Carl Finnigan
Finnigan playing for Falkirk
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 1 October 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Jarrow, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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South Shields | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2001 | Jarrow | ||
| 2001–2003 | Newcastle United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2007 | Newcastle United | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Falkirk | 113 | (25) |
| 2011–2012 | St Johnstone | 11 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Dundee (loan) | 5 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | Dundee | 8 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Chippa United | 9 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Gateshead | 22 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Township Rollers | 3 | (1) |
| 2016– | South Shields | 25 | (15) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:45, 8 September 2015 (UTC). |
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Carl 'Rocky' Finnigan (born 1 October 1986) is an English footballer who plays for [1] South Shields F.C. in the Northern League. Scored his debut Professional goal against Rangers FC at Ibrox at the age of 20 but Best known for Scoring goals against Celtic FC at Parkhead. His most previous club was Township Rollers in the Botswana Premier League and he signed for South Shields on 26 August 2016.
Finnigan was born in Jarrow. As a youngster, he played for Jarrow F.C.'s under-age teams before joining Newcastle United. He scored 56 goals for Newcastle's reserve and academy teams from 102 starts and 20 substitute appearances, but never appeared in a competitive first-team game.
Finnigan joined Scottish Premier League club Falkirk on 23 January 2007, replacing Anthony Stokes who had left the "Bairns" to sign for Sunderland. He made his Falkirk debut, and his first appearance in a senior league, as a second-half substitute against Kilmarnock on 27 January 2007. The forward scored his first Bairns' goal three weeks later against Rangers, when he "played a neat one-two with Gow and drilled a shot beyond McGregor from the edge of the penalty area". In the 2008–09 season, he played a major role, scoring twice and winning a penalty, in Falkirk's 4–0 victory over rivals Inverness Caledonian Thistle in what proved a successful fight against relegation. He also scored the winner against the same opposition to take Falkirk through to the semi-final of the Scottish Cup, and had a goal disallowed in the Cup Final. Before the 2009–10 season, Finnigan signed a new one-year contract with Falkirk, with an option for a second year.
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