Full name Ryan Lewis Goodfellow Playing position 2007–2012 Dunfermline Athletic Weight 78 kg Position Goalkeeper | Place of birth Melrose, Scotland Number 1 Height 1.78 m Current team East Fife F.C. | |
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Date of birth (1993-05-26) 26 May 1993 (age 23) | ||
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Ryan Lewis Goodfellow (born 26 May 1993) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for East Fife as a goalkeeper. A product of Dunfermline Athletic's youth system, Goodfellow briefly featured in the first team before joining East Fife in May 2015.
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Early life
Born in Earlston, Scottish Borders, Goodfellow began his footballing career at the age of six with Earlston Rhymers Youth. As a boy he played for Hibernian under coach Jimmy Bruce and also spent some time at Celtic.
Dunfermline Athletic
While at Spartans at under-13 level, coach Paul Donnelly brought him to Dunfermline Athletic. where he spent four-years progressing through the club's youth academy before signing full-time with the under-19 squad in 2010. In 2012, he was promoted to the first team signing a one-year professional contract, where he benefited from first team coaches such as Jim Jefferies, Neil McCann, John Potter, as well as goalkeeping coaches Brian Potter and Andy Goram.
During the 2012–13 season he was a regular in the under-20 side that reached the Scottish Youth Cup Final against Celtic at Hampden Park on 1 May 2013. The Pars lost in the final 3–1, in which Goodfellow played the full match.
Goodfellow made his first team debut on 16 November 2013 in a Scottish League One match, coming off the bench for the injured Ryan Scully in a 3–0 win over Airdrieonians. His first league start came in a 1–1 draw against Ayr United on 19 April 2014, whilst also featuring twice against Rangers that season including a 1–1 draw at East End Park.
East Fife
On 18 May 2015, Goodfellow signed with Scottish League Two side East Fife. On Saturday 1 August 2015, in the first round of the Scottish League Cup, East Fife defeated Championship side Dumbarton in a penalty shoot-out, where Goodfellow saved two penalties to win the match after going behind. After playing the first 18 games of the season, he spent most of the 2nd half of the season as back-up goalkeeper with the arrival of Liam Kelly from Rangers on loan. On 16 April 2016 East Fife F.C. drew 1–1 away to Clyde winning the league. Goodfellow made 19 league appearances in the 2015/16 season. On 28th January 2017 after a 0-0 draw with Stranraer F.C., the club announced that Ryan had broken a club record by not conceding a goal in 575 minutes of football - this ended the following week taking the total to 603 minutes.