Richard Cory Hastings (born 18 May 1977) is a former Canadian

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player and former manager of Highland League side

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. He played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Ross County, Grazer AK, MVV Maastricht, Hamilton Academical and

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. Hastings played 59 times for the Canada national team. Hastings was a member of the Canada side which won the

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, and later represented his country at the

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, the

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and the

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. Richard's nephew, Gabriel, signed for Caley Thistle as a youth team player on 14 May 2018.

Club career

Hastings was born in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. Hastings spent his early years in Vancouver. When he was 7 years old he and his English parents moved to Middlesbrough, England. He went to

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. Hastings began his career as a teenager with Nairn County before signing for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, for whom he made 106 appearances as a defender. During this spell in

he was an important player for the team and became ''Caley Thistle's'' first full-time player. A constant member of the squad that won promotion to the Scottish First Division, Hastings was also part of the team that beat Celtic in the Scottish Cup in 2000. In 2001 ''Richie'' Hastings joined Ross County, before spells at Grazer AK and Maastricht. In 2004, he returned to Caley Thistle. He was the only international capped player at Inverness Caledonian Thistle after the departure of

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. In his second spell at Caley Thistle he scored twice: against

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in the league and Morton in the Scottish League Cup. Hastings was released from his contract with Hamilton at the end of the 2009–10 season. On 11 February 2011 Hastings announced his retirement as a player. The announcement was not surprising, as the 33-year-old had been without a club since the end of the 2009–10 season. In 2012 Hastings came out of retirement and signed for Highland League side

International career

Hastings played at the

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in Malaysia, alongside Paul Stalteri and Jason Bent. He made his senior debut for Canada in a May 1998 friendly match against

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and, up to 22 November 2009, has earned a total of 57 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented Canada in 10

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matches.Record at FIFA Tournaments
– FIFA Hastings' only international goal was the golden goal in Canada's 2–1 win over Mexico in the quarter-final of the

, a tournament Canada went on to win. Hastings was named Rookie of the Tournament. He was also in the squad for the

playing in a central-defence position and was also named in the "Team of the Tournament" line-up. He was also selected in the 2009 Canadian Gold Cup roster. Hastings last appearance in the Canada jersey was in a friendly 29 May 2010 against Venezuela, the game ended as a 1–1 away draw.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.''

Honours

Canada

* CONCACAF Gold Cup:

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Individual

* CONCACAF Gold Cup All-Tournament team:

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