PLAYER PROFILES 2020
SLIGO ROVERS FC 1 ED McGINTY
2 LEWIS BANKS Bio: Defender, 23, Stoke-on-Trent .......................................... An English right back, is in his second season with Sligo after spells in his homeland with Stafford Rangers and Stoke City. ..........................................
Bio: Goalkeeper, 21, Motherwell .......................................... A Scottish native, the goalkeeper is a product of the Sligo Rovers youth system and has made the number one spot his own. ..........................................
4 DANNY KANE
5 KYLE CALLAN-MCFADDEN
Bio: Defender, 23, Dublin ........................................
Bio: Defender, 25, Ramelton .......................................... A commanding centre-half, has made Sligo his home for the past three years after time in England with Norwich City and America with Orlando. ..........................................
An Ireland U21 international, who was initially at Huddersfield Town however came home to Cork City, another spell in England followed before the move to Sligo Rovers in the summer of 2019.
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7 RONAN COUGHLAN
8 ALEX COOPER Bio: Midfielder, 28, Inverness .......................................... A left sided midfielder, had numerous spells in Scotland with clubs such as Elgin City, Ross County and Falkirk. Joined Sligo in February.
Bio: Forward, 25, Limerick .......................................... A clever forward, moved to Huddersfield from Limerick but came home to Bray in 2018. A move to Cork City followed which saw him move to Sligo the following year. ..........................................
10 DARRAGH NOONE
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11 JESSE DEVERS Bio: Forward, 23, Ballina .......................................... An exciting winger, has had time with Wolves, Galway United and Finn Harps. Was one of the final signings before the current season. ..........................................
Bio: Midfielder, 23, Bray ......................................... A hard working midfielder, Noone is a product of the Bray Wanderers youth setup and moved to Sligo ahead of the current campaign. ..........................................
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3 REGAN DONELON Bio: Ddefender, 24, Sligo .......................................... A versatile player across the left, came through the youth system at the club and bar a loan spell at Finn Harps in 2015, has been constant in the Sligo team. ..........................................
6 JOHN DUNLEAVY Bio: Defender, 29, Donegal .......................................... A leader in the dressing room and initially with Wolves, Dunleavy is from Donegal and has struggled with injury since his return home. Won all domestic honours with Cork City and has been at Sligo for the past two years.
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9 RYAN DE VRIES Bio: Forward, 29, Cape Town .......................................... A New Zealand international striker, de Vries joined in February after spells in Oceania with Watakere United, Auckland City and time in Japan with FC Gifu. ..........................................
12 MARK BYRNE Bio: Midfielder, 19, Sligo .......................................... Came through the club youth system and made his senior debut this year. ..........................................
