Ruaridh Langan (born 15 June 1998) is a

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who plays for club

Auchinleck Talbot Auchinleck Talbot Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Auchinleck, East Ayrshire. They currently play in the . The club is also a member of the Scottish Junior Football Association, and have won the Scottish Junior Cup on a reco ...

Club career

Langan came through the

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greeno ...

youth academy, to rise to become the captain of the successful under-20 side and spent time on loan at

Neilston Neilston ( sco, Neilstoun, gd, Baile Nèill, ) is a village and parish in East Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the Levern Valley, southwest of Barrhead, south of Paisley, and south-southwest of Renfrew, at t ...

. He made his first-team debut in a

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tie against Edinburgh City in July 2017. In late September 2018, Langan and team-mate Lewis Strapp joined Annan Athletic on a short-term development loan. Langan signed for

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 ...

in March 2019, leaving in the summer without making a senior appearance and teaming up with his former manager at

, Jim Duffy at

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club

Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990. Dumbarton was the ca ...

scoring his first goal in senior football in a 3-2 victory against

Peterhead Peterhead (; gd, Ceann Phàdraig, sco, Peterheid ) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement (the city of Aberdeen itself not being a part of the district), with a population of 18,537 at the 2011 Census. ...

in August 2019. After playing 28 times in his first season with the club, he extended his deal for another season in July 2020. Langan left the club in May 2021 and joined

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side

Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; gd, An t-Sròn Reamhar ), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of L ...

Honours

*SPFL Development League West: Winners (2) 2015-16, 2017-18

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Langan, Ruaridh 1998 births Annan Athletic F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Greenock Morton F.C. players Living people Scottish men's footballers Scottish Professional Football League players Footballers from Greenock Dumbarton F.C. players Stranraer F.C. players Neilston F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players