Full name Daryl Thomas Fordyce Name Daryl Fordyce Position Midfielder Years Team Current team FC Edmonton | Number 16 Height 1.83 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Date of birth (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 (age 28) Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Daryl Thomas Fordyce (born 2 January 1987) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who currently plays for FC Edmonton.
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Club football
He played for St Andrews and Lisburn Youth in his homeland of Northern Ireland, winning major trophies with both teams when he was younger. He played for Portsmouth.
Working his way up through the club's youth ranks, Fordyce spent the second half of the 2005–06 season on loan at AFC Bournemouth before going back to Portsmouth. In July 2007, he signed for Glentoran in Northern Ireland.
At the beginning of the Irish League 2010/11 season he netted 5 goals against Lisburn Distillery in the first game of the season in a 6-1 win. Daryl Fordyce agreed a deal with Linfield just after the end of 2010/11 season, although he was in contract re-negotiations with Glentoran.
In 2012, Fordyce won the league title with Linfield after defeating Portadown 2–1 on 7 April. The team also lifted the Irish Cup for a record 42nd time, defeating Crusaders 4–1 in the final. Though Fordyce did not score in the final, he did score in Linfield's 5-1 defeat over Carrick Rangers.
On 18 January 2013, it was announced that Fordyce, along with teammate Albert Watson would not return to Linfield the following season, instead seeking new playing opportunities in Canada. On 25 February 2013, it was reported that both Fordyce and Watson would join FC Edmonton. After 4 seasons in Edmonton, Fordyce would leave the club as it's all-time leading scorer.
United Soccer League club FC Cincinnati announced that they had signed Fordyce on 16 January 2017. After seeing limited minutes with FC Cinncinnati, Fordyce was released by the club in June 2017.
Shortly after his release from FC Cinncinnati, Fordyce re-signed with FC Edmonton.
International football
Fordyce has represented Northern Ireland at Under-19 international, scoring both goals in their 2–1 European U19 Championship victory over Moldova in October 2005. He also scored four goals for Northern Ireland U-19 against Serbia & Montenegro.
He has made 5 appearances for the Northern Ireland national under-21 football team, scoring against Germany in November 2006.