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Jamie Devitt
Irish professional footballer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jamie Martin Devitt (born 6 July 1990) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
![]() Devitt playing for Hull City in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jamie Martin Devitt[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 (age 34)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2008 | Hull City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2013 | Hull City | 16 | (0) |
2009 | → Darlington (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2009–2010 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 9 | (2) |
2010 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 15 | (5) |
2011 | → Bradford City (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2012 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 16 | (2) |
2012 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2013 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2013–2014 | Chesterfield | 7 | (0) |
2014 | → Morecambe (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2014–2016 | Morecambe | 75 | (9) |
2016–2019 | Carlisle United | 110 | (21) |
2019–2021 | Blackpool | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Bradford City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Newport County (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2021–2022 | Barrow | 21 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Carlisle United | 19 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Workington | 6 | (1) |
Total | 349 | (47) | |
International career | |||
2011 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Beginning his professional career with Hull City he made 16 league appearances over a five-year spell and spent time on loan with Darlington, Shrewsbury Town, Grimsby Town (twice), Bradford City, Accrington Stanley and Rotherham United before permanently joining Chesterfield in 2013. He spent a further loan spell with Morecambe before joining The Seasiders on a permanent contract. In 2016 he signed for Carlisle United where he went on to make 110 league appearances in a three-year spell before moving up the League's to Blackpool. Having failed to make a single appearance he moved on to Newport County, back to Bradford City and then to Barrow before returning to Carlisle in the 2022–23 season, he would drop into non-league for club Workington in 2023–24 before retiring in February 2024 due to injury.
He is a former Republic of Ireland U21 international, having earned 1 cap in 2011.