Chris Duggan

This article is about the footballer. For the historian, see Christopher Duggan. For the American audio engineer, see Chris Dugan.

Christopher Duggan (born 30 January 1994) is an Australian professional footballer, who plays as a forward.

Chris Duggan

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Duggan
Date of birth	(1994-01-30) 30 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Perth, Western Australia
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Port Melbourne
Youth career
	Queen's Park
2010–2012	Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Partick Thistle	0	(0)
2014	→ Forfar Athletic (loan)	6	(1)
2014	→ Queen's Park (loan)	5	(1)
2015	→ Dumbarton (loan)	7	(0)
2015	→ Queen's Park (loan)	30	(15)
2016–2018	East Fife	58	(22)
2018–2019	Raith Rovers	14	(2)
2019	East Fife	7	(0)
2020–	Port Melbourne	39	(23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2022

Career

Duggan started his career as a player at Queen's Park before moving to Hamilton Academical. He also spent some time playing in the United States.^[1] Following an impressive trial at an Irvine Meadow tournament with the jags, newly promoted Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle signed Duggan in 2013.^[2]

After spending some time in Thistle's under 20 squad, Duggan moved to Scottish League One side Forfar Athletic on 21 March 2014, on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season.^[3] In March 2014, Duggan scored his first goal for Forfar in a 2–1 defeat to East Fife at Station Park.^[4] Duggan returned on loan to Queens Park on loan on 11 September 2014. for three months.^[5] Duggan got two assists in his first game back with Queens Park in a 2–1 victory. His loan at Queen's Park came to an end on 1 November 2014, after he had injured his ankle while training with Partick Thistle.^[6]

He signed for Dumbarton on an emergency loan until the end of the season in February 2015.^[7] Duggan made his debut as a late sub in a 3–0 defeat to Hibernian.^[8] He went on to make seven appearances for the club without scoring. Having been released by Partick Thistle, Duggan went on trial with Morton and scored two goals in a friendly against Greenock Juniors.^[9] On 21 August 2015, Duggan signed a new one-year contract with Partick Thistle and was immediately loaned to Queen's Park again, moving until 1 January 2016. Duggan helped lead Queens Park to Promotion from League 2, including 2 goals in the playoffs.^[10] After his contract with Thistle expired, Duggan signed for East Fife in May 2016.^[11]

During the 2018 close season, Duggan signed for Raith Rovers.^[12] Duggan was not offered a new contract at the end of an injury prone season and the club did not retain him. He re-signed for East Fife in July 2019,^[13] but then left them midway through the 2019–20 as he wanted to move back to Australia.^[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 October 2017

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Forfar Athletic (loan)	2013–14[15]	League One	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Queen's Park (loan)	2014–15[16]	League Two	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Dumbarton (loan)	2014–15[16]	Championship	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Queen's Park (loan)	2015–16[17]	League Two	30	12	2	1	0	0	4[a]	3	36	15
East Fife	2016–17[18]	League One	20	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	20	7
	2017–18[19]		32	14	2	0	4	1	1[b]	0	38	15
	East Fife total		42	21	4	2	6	1	1	0	58	22
Career total			100	35	4	3	6	1	5	3	106	39

1. Two appearances and a goal in the Scottish Challenge Cup; two appearances and two goals in the League One play-offs
2. Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References

1. "Fourteen for '14: Chris Duggan, Partick Thistle's free-scoring striker | Partick Thistle". Sport. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
2. "Chris Duggan – Partick Thistle Football Club". Ptfc.co.uk. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
3. "Chris Duggan". Forfar Athletic F.C. 21 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
4. "Chris Duggan career stats, height and weight, age". Tablesleague.com. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
5. "CHRIS DUUGAN HEADS OUT ON LOAN". Partick Thistle F.C. 11 September 2014. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
6. "Cup run ends before it really gets going". Queen's Park F.C. 1 November 2014. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
7. "Dumbarton Football Club - JAG BECOMES A SON".
8. "Hibernian 3-0 Dumbarton". BBC Sport. 21 February 2015.
9. Mitchell, Jonathan (29 July 2015). "Duggan in Cappielow contract pursuit". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
10. "CHRIS DUGGAN SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION". Partick Thistle F.C. 21 August 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
11. "Christopher Duggan joins The Fife". East Fife F.C. 23 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
12. "List of SPFL summer signings". SPFL. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
13. Inglis, Scott (3 July 2019). "East Fife return wasn't a tough decision to make for Chris Duggan". Fife Today. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
14. Inglis, Scott (30 December 2019). "Chris Duggan thankful after East Fife spell ends". Fife Today. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
15. "Games played by Chris Duggan in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
16. "Games played by Chris Duggan in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
17. "Games played by Chris Duggan in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
18. "Games played by Chris Duggan in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
19. "Games played by Chris Duggan in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

External links

• Chris Duggan at Soccerbase