Daryl Thomas Fordyce (born 2 January 1987) is a Northern Irish retired professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
Early career
Fordyce played for St Andrews and Lisburn Youth in Northern Ireland, winning major trophies with both teams when he was younger. He later joined
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
. Working his way up through the club's youth ranks, Fordyce spent the second half of the
2005–06 season on loan at
AFC Bournemouth before going back to Portsmouth.
Glentoran
In July 2007, he signed for
Glentoran
Glentoran Football Club is a professional football club that plays in the NIFL Premiership. The club was founded in 1882.
History
Early history
In 1914, Glentoran won the Vienna Cup, becoming the first United Kingdom team to win a European t ...
in Northern Ireland. At the beginning of the Irish League 2010/11 season he scored five goals against
Lisburn Distillery
Lisburn Distillery Football Club is a Northern Irish intermediate football club who are based in Ballyskeagh, County Down. A founder member of the Irish League, they currently play in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, the third tier of t ...
in the first game of the season in a 6-1 win. Fordyce agreed a deal with
Linfield just after the end of 2010/11 season, although he was in contract re-negotiations with Glentoran.
Linfield
In 2012, Fordyce won the league title with Linfield after defeating Portadown 2–1 on 7 April. The team also won the Irish Cup for a record 42nd time, defeating Crusaders 4–1 in the final. Though Fordyce did not score in the final, he did score in Linfield's 5-1 defeat over
Carrick Rangers
Carrick Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional Northern Irish football club playing in NIFL Premiership. The club, founded in 1939, hails from Carrickfergus, County Antrim and plays its home matches at
Taylors Avenue which is known as ...
.
FC Edmonton
On 18 January 2013, it was announced that Fordyce, along with his teammate
Albert Watson, would not return to Linfield in the following season, instead seeking new playing opportunities in Canada. On 25 February 2013, it was reported that both would join FC Edmonton. After four seasons in Edmonton, Fordyce left the club as its all-time leading scorer, a title which he still holds to this day.
FC Cincinnati
The
United Soccer League
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club
FC Cincinnati
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announced that it had signed Fordyce on 16 January 2017. After little playing time with FC Cincinnati, Fordyce was released by the club in June 2017.
Return to Edmonton
Shortly after, Fordyce re-signed with FC Edmonton. After the 2017 season, with the future of FC Edmonton and the NASL in doubt, Fordyce was released from FC Edmonton.
Sligo Rovers
On 8 February 2019, Fordyce signed a one-year contract with the
League of Ireland Premier Division side
Sligo Rovers. That season, he made 29 league appearances, scoring two goals, while making two appearances in the
FAI Cup and one in the
League of Ireland Cup
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.
Valour FC
On 10 January 2020, Fordyce signed with the
Canadian Premier League
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side
Valour FC
Valour Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays its home matches at IG Field.
The team is coached by Phillip Dos Santos and community owned thr ...
. He made his debut for Valour in their season opener on August 16 against
Cavalry FC
Cavalry Football Club, is a Canadian professional soccer club based in the Calgary metropolitan region of Alberta. The club competes at the top of the Canadian soccer league system in the Canadian Premier League, and plays their home matches a ...
. He scored his first goal for Valour against his former club
FC Edmonton
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on August 29, helping his team to a 2–1 victory. Fordyce retired from professional football in January 2023.
International career
Fordyce has represented Northern Ireland at Under-19 level, scoring both goals in the 2–1
European U19 Championship victory over Moldova in October 2005. He also scored four goals for Northern Ireland U-19 against Serbia & Montenegro.
He has made five appearances for the
Northern Ireland national under-21 football team
The Northern Ireland national under-21 football team also known as the Northern Ireland under-21s or Northern Ireland U21s, is the national under-21 football team of Northern Ireland and is controlled by the Irish Football Association. The team co ...
, scoring against Germany in November 2006.
Career statistics
References
External links
BBC profile
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1987 births
Living people
Men's association football forwards
Association footballers from Belfast
Association footballers from Northern Ireland
Expatriate association footballers from Northern Ireland
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate soccer players in Canada
Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Canada
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in the United States
Expatriate association footballers in the Republic of Ireland
Portsmouth F.C. players
AFC Bournemouth players
Glentoran F.C. players
Linfield F.C. players
FC Edmonton players
FC Cincinnati players
Sligo Rovers F.C. players
Valour FC players
English Football League players
North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players
USL Championship players
League of Ireland players
Canadian Premier League players
Northern Ireland men's under-21 international footballers