (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:04, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Gary Harkins (born 2 January 1985) is a Scottish professional footballer and coach who plays as a midfielder.

Having come through the youth academies at Celtic and Blackburn Rovers he would notably play in the Scottish Premiership for Kilmarnock, Dundee and St. Mirren. He also played in the English Football League for Huddersfield Town, Bury, Blackpool, Grimsby Town and Oldham Athletic, and in the Scottish Football League for Partick Thistle, Ayr United, Greenock Morton, Queen of the South, Stenhousemuir and Forfar Athletic. While at Forfar, he would also perform the role of first team coach, and later assistant manager.

  1. ^ "Gary Harkins". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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