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Jamie McGonigle (born 5 March 1996) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for NIFL Premiership club Crusaders.
Starting his career with Dungiven Celtic, McGonigle moved to Coleraine in 2015. After scoring 65 goals in 179 appearances, he signed for Crusaders in August 2019 for a Northern Irish transfer record fee of £60,000. He scored the fastest hattrick in an Irish league competition, only taking him 3 minutes.
Club career
Coleraine
McGonigle began his career playing in the lower leagues for hometown club Dungiven Celtic. After impressing, he moved to Coleraine in 2014, and after scoring 30 goals for the reserve team, made his debut for the senior team against Institute in January 2015.
By October 2017, he had scored against every club in the top flight, and his 16 league goals that season took Coleraine to second place in the league. He also helped the side to win the Irish Cup, playing in the 3-1 final victory over Cliftonville, and was named in the NIFL Team of the Year. He scored a total of 65 goals in 179 games for the Bannsiders.
Crusaders
McGonigle signed for Crusaders on 8 August 2019. The fee of £60,000 broke the Northern Irish transfer fee record, passing the previous record of £55,000 which had stood since Glenn Ferguson's transfer to Linfield from Glenavon in 1998. McGonigle scored his first goals by scoring 5, including a hat-trick in less than 3 minutes, in an 8-1 victory over Sirocco Works on 10 September.
International career
McGonigle earned five caps for the Northern Ireland U21 side, having received his first call-up in 2017.
Career statistics
As of 11 September 2019.
| Season | Club | Division | League | Irish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2014–15 | Coleraine | NIFL Premiership | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 3 | ||
| 2015–16 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 7 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 41 | 19 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 20 | ||
| 2018–19 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 40 | 16 | |||
| 2019–20 | Crusaders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |
| Career Total | 151 | 52 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 183 | 70 | ||
Honours
Coleraine
- Irish Cup: 2017–18