Conor Gethins

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Conor Gethins

| image = Conor Gethins with Clachnacuddin.jpg

| caption = Conor Gethins with Clachnacuddin.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|11|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lifford, Ireland

| currentclub = Clachnacuddin (player-manager)

| clubnumber =

| height =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1999–2001

| youthclubs1 = Lifford Celtic

| years1 = 2001–2005

| clubs1 = Ross County

| caps1 = 60

| goals1 = 10

| years2 = 2004–2005

| clubs2 = → Stirling Albion (loan)

| caps2 = 12

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2005

| clubs3 = Forfar Athletic

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2005–2010

| clubs4 = Finn Harps

| caps4 = 115

| goals4 = 67

| years5 = 2006

| clubs5 = → Galway United (loan)

| caps5 = 15

| goals5 = 9

| years6 = 2010–2011

| clubs6 = Peterhead

| caps6 = 39

| goals6 = 6

| years7 = 2011–2016

| clubs7 = Nairn County

| caps7 = 178

| goals7 = 173

| years8 = 2016–2021

| clubs8 = Formartine United

| caps8 = 103

| goals8 = 43

| years9 = 2021–2023

| clubs9 = Nairn County

| caps9 = 69

| goals9 = 36

| years10 = 2023–

| clubs10 = Clachnacuddin

| caps10 = 6

| goals10 = 1

| totalcaps = 598

| totalgoals = 349

| manageryears1 = 2023

| managerclubs1 = Nairn County

| nationalyears1 = 2002

| nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U19

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears2 = 2023–

| managerclubs2 = Clachnacuddin

}}

Conor Gethins (born 1 November 1983) is an Irish football manager and former player who is the manager at Scottish Highland Football League club Clachnacuddin.

Career

Born in Lifford, Ireland, Gethins started his professional career with Ross County in the Scottish Football League before returning to his native Ireland in 2005 after a loan spell with Stirling Albion. Gethins played for Finn Harps in the League of Ireland, with a brief loan spell at Galway United,{{cite web|title=Harps duo leave on loan|url=http://www.irishfootballonline.com/news/5057.html|publisher=Irish Football Online|accessdate=26 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200317/http://www.irishfootballonline.com/news/5057.html|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}} before returning to Scottish football in 2010 with Peterhead.{{cite news|last=Gannon|first=Michael|date=20 February 2010|title=Gethins back and set for Peterhead debut day|url=http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1614964|newspaper=Press & Journal|location=Aberdeen|accessdate = 26 October 2013}} He signed for Nairn County in 2011 and was voted Highland League Player of the Year and top scorer for 2012–13.{{cite news|date=1 June 2013|title=Gethins scoops league award|url=http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3260603|newspaper=Press & Journal|location=Aberdeen|accessdate = 26 October 2013}}

On 1 June 2016 Gethins joined Formartine United, on a two-year contract.{{cite news | url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/sport/football/scottish-football/formartine-win-race-for-nairn-goal-king/ | title=Formartine win race for Nairn goal king Conor Gethins | date=1 June 2016 | newspaper=Evening Express | accessdate=16 June 2020 }} At the end of the 2020–21 season, Gethins was released from Formartine and rejoined previous club Nairn County on a one-year contract.{{Cite web|last=Law|first=Callum|title=Highland League: Conor Gethins returns to Nairn County|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/highland-league/3091267/highland-league-conor-gethins-returns-to-nairn-county/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Press and Journal|language=en-US}} On 23 October 2023, Nairn County released a statement which confirmed that Gethins had left the club to take over as new manager of Clachnacuddin.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-22 |title=Clach appoint Nairn legend as new manager |url=https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/sport/clach-appoint-nairn-legend-as-new-manager-330502/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Inverness Courier |language=en}}