Marc Fitzpatrick

Marc Fitzpatrick (born 11 May 1986) is a Scottish professional football coach and a former player. He played a left winger or left back. He has previously played for Motherwell, Ross County, Queen of the South and Greenock Morton.

Marc Fitzpatrick

Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-05-11) 11 May 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Lanark, Scotland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left Back
Youth career
2000–2004	Motherwell
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2011	Motherwell	121	(4)
2011–2013	Ross County	50	(0)
2013	Queen of the South	4	(0)
2013–2014	Greenock Morton	29	(1)
2014–2018	Airdrieonians	79	(9)
International career
2007	Scotland U21	3	(0)
Managerial career
2017–2019	Airdrieonians (assistant)
2018	Airdrieonians (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Club

Fitzpatrick came through the youth system at Motherwell and made his debut against Celtic on 12 May 2004.^[1]

In 2004–05, Fitzpatrick scored a last-minute winner in a Scottish League Cup semi-final against Hearts at Easter Road.^[2] The 3–2 win after extra time earned Motherwell their first major final appearance since the 1991 Scottish Cup Final. Remarkably, it was his first senior goal for the club. In May 2008, Fitzpatrick signed a two-year contract extension with the Fir Park outfit.^[3]

On 13 January 2011, Fitzpatrick signed a two-year deal with Highland team Ross County, after rejecting the offer of a six-month extension at Fir Park.^[4]

Fitzpatrick joined the Dumfries club, Queen of the South on 19 March 2013, until the end of the season after playing as a trialist on 16 March 2013 at Gayfield Park versus Arbroath, where he played for 65 minutes.^[5] On 7 April 2013, he played the full match as Queen of the South won the 2013 Scottish Challenge Cup, defeating Partick Thistle 6–5 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra-time.^[6]

Fitzpatrick moved to Greenock Morton on 9 July 2013, after playing in a trial match against former club Motherwell on the Saturday.^[7] He left the club at the end of the season in search of part-time football.^[8]

On 4 June 2014, Fitzpatrick signed for Airdrieonians where he has since been made captain.^[9]

International

Fitzpatrick made three appearances for the Scotland under-21 side in 2007.^[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 October 2017^[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Motherwell	2003–04[12]	Premier League	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2004–05[13]		25	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	29	2
	2005–06[14]		9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
	2006–07[15]		24	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	28	1
	2007–08[16]		30	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	35	0
	2008–09[17]		23	1	3	0	1	0	1[a]	0	28	1
	2009–10[18]		3	0	0	0	0	0	1[a]	0	4	0
	2010–11[19]		5	0	1	0	0	0	1[a]	0	7	0
	Total		121	4	11	0	8	1	3	0	143	5
Ross County	2010–11[19]	First Division	17	0	0	0	0	0	1[b]	0	18	0
	2011–12[20]		13	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	17	0
	2012–13[21]	Scottish Premier League	20	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	23	0
	Total		50	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	58	0
Queen of the South	2012–13[21]	Second Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	1[b]	0	5	0
Greenock Morton	2013–14[22]	Championship	29	1	1	0	4	1	1[b]	0	35	1
Airdrieonians	2014–15[23]	League One	35	4	2	0	1	0	1[b]	0	39	4
	2015–16[24]		30	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	32	4
	2016–17[25]		14	1	0	0	3	0	2[b]	0	19	1
	2017–18[26]		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		79	9	4	0	5	0	3	0	91	9
Career total			283	14	19	0	21	1	9	0	332	15

1. Appearances in the Europa League
2. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Motherwell

• Scottish League Cup: runner-up 2004–05

Ross County

• Scottish First Division: 2011–12
• Scottish Challenge Cup: 2010–11^[27]

Queen of the South

• Scottish Challenge Cup: 2012–13^[6]

See also

Greenock Morton F.C. season 2013–14