Steven Beattie (born 8 August 1988) is an Irish footballer who most recently played for

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club

Cork City Cork ( , from , meaning 'marsh') is the second largest city in Ireland and third largest city by population on the island of Ireland. It is located in the south-west of Ireland, in the province of Munster. Following an extension to the city' ...

Career

Initial career stumbles in North America and move to Iceland

Beattie was a three-time All American at Northern Kentucky University and was drafted by in the first round of the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft by

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, however he was never signed by the team. He signed with the Puerto Rico Islanders of the NASL, but was injured in his first game. To get his career back on track he signed with second division Icelandic club Tindastóll. In his first half-season with the club, Beattie scored 4 goals in 10 appearances. In his second and only full season with Tindastóll he made 21 appearances in the league, while making 2 Super Cup appearances, he scored 7 total goals.

Initial successes in Ireland

After his second season with the club he moved to the

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, playing with three clubs between 2014 and 2019, most prominently with Cork City. After impressing in Iceland, Beattie moved to Dublin side

Bohemian F.C. Bohemian Football Club ( ga, an Cumann Peile Bóihéamach), more commonly referred to as Bohemians or Bohs, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland, and are the ...

where he made 29 appearances and scored 4 goals, with 5 Cup appearances, in his only season with the club. After a season in Dublin Beattie moved to

Sligo Rovers F.C. Sligo Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí Shligigh) is an Irish professional association football, football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club is based in Sligo in the west of Ireland. The clu ...

Beattie only spent half of a season in Sligo however, scoring 2 goals, before moving to

. During his time in Cork, Beattie played in over 100 games and scored over 10 goals. While in Cork, Beattie's trophy cabinet grew, with the club winning one League of Ireland title, two FAI Cup titles, three President's Cup titles, and two Munster Senior League titles.

USL League One and Chattanooga

Most recently he moved to U.S. based club Chattanooga Red Wolves to play in the newly created

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, the third-division of American Soccer. Before the season began, Beattie was named the team's captain. On 30 March 2019 Beattie scored the first goal in Red Wolves history from nearly 30 yards out in the 83rd minute of a 3–2 loss to

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. In addition to the first goal in Red Wolves' history, Beattie was also named to the first ever

team of the week on 2 April 2019. On April 23, 2019, Beattie was named the Player of the Week for Week 4 of the 2019 campaign. Throughout the Red Wolves' campaign, Beattie was considered one of the bright spots of both the team and the league, however, despite this, it was not enough for the Red Wolves to make the league playoffs with the team finishing in 5th place, one spot out. On October 16, 2019 Beattie was named to the USL League One All League First Team as one of the best players of the season.

Return to Cork City

On 11 January 2021 Cork City announced that Beattie was returning to the club. Beattie noted that he "always wanted to return to the club at some stage" and was ready to "try and get the club back to where it belongs." Beattie re-debuted for the club in 1–0 loss to

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. On 2 December 2021, it was announced that Beattie would be leaving the club.

Career statistics

Honours

Cork City *

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* Munster Senior Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18

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