Full name Jordan McGrotty 2011–12 Partick Thistle Years Team | 2010–11 Partick Thistle Role Footballer Place of birth Scotland Name Jordan McGrotty | |
Date of birth (1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 21) | ||
Current team Partick Thistle F.C. | ||
Jordon McGrotty (born 10 February 1994) is a professional footballer who is current club is Maryhill F.C.. He previously played for Partick Thistle in Scottish First Division.
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Career
McGrotty was first spotted by Partick Thistle's scout Gus Black. This led to the clubs officials watching him play a match on the 2 June 2010 in which they were impressed by his pace. A week later on the 8 June he signed a full-time professional contract along with Shaun Fraser.
He quickly progressed through the Under-17 & Under-19 squads culminating in him making his first senior appearance at the age of seventeen. The match was a 2–0 home victory against Greenock Morton towards the latter part of the 2010–11 season with McGrotty enter the match as 88th-minute substitute.
In June 2011 he was part of an under-19 side who won the Stonehouse Violet Challenge Cup. Thistle beat Glasgow Perthshire 7–6 on penalties in the semi-final before defeating Stonehouse Violet 4–1 in the final with McGrotty scoring twice. Having failed to feature during the 2011–12 season McGrotty was released on 1 June 2012.
On 18 August 2016, McGrotty sign for Maryhill F.C.