{{short description|Irish footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use British English|date=February 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Steven Beattie | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|8|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland | height = 1.78 m | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Forward, Midfielder | youthclubs1 = Skerries Town | college1 = Northern Kentucky Norse | youthyears1 = 2001–2006 | collegeyears1 = 2007–2010 | collegecaps1 = 90 | collegegoals1 = 77 | years1 = 2011 | clubs1 = Puerto Rico Islanders | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2012–2013 | clubs2 = UMF Tindastóll | caps2 = 32 | goals2 = 11 | years3 = 2014–2015 | clubs3 = Bohemians | caps3 = 29 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 2015 | clubs4 = Sligo Rovers | caps4 = 14 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2015–2019 | clubs5 = Cork City | caps5 = 85 | goals5 = 9 | years6 = 2019–2020 | clubs6 = Chattanooga Red Wolves | caps6 = 32 | goals6 = 11 | years7 = 2021 | clubs7 = Cork City | caps7 = 11 | goals7 = 0 | club-update = 2 December 2021 }}
'''Steven Beattie''' (born 8 August 1988) is an Irish footballer who most recently played for League of Ireland First Division club Cork City.
==Career==
===Initial career stumbles in North America and move to Iceland=== Beattie was a three-time All American at Northern Kentucky University and was drafted by in the first round of the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft by Toronto FC, however he was never signed by the team.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |url=https://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/ireland/2012/09/15/3373347/steven-beattie-getting-career-back-on-track-in-iceland-after-mls- |title=Steven Beattie getting career back on track in Iceland after MLS disappointment |work=www.goal.com |access-date=21 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He signed with the Puerto Rico Islanders of the NASL, but was injured in his first game. To get his career back on track he signed with second division Icelandic club Tindastóll. In his first half-season with the club, Beattie scored 4 goals in 10 appearances.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/steven-beattie/194145/|title=Republic of Ireland - S. Beattie - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com|access-date=2019-06-25}}</ref> In his second and only full season with Tindastóll he made 21 appearances in the league, while making 2 Super Cup appearances, he scored 7 total goals.<ref name=":0" />
===Initial successes in Ireland=== After his second season with the club he moved to the League of Ireland, playing with three clubs between 2014 and 2019, most prominently with Cork City.<ref name="auto" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://nkunorse.com/news/2015/1/22/MSOC_0122150732.aspx?path=msoc |title=Former NKU star, Steven Beattie, signs with Sligo Rovers F.C. |work=nkunorse.com |access-date=25 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref> After impressing in Iceland, Beattie moved to Dublin side Bohemians where he made 29 appearances and scored 4 goals, with 5 Cup appearances, in his only season with the club.<ref name=":0" /> After a season in Dublin Beattie moved to Sligo Rovers F.C.<ref name=":0" /> Beattie only spent half of a season in Sligo however, scoring 2 goals, before moving to Cork City.<ref name=":0" /> During his time in Cork, Beattie played in over 100 games and scored over 10 goals.<ref name=":0" /> While in Cork, Beattie's trophy cabinet grew, with the club winning one League of Ireland title, two FAI Cup titles, three President's Cup titles, and two Munster Senior League titles.<ref name=":0" />
===USL League One and Chattanooga=== Most recently he moved to U.S. based club Chattanooga Red Wolves to play in the newly created USL League One, the third-division of American Soccer.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.chattredwolves.com/news_article/show/966683 |title=CHATTANOOGA RED WOLVES SC SIGNS LEAGUE OF IRELAND PREMIER DIVISION CHAMPION STEVEN BEATTIE |work=www.chattredwolves.com |access-date=21 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Before the season began, Beattie was named the team's captain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2019/jun/25/red-wolves-captain-player-week/497431/|title=Chattanooga Red Wolves Soccer Club captain Steven Beattie is USL League One player of the week|website=timesfreepress.com|date=25 June 2019 |access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref> On 30 March 2019 Beattie scored the first goal in Red Wolves history from nearly 30 yards out in the 83rd minute of a 3–2 loss to North Texas SC.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/professional/story/2019/mar/31/red-wolves-fall-3-2-usl-league-one-debut/491691/ |title=Red Wolves fall 3–2 in USL League One debut |work=www.timesfreepress.com |access-date=31 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref> In addition to the first goal in Red Wolves' history, Beattie was also named to the first ever USL League One team of the week on 2 April 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.uslleagueone.com/news_article/show/1009172 |title=North Texas' Pepi Claims League One Player of the Week |work=www.uslleagueone.com |access-date=2 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> On April 23, 2019, Beattie was named the Player of the Week for Week 4 of the 2019 campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chattredwolves.com/news_article/show/1015147-steven-beattie-claims-league-one-player-of-the-week|title=Steven Beattie Claims League One Player of the Week|date=2019-04-23|website=Chattanooga Red Wolves SC|language=en-us|access-date=2019-05-28}}</ref> Throughout the Red Wolves' campaign, Beattie was considered one of the bright spots of both the team and the league, however, despite this, it was not enough for the Red Wolves to make the league playoffs with the team finishing in 5th place, one spot out.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/professional/story/2019/oct/05/richard-dixons-fight-shows-red-wolves-seasfin/505215/|title=Richard Dixon's fight shows in Red Wolves' season finale|website=timesfreepress.com|date=6 October 2019 |access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref> On October 16, 2019, Beattie was named to the USL League One All League First Team as one of the best players of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uslleagueone.com/news_article/show/1057218-2019-usl-league-one-all-league-teams-revealed|title=2019 USL League One All-League Teams Revealed|date=2019-10-16|website=USL League One|language=en-us|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref>
=== Return to Cork City === On 11 January 2021 Cork City announced that Beattie was returning to the club.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-01-11|title=Steven Beattie signs for Cork City for the new season|url=http://leagueofireland.ie/index.php/2021/01/11/steven-beattie-signs-for-cork-city-for-the-new-season/|access-date=2021-04-22|website=League of Ireland|language=en-US}}</ref> Beattie noted that he "always wanted to return to the club at some stage" and was ready to "try and get the club back to where it belongs."<ref name=":1" /> Beattie re-debuted for the club in 1–0 loss to Cabinteely.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Republic of Ireland - S. Beattie - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/steven-beattie/194145/matches/|access-date=2021-04-22|website=us.soccerway.com}}</ref> On 2 December 2021, it was announced that Beattie would be leaving the club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/cork-city-fc-latest-5618804-Dec2021/|title=Morrissey announces LOI retirement and Beattie also departs Cork City ahead of 2022 season|first=Gavan|last=Casey|website=The42|date=2 December 2021 }}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|2 December 2021}}<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Soccerway|steven-beattie/194145}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center |+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|National Cup !colspan=2|League Cup !colspan=2|Europe !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|UMF Tindastóll |2012 |rowspan="2"|1. deild |10||4||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||10||4 |- |2013 |21||7||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||23||7 |- !colspan="2"|UMF Tindastóll Total !31!!11!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!33!!11 |- |Bohemians |2014 |rowspan="6"|League of Ireland Premier Division |29||4||3||1||4||0||colspan="2"|–||1{{efn|Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup|name=statsLSC}}||1||37||6 |- |Sligo Rovers |rowspan="2"|2015 |14||2||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||2 |- | rowspan="5" |Cork City |14||3||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||14||3 |- |2016 |29||5||5||0||1||0||6{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League|name=statsUEL}}||0||2{{efn|1 appearance in President of Ireland's Cup & 1 appearance in Munster Senior Cup|}}||0||43||5 |- |2017 |23||1||2||0||2||0||4{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League|name=statsUEL}}||1||3{{efn|1 appearance in President of Ireland's Cup & 2 appearances in Munster Senior Cup|}}||0||34||2 |- |2018 |19||0||2||0||0||0||4{{efn|2 appearances in UEFA Champions League & 2 appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||0||1{{efn|Appearances in President of Ireland's Cup|name=statsPOIC}}||0||26||0 |- !colspan="2"|Cork City Subtotal !85!!9!!9!!0!!3!!0!!14!!1!!6!!0!!117!!10 |- |rowspan="3"|Chattanooga Red Wolves |2019 |rowspan="2"|USL League One |24||9||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||25||9 |- |2020 |8||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||8||2 |- !colspan="2"|Chattanooga Red Wolves Total !32!!11!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!33!!11 |- |rowspan="2"|Cork City |2021 |League of Ireland First Division |11||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||12||0 |- !colspan="2"|Cork City Total !96!!9!!10!!0!!3!!0!!14!!1!!6!!0!!129!!10 |- !colspan="3"|Total !202!!37!!17!!1!!8!!0!!14!!1!!7!!1!!248!!40 |} {{notelist}}
==Honours== '''Cork City'''<ref name="ReferenceA"/> *League of Ireland Premier Division: 2017 *FAI Cup: 2016, 2017 *President of Ireland's Cup: 2016, 2017, 2018 *Munster Senior Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{USL League One player|steven-beattie}}
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