Ryan Hardie (born 17 March 1997) is a Scottish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward for
Plymouth Argyle. Hardie started his career with
Rangers, and was loaned by them to
Raith Rovers
Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the Scottish Championship as a member of the Scottish Professional Football Leagu ...
,
St Mirren and
Livingston. In July 2019 he moved to English club
Blackpool, with whom he remained for 18 months, before signing for Plymouth Argyle in January 2021.
Hardie has represented Scotland at youth internationals up to and including the
Under-21 level.
Club career
Rangers
Hardie, from
Stranraer, is a boyhood Rangers fan. He made his professional debut for the team in a
League Cup
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match against
Falkirk on 23 September 2014, replacing
Dean Shiels for the last four minutes of a 3–1 win at the
Falkirk Stadium
The Falkirk Stadium is a football stadium in Falkirk, central Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish League One club Falkirk and Lowland Football League club East Stirlingshire. The stadium has a capacity of and currently consists of t ...
. He was first called up for a league game on 15 November, remaining an unused substitute in a 1–1 draw with
Alloa Athletic
Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
Formed as Alloa in 1880, the football club shortly changed its name to Alloa Association, and then to Alloa Ath ...
at
Ibrox. On 28 March 2015, he made his
Scottish Championship
The Scottish Championship, known as the cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish Champio ...
debut, replacing
Nicky Clark
Nicholas Alexander McCormack Clark (born 3 June 1991) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for St Johnstone. Clark is the son of the former Airdrieonians, Hearts, Rangers and West Ham striker Sandy Clark.
Career Ear ...
for the final 16 minutes of a 4–1 home win over
Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 189 ...
. Hardie's first start was on 18 April away to
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 ...
and he scored his first two professional goals as they came from behind to win 3–1, the second being an
overhead kick
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from
Lee Wallace
Lee Wallace (born 1 August 1987) is a Scottish former professional footballer. He represented the Scotland national team with 10 caps.
Wallace started his career Heart of Midlothian, making his debut in 2005 at age seventeen, and joined Ran ...
's cross.
On 17 February 2016, Hardie was loaned out to
Raith Rovers
Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the Scottish Championship as a member of the Scottish Professional Football Leagu ...
on an initial month-long loan; however, this was extended to the end of the season a month later. On 25 July 2016, Hardie joined
Scottish Championship
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club
St Mirren on loan until January 2017. He made his debut in the
League Cup
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against
Edinburgh City on 30 July 2016. Hardie moved on loan again to Raith Rovers in January 2017, on a deal until May 2017. In January 2018, he returned to the second tier of Scottish football, this time signing a six-month loan deal with
Livingston. Upon his return to Rangers, Hardie signed a one-year contract extension to tie him to the club until 2019.
Hardie again signed on loan for Livingston for the first part of the 2018–19 season. In January 2019 he signed another one-year contract with Rangers, and returned on loan to Livingston.
Blackpool
Hardie moved to
EFL League One club
Blackpool for an undisclosed fee in July 2019. He scored his first goal for Blackpool when he scored in an
EFL Trophy tie against
Morecambe on 3 September 2019.
He signed on loan for
Plymouth Argyle for the rest of the 2019–20 season on 9 January 2020. On 29 July, he returned to Plymouth on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.
Plymouth Argyle
Halfway through his second loan spell at the club, Hardie completed a permanent move on 29 January 2021.
International career
Hardie has represented Scotland at various age levels.
Hardie was selected for the
Scotland U17 team in the
UEFA under-17 Championship in
2014
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beat them in the semi finals.
He was selected for the
under-20 squad in the
2017 Toulon Tournament
The 2017 Toulon Tournament (officially french: 45ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) was the 45th edition of the Toulon Tournament. The tournament was named after Maurice Revello, who started the tournament in 1967 a ...
. After a historic first ever win against
Brazil
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, the first at any level, Scotland later won the bronze medal. It was the nations first ever medal at the competition.
Career statistics
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
People from Stranraer
Scottish footballers
Association football forwards
Scotland youth international footballers
Scotland under-21 international footballers
Scottish Professional Football League players
English Football League players
Rangers F.C. players
St Mirren F.C. players
Raith Rovers F.C. players
Livingston F.C. players
Blackpool F.C. players
Plymouth Argyle F.C. players