Andrew Rodgers (born 18 October 1983 in

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

) is a Scottish

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and

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who plays as a

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for Syngenta.

Career

Rodgers began his career at

, scoring nine minutes into his debut after coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 win against Ross County in the First Division on 24 November 2001. During his time at Falkirk he spent a week on trial at English club

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in 2001. On 20 December 2003, he left Falkirk to join

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, initially on loan, before signing permanently on 18 June 2004. After two seasons at Dumbarton, on 22 July 2006, Rodgers moved to Montrose. He then signed for

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on 1 February 2008. On 11 July 2010, Rodgers signed for

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club

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. Rodgers was released by Ayr in 2011 and signed for

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. He was awarded the SFL Goal of the Month for September 2011 for his overhead kick against East Fife, he had also scored a similar effort for Ayr United in a

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club Sunnybank the previous season. On 25 January 2013, Rodgers signed for

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on loan until the end of the 2012–13 season. On 21 June 2013, he agreed a deal to sign permanently for Peterhead. On 12 April 2014, Rodgers opened the scoring in Peterhead's 2–0 win against

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, a result which meant the club won the

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title and promotion to

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. In July 2016, Rodgers returned to East Stirlingshire on a month-long loan deal. On 8 September 2016, Rodgers signed a full contract with East Stirlingshire until the end of the season. Rodgers scored 41 goals in his first season back at

before following this up with 18 goals in the 2017-18 campaign, then 6 goals in 2018-19 and 3 goals in 2019–20. Rodgers was appointed player/assistant manager of The Shire in September 2018, alongside teammate and Shire legend Derek Ure; who took over managerial duties as player/manager. Rodgers left East Stirlingshire on 4 January 2021, and later signed with Shire's

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rivals

Kelty Hearts Kelty Hearts Football Club is a football club based in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland. Formed in 1975 and nicknamed ''the Hearts'', ''the Maroon Machine'' and ''the Jambos'', they play their home games at New Central Park. Their home ...

on 6 January 2021. Syngenta announced the signing of Rodgers on 4 June 2021.

Honours

;

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: 2002–03 ;

: 2013–14

References

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* * Dumbarton loan stats {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodgers, Andy 1983 births Scottish footballers Falkirk F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players Montrose F.C. players East Stirlingshire F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Stenhousemuir F.C. players Peterhead F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players Living people Association football forwards Kelty Hearts F.C. players