Ryan Cassidy
{{short description|Irish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
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|fullname = Ryan Michael McClean Cassidy{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/efl-documents/202021/efl-squad-numbering-11.09.2020.pdf |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Accrington Stanley |publisher=English Football League |page=1 |accessdate=16 September 2020}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|3|2|df=y}}
|birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
|position = Striker
|currentclub = Hayes & Yeading United
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|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = St. Kevin's Boys
|youthyears2 = 2017–2020
|youthclubs2 = Watford
|years1 = 2020–2022
|clubs1 = Watford
|caps1 = 0
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2020–2021
|clubs2 = → Accrington Stanley (loan)
|caps2 = 11
|goals2 = 2
|years3 = 2022
|clubs3 = → Bohemians (loan)
|caps3 = 8
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2023–
|clubs4 = Hayes & Yeading United
|caps4 = 0
|goals4 = 0
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|nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U17
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|nationalteam2 = Republic of Ireland U18
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|nationalteam3 = Republic of Ireland U19
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|club-update = 21:16, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
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Ryan Michael McClean Cassidy (born 2 March 2001) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Hayes & Yeading United.
Club career
Born in Dublin,{{Cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/ryan-cassidy/531239/|title=Republic of Ireland - R. Cassidy - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=uk.soccerway.com}} Cassidy moved from St. Kevin's Boys to Watford in July 2017, and turned professional in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.watfordfc.com/teams/watford-under-23-under-23/players|title=Ryan Cassidy|website=www.watfordfc.com}}
After signing a new two-year contract with Watford in July 2020, he moved on loan to Accrington Stanley in August 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.watfordfc.com/news/official-new-contract-loan-for-cassidy|title=Official: New Contract & Loan For Cassidy|website=www.watfordfc.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53700877|title=Ryan Cassidy: Accrington sign teenage Watford striker on loan|work=BBC Sport |date=7 August 2020}} He scored his first goals for Accrington when he scored twice in an EFL Trophy tie against Leeds United U21s on 8 September 2020.{{cite web|url=https://throughitalltogether.sbnation.com/2020/9/8/21427573/match-recap-and-ratings-accrington-stanley-7-0-leeds-united-u21s |title=Match Recap and Ratings: Accrington Stanley 7 - 0 Leeds United u21s |publisher=throughitalltogether.com|date=8 September 2020 |accessdate=9 September 2020}}
He signed for League of Ireland Premier Division side Bohemians on loan in January 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.watfordfc.com/news/official-cassidy-joins-bohemian-on-loan|title=Official: Cassidy Joins Bohemian On Loan|website=www.watfordfc.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/sport/soccer/bohemians-striker-ryan-cassidy-watford-22848019|title=Bohemians sign Ireland under-21 striker Ryan Cassidy on loan from Watford|first=David|last=Donnelly|date=23 January 2022|website=DublinLive}}
He left Watford in June 2022 after the expiry of his contract.{{Cite web|url=https://www.watfordfc.com/news/academy-new-contracts-offered-departures-confirmed|title=Academy: New Contracts Offered & Departures Confirmed|website=www.watfordfc.com}} In February 2023, he joined Southern League Premier Division South club Hayes & Yeading United.{{cite web|url=https://southern-football-league.co.uk/news/133306/Hayes-and-Yeading-Add-to-Attacking-Options|title=Hayes & Yeading Add to Attacking Options|website=southern-football-league.co.uk|date=11 February 2023|accessdate=13 February 2023}}
International career
Cassidy has represented Republic of Ireland at under-17, under-18 and under-19 youth levels. He received his first official call up to the under-21 squad on 11 November 2020, in place of the injured Jonathan Afolabi.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-40080011.html|title=Ireland U21 call-up for Ryan Cassidy|publisher=irishexaminer.com|date=11 November 2020|accessdate=23 November 2020}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played on 23 May 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://ie.soccerway.com/players/ryan-cassidy/531239/|title=Republic of Ireland - R. Cassidy - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=ie.soccerway.com}}
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|National Cup !colspan=2|League Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Watford
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23
|EFL Championship |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Accrington Stanley (loan)
|11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4{{efn|Appearances in the EFL Trophy|name=statsEFLT}} | 2 | 17 | 4 | |
| Bohemians (loan)
|2022 |League of Ireland Premier Division |8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | ||||
| colspan=3|Career total
!19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 4 |
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Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
Category:Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:St. Kevin's Boys F.C. players
Category:Accrington Stanley F.C. players
Category:Bohemian F.C. players
Category:Hayes & Yeading United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:League of Ireland players
Category:Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers
Category:Irish expatriate sportspeople in England
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England
Category:Association footballers from Dublin (city)
Category:21st-century Irish sportsmen
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