Rory Patterson

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Rory Patterson

Patterson playing for FC United of Manchester in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Rory Christopher Patterson
Date of birth	(1984-07-16) 16 July 1984 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth	Strabane, Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Belfast Celtic
Youth career
	Sion Swifts
	Moorfield Celtic
	Townsend United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Rochdale	15	(0)
2004	Radcliffe Borough	8	(1)
2004–2005	Mossley	6	(0)
2005–2008	FC United of Manchester	129	(99)
2008–2009	Bradford Park Avenue	20	(11)
2009	Droylsden	5	(2)
2009–2010	Coleraine	33	(30)
2010	Glentoran	0	(0)
2010–2012	Plymouth Argyle	35	(4)
2011–2012	→ Linfield (loan)	18	(4)
2012–2014	Derry City	65	(34)
2015	Cockburn City	19	(20)
2015	FC United of Manchester	5	(0)
2016–2018	Derry City	73	(29)
2018–2019	Crusaders	29	(10)
2019–2020	Ballymacash Rangers	23	(21)
2020–2021	Belfast Celtic	0	(0)
2021	Dungannon Swifts	17	(2)
2021–2023	Strabane Athletic
2023–	Belfast Celtic
International career‡
2010–2014	Northern Ireland	5	(1)
Managerial career
2021–2023	Strabane Athletic (Player/Manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:26, 3 May 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:26, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Rory Christopher Patterson (born 16 July 1984) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a forward for Belfast Celtic He also played for the Northern Ireland national team. Having played youth football for Sion Swifts, Moorfield Celtic and Townsend United, Patterson joined Rochdale in 2002 before having spells with Radcliffe Borough and Mossley.

In 2005, he joined the newly formed club FC United of Manchester, where he stayed until 2008 becoming their all-time top goalscorer in the process, scoring 99 times. He subsequently joined up with Bradford Park Avenue before having a short spell with Droylsden. In 2009, he moved back to Northern Ireland to join Coleraine where he had a successful one season spell – scoring 30 league goals, and he subsequently joined Glentoran before moving back to England to join League One side Plymouth Argyle.

After a two-year spell with League of Ireland Premier Division club Derry City, Patterson moved to Western Australian side Cockburn City in January 2015, before returning to FC United of Manchester in October 2015. After another spell at Derry City he moved to Crusaders in August 2018. He signed for intermediate side Ballymacash Rangers in September 2019.