Rory Currie (born 20 February 1998) is a Scottish

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who previously played for

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club Tranent Juniors as a striker, currently a free agent. He has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, East Fife,

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, Linfield,

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and Tranent Juniors.

Career

Currie began his football career with

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's youth teams before leaving to join the

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in January 2016 on a contract until the end of the 2015–16 season. Currie was released by Rangers in May 2016 but joined Heart of Midlothian. On 28 November 2016, he made his professional debut for Hearts as a 75th-minute substitute during a 3–0 home win against

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. He followed this a month later with his second league appearance against

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on 30 December. In January 2017, he was named as one of the '' Daily Record''s Scottish footballing prospects for 2017 alongside Tony Gallagher, Matthew Knox, Ronan Hughes, Liam Burt and

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. Currie suffered a serious knee ligament injury in November 2017. He was subsequently loaned to East Fife,

and Linfield. Currie was released by Hearts after the 2019/20 season and was signed by

in August 2020.

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* 1998 births Living people Footballers from Lanark Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Rangers F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Celtic F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players East Fife F.C. players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Linfield F.C. players Brechin City F.C. players 21st-century Scottish sportsmen NIFL Premiership players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1990s-stub