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PLAYER PROFILES 2020 SLIGO ROVERS FC

1 ED McGINTY 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. .......................................... Bio: Defender, 23, Dublin ........................................ 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. .......................................... 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. .......................................... 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. .......................................... 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: 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. .......................................... 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, 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. .......................................... 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.

4 DANNY KANE

7 RONAN COUGHLAN

10 DARRAGH NOONE 5 KYLE CALLAN-MCFADDEN

8 ALEX COOPER

11 JESSE DEVERS .......................................... 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. ..........................................

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. ..........................................

PLAYER PROFILES 2020 SLIGO ROVERS FC

14 WILL SEYMORE Bio: Midfielder, 28, Solham ........................................ A 28 year-old attacking midfielder arrived at Sligo Rovers last winter after a spell in America with a number of clubs. ......................................... Bio: Midfielder, 35, Galway ........................................ An experienced operator has had a good career in Ireland with spells at Galway United, St. Patrick’s Athletic and now in his third spell at the club, is also a coach at the club. ......................................... Bio: Defender, 20, Sligo .......................................... One of the most exciting centrehalves in the country, Mahon has progressed through the youth system and is one of the first names on the teamsheet. .......................................... Bio: Midfielder, 27, Cork .......................................... A Cork City youth prodigy, joined Sligo Rovers ahead of the current season after being a key part of the Rebel side winning 2 FAI Cups and the league. .......................................... 16 LUKE MCNICHOLAS Bio: Goalkeeper, 20, Sligo .......................................... Reserve goalkeeper and has progressed through the youth system. .......................................... Bio: Forward, 29, Belmullet ........................................ A versatile forward, spent time in England with Ipswich Town and came home to Galway in 2017. A year with Dundalk brought a in 2018 and has settled in Sligo since then. ........................................ Bio: Midfielder, 29, Ballina .......................................... A hard working midfielder, spent time with Ipswich before returning home to Sligo and was a league and FAI Cup winner in his first spell. Had time with St. Pat’s and Galway United before returning to the club in 2018. .......................................... Bio: Forward, 26, England .......................................... The 2019 league top scorer joined Sligo Rovers in the summer after a short spell in Israel. Had previously spent the season with Derry City on loan from Colchester. .......................................... 17 TEEMU PENNINKANGAS Bio: Defender, 28, Alavus .......................................... A Finnish defender who can play across the back four and has spent most time in his native land with Ilves, Inter and Jazz among others.

18 JOHN RUSSELL

21 JOHN MAHON

26 GARRY BUCKLEY 19 RONAN MURRAY league and Cup double

22 DAVID CAWLEY

28 JUNIOR OGEDI-UZOKWE .......................................... 20 DARREN COLLINS Bio: Forward, 20, Sligo ........................................ A product of the youth system and has been in the senior setup this season. ........................................

23 SCOTT LYNCH Bio: Defender, 20, Sligo .......................................... Another product of the youth system and has been a regular in matchday squads this season. ..........................................

32 SIGITAS OLBERKIS Bio: Defender, 23, Pakruojis .......................................... A Lithuania U21 international, experienced and has had spells in his native land, Malta, Latvia and Belarus before moving to the west of Ireland in the summer. ..........................................

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