Adrian Harper (born 4 May 1985) is an Irish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for Bluebell United.

Career

Early years

Starting as a trainee with

Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at ...

, Harper was captain of the youth and reserve teams for 3 years. He was loaned out to

Scarborough Fc Scarborough Football Club was a association football, football club based in the seaside resort of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. They were one of the oldest football clubs in England, formed in 1879, before they were wound up on 20 June 2007, w ...

, making 5 appearances. After 5 years at Sheffield United Harper was released and signed for

Glenavon Fc Glenavon Football Club is a Northern Irish semi-professional football club that competes in the NIFL Premiership. Founded in 1889, the club hails from Lurgan and plays its home matches at Mourneview Park. Club colours are blue and white. Ga ...

where he made a permanent move to the

Lurgan Lurgan () is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, near the southern shore of Lough Neagh. Lurgan is about south-west of Belfast and is linked to the city by both the M1 motorway and the Belfast–Dublin railway line. It had a population ...

club in October 2006.

Irish League

Harper signed for

Glenavon Glenavon Football Club is a Northern Irish semi-professional football club that competes in the NIFL Premiership. Founded in 1889, the club hails from Lurgan and plays its home matches at Mourneview Park. Club colours are blue and white. Gar ...

in October 2006 and scored his first goals for the club in January 2007 with a brace against Ballymena. During that season Glenavon avoided relegation with a penalty shoot out play off victory against Bangor, a game which saw Harper red carded in injury time. Better years were to come at the club following new investment and Harper, a fans favourite went on to make 117 appearances under 4 different managers.

Later years

In the summer of 2011 Harper joined his local Leinster Senior League side Glebe North↵where he spent 3 months before signing for Bluebell United where he has remained since. Harper now runs his own successful gym company ProFitness Gym in Ireland.

Honours

Team

Mid-Ulster Cup The Mid-Ulster Cup is a senior football competition in Northern Ireland run by the Mid-Ulster Football Association (founded 2 April 1887). The competition has historically featured teams based in County Armagh, east County Tyrone, and west Count ...

: 2009/2010, 2010/2011

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harper, Adrian 1976 births Living people Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Men's association football forwards Shamrock Rovers F.C. players Bohemian F.C. players Drogheda United F.C. players League of Ireland players Glenavon F.C. players NIFL Premiership players Preston North End F.C. players English Football League players Association footballers from Dublin (city)