David Scullion (born 27 April 1984 in Lurgan) is a Northern Irish

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who most recently played for NIFL Championship side Larne.

Career

A midfielder who began his career at Portadown. Aged 16, and after only 10 league appearances at Shamrock Park he signed for

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. At Villa, he was part of the 2002 FA Youth Cup winning side, but was unable to break into the first team. David returned home and joined home town club

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 ...

, before moving to

Dungannon Swifts Dungannon Swifts Football Club is a Northern Irish, semi-professional football club playing in the NIFL Premiership. The club, founded in 1949, has risen from the Mid-Ulster league to the top tier in Northern Ireland since its election to the ...

in 2003. Under Joe McAree, Scullion was a key member of the

team and played a huge role in guiding the club to a 4th-place finish in the Carling Premier league (Now the

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NIFL Premiership) in the 2005/06 campaign and with that success brought

Setanta cup football and the season after the club's first ever European outing against Icelandic Opposition. David was also a key member of

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's Northern Ireland Under 21 squad for the 2005/06 season and retained his place for the European qualifiers at the start of the new domestic season. Scullion is an attacking midfielder and finished his last season with the Swifts with 13 goals. He joined Glentoran on 16 June 2007 for a fee believed to be around the £10,000 mark and scored 15 goals in 64 appearances in his time with the club. On 23 February 2009 Scullion joined

Derry City Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

in a one-year deal on the last day of the League of Ireland transfer window. In July 2010, David signed a 1-year deal with Irish Premier League side

Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from ga, Cúil Rathain , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern I ...

Scored in the

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in August 2009. On 1 July 2013 Scullion rejoined

Glentoran F.C. 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 ...

on a three-year contract. In February 2015, he signed a two-year contract extension. On 2 May 2015, Scullion scored the winning goal in the 2014-15 Irish Cup final to grant Glentoran their 22nd Cup win. In May 2016, he was transfer listed as a part of Alan Kernaghan restructuring of the squad. He joined

Larne F.C. Larne Football Club is a professional Northern Irish football club based in Larne, County Antrim that play in the NIFL Premiership. History The club was founded in 1889 and plays its home matches at Inver Park. The club's colours are red and w ...

in the autumn of 2017 and helped the club win the Championship title in 2018/19.

Honours

;

FA Youth Cup The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under-18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part. It ...

: 2001–02

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scullion, David 1984 births Living people Association footballers from County Armagh Northern Ireland men's under-21 international footballers Aston Villa F.C. players Coleraine F.C. players Derry City F.C. players Dungannon Swifts F.C. players Glenavon F.C. players Glentoran F.C. players Portadown F.C. players NIFL Premiership players League of Ireland players Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Men's association football midfielders Larne F.C. players Sportspeople from Lurgan