Rocco Quinn

Rocco Quinn (born 7 September 1986 in Hamilton) is a Scottish retired professional football who played as a midfielder. Quinn has previously played for Celtic, Hamilton Academical, Queen of the South, Ross County and St Mirren, as well as Kilmarnock, St Johnstone and Livingston on loan.

Rocco Quinn
Personal information
Full name Rocco Quinn
Date of birth (1986-09-07) 7 September 1986
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Youth career
2002–2004 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Celtic 0 (0)
2007 → Kilmarnock (loan) 6 (0)
2007–2008 → St Johnstone (loan) 21 (4)
2008–2009 → Livingston (loan) 15 (1)
2009 Hamilton Academical 2 (0)
2009–2011 Queen of the South 49 (6)
2011–2016 Ross County 111 (11)
2016–2017 St Mirren 27 (1)
Total 231 (23)
National team
2006–2008 Scotland U21[1] 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Quinn began his career with Celtic, 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 Kilmarnock,.[2]

On 1 September 2007, he joined St Johnstone on loan in an attempt to get some first-team experience.[3] He scored his first-ever league goal in St Johnstone's 2–1 victory over Partick Thistle at McDiarmid Park on 15 September 2007.[4] During this loan spell, he played as St Johnstone won the Challenge Cup, beating Dunfermline Athletic 3–2 in the final.[5] Quinn returned to St Johnstone in February 2008 on an emergency loan for the remainder of the 2007–08 season.[6]

In the 2008–09 season, Quinn joined Livingston on loan in August 2008.[7] He left Celtic permanently in January 2009, signing for Hamilton Academical on the last day of the transfer window,[8] but he was released by the club at the end of the season.[9]

Quinn signed for Dumfries side Queen of the South on 29 May 2009.[10] He promptly established himself as a first team regular scoring a competitive debut goal in the Scottish League Cup 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, Partick Thistle and a double against Greenock Morton. The Palmerston Park 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.[11] In his first season at County, they won the First Division and were promoted to the Scottish Premier League for the first time. After helping the club to a fifth-place finish in 2012–13, Quinn signed a new contract.[12]

After five-years with the Dingwall side, Quinn moved to Scottish Championship side St Mirren in January 2016.[13] 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.[14] However, Quinn was released by the club in August 2017 after just one year into his new deal.[15]

References
  1. http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu21/player.php?playerid=434
  2. "Quinn relishes Killie loan move". BBC Sport. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  3. "Manager secures Rocco signature" – St Johnstone's official website
  4. St Johnstone 2–1 Partick Thistle – BBC Sport
  5. "Dunfermline Ath 2–3 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  6. "Rocco returns!" – St Johnstone's official website
  7. "Livi next stop for Quinn on loan". BBC Sport. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  8. "Hamilton complete Quinn signing". BBC Sport. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  9. "Deuchar among exits from Hamilton". BBC Sport. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  10. "Two new signings today". qosfc.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  11. "News in Brief" www.qosfc.com 18 Jun 2011
  12. "SPL: New deals for nine Ross County players". Sky Sports. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  13. "New Signing: Rocco Quinn". saintmirren.net. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  14. "Rocco Quinn: Contract Extension". saintmirren.net. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  15. Mackenzie, Alasdair (3 August 2017). "St Mirren part ways with midfielder by mutual consent". Evening Times. Newsquest. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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