Rocco Quinn (born 7 September 1986) is a Scottish retired professional

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who played as a

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. Quinn played for

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, Queen of the South, Ross County and St Mirren, as well as

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, St Johnstone and Livingston on loan.

Career

Quinn began his career with

, but didn't make a competitive first team appearance for the club with all of his first-team experience at this stage coming in three loan spells at other clubs. He spent the second half of the 2006–07 season on loan to

. On 1 September 2007, he joined St Johnstone on loan in an attempt to get some first-team experience. He scored his first-ever league goal in St Johnstone's 2–1 victory over

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on 15 September 2007. During this loan spell, he played as St Johnstone won the

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, beating

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3–2 in the final. Quinn returned to St Johnstone in February 2008 on an emergency loan for the remainder of the 2007–08 season. In the 2008–09 season, Quinn joined Livingston on loan in August 2008. He left Celtic permanently in January 2009, signing for

on the last day of the transfer window, but he was released by the club at the end of the season. Quinn signed for

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side Queen of the South on 29 May 2009. He promptly established himself as a first team regular scoring a competitive debut goal in the

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4–1 win away at Queens Park on 1 August 2009. His league debut was the 1–1 home draw a week later against Raith Rovers. He scored league goals that season in games against Ayr United,

and a double against Greenock Morton. The

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side ended the season in fifth place. He also played on 23 September 2009 in the 2–1 home League Cup defeat against Rangers. In total Quinn made 35 competitive first team appearances in his first season. The QoS website confirmed on 18 June 2011 that Quinn had left and signed for Ross County. In his first season at County, they won the First Division and were promoted to the

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for the first time. After helping the club to a fifth-place finish in 2012–13, Quinn signed a new contract. After five-years with the

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side, Quinn moved to

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side St Mirren in January 2016. Quinn agreed a new two-year deal with Saints on 30 April 2016, tying him to the club until the end of season 2017–18. However, Quinn was released by the club in August 2017 after just one year into his new deal.

Honours

St Johnstone *

Scottish Challenge Cup The Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup,2007–08

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quinn, Rocco 1986 births Scottish men's footballers Living people Celtic F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Livingston F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Ross County F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players Scotland men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Scottish Professional Football League players 21st-century Scottish sportsmen