Richard Cory Hastings (born 18 May 1977) is a former

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player and former manager of Highland League side

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. He played for

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, Inverness CT or just Inverness, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team competes in , the third tier of the Scottish Professional Footba ...

, Ross County,

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Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, who currently compete in . They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilto ...

and Brora Rangers. Hastings played 59 times for the Canada national team. Hastings was a member of the Canada side which won the

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, and later represented his country at the

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, the

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and the

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. Richard's nephew, Gabriel, signed for Caley Thistle as a youth team player on 14 May 2018.

Club career

Hastings was born in

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, Canada. Hastings spent his early years in

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. When he was 7 years old he and his English parents moved to

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ), colloquially known as Boro, is a port town in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Lying to the south of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Teesside Built up area, built-up area and the Tees Va ...

, England. He went to

Millburn Academy Millburn Academy (Gaelic: ''Acadamaidh Allt a' Mhuilinn'') is a six-year secondary school in Inverness, Scotland. It serves the portion of Inverness east of the River Ness along with rural areas to the south of the city's reach, with a catchme ...

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. Hastings began his career as a teenager with Nairn County before signing for

, for whom he made 106 appearances as a defender. During this spell in

he was an important player for the team and became ''Caley Thistle's'' first full-time player. A constant member of the squad that won promotion to the

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, Hastings was also part of the team that beat

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in the

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, In 2001 ''Richie'' Hastings joined Ross County, before spells at

and

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. In 2004, he returned to Caley Thistle. He was the only international capped player at Inverness Caledonian Thistle after the departure of Marius Niculae. In his second spell at Caley Thistle he scored twice: against

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in the league and Morton in the

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. Hastings was released from his contract with Hamilton at the end of the 2009–10 season. On 11 February 2011 Hastings announced his retirement as a player. The announcement was not surprising, as the 33-year-old had been without a club since the end of the 2009–10 season. In 2012 Hastings came out of retirement and signed for Highland League side Brora Rangers.

International career

Hastings played at the

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in Malaysia, alongside

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and

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. He made his senior debut for

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in a May 1998 friendly match against

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and, up to 22 November 2009, has earned a total of 57 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented Canada in 10

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matches. Hastings' only international goal was the

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in Canada's 2–1 win over

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in the quarter-final of the

, a tournament Canada went on to win. Hastings was named Rookie of the Tournament. He was also in the squad for the

playing in a central-defence position and was also named in the "Team of the Tournament" line-up. He was also selected in the 2009 Canadian Gold Cup roster. Hastings last appearance in the Canada jersey was in a friendly 29 May 2010 against

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, the game ended as a 1–1 away draw.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.''

Managerial career

Hastings was named the manager for

in the

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in 2021. He left Inverurie in January 2023.

Honours

Player

Canada *

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; 3rd place,

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Canada U-20 *

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Individual

All-Tournament team:

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References

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