Enda Curran is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a

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team,

Treaty United Treaty United Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Limerick. The club was founded in 2020 following the demise of Limerick F.C. and began playing in the League of Ireland in 2021. They play their home matches at Market ...

. He has also played for other

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sides, such as

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and

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Club career

Curran started his career at local

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side

Mervue United Mervue United A.F.C. is an Irish association football club based in Mervue, Galway. Their senior men's team currently plays in the Galway & District League. The club has previously fielded teams in the Connacht Senior League, the League of Ir ...

. In his debut season for the club in the

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he played 7 games and scored 3 goals as the club narrowly avoided the relegation play-offs. Curran then transferred to

in 2011 for a season, but only made 4 appearances in total before transferring to

team

Salthill Devon Salthill Devon Football Club is an Irish association football club originally based in Salthill, Galway. Their senior team currently plays in the Galway & District League. They have previously played in the Connacht Senior League, the A Champi ...

for two seasons, finishing bottom of the league both years, although scoring 17 goals over the course of his spell there, finishing by far as the club's highest goalscorer for the two seasons. The next season Curran was signed by Premier Division team

the next year. Curran scored the winner in a league match against

Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí Shligigh) is an Irish professional football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club is based in Sligo in the west of Ireland. The club was founded in 1928 ...

to give Derry their first win of the season. Curran was then released the next month, along with teammate Mark Stewart.

Galway United (second spell)

Curran resigned for Galway United in 2014, while the club was in the First Division, and rarely played in the first season, making four appearances and scoring one goal, as the club achieved

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. The next season however, he netted a career-best of 13 goals in 26 games, scoring a

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in a 5-0 win over

Bray Wanderers Bray Wanderers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Fánaithe Bhré) are an Irish association football club playing in the League of Ireland First Division. The club in its present form was founded in 1942 in Bray, and was known until 2010 as ''B ...

. The next season, Curran only scored 3 goals in 24 appearances, and left at the end of the season.

Treaty United

After leaving Galway for the second time, Curran moved to

and

, then back to

and

, before moving to

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team

in 2022. Curran scored two on his debut for The Shannonsiders in a 5-1 win over Wexford Youths, Curran followed that up with a goal against his old side

and another against

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In an

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match against UCD Curran sent Treaty into their first FAI Cup semi-final with a hat-trick over The Students in a 4-1 win.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Curran, Enda 1992 births Living people Association footballers from County Galway Republic of Ireland association footballers Men's association football forwards Salthill Devon F.C. players Mervue United A.F.C. players Athlone Town A.F.C. players Treaty United F.C. players Galway United F.C. players Longford Town F.C. players Derry City F.C. players League of Ireland players