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Liam McAlinden

Liam McAlinden

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Rushall Olympic
Age32
CitizenshipIreland Northern Ireland
Height1.85 m
Footleft
BornSeptember 26, 1993
at Rushall Olympic 653 days · joined 2024-08-09
👕200+ Apps 50+ Goals
Market value
Rating · 24/25 5.4 Average
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

16
clubs played for
10/11
debut season
0.15
goals / match
Exeter City
top club · 71 apps

Position rank · 24/25

#2773
goals rank
#2406
assists rank
59
season goals
27
season assists

Among 3,489 Attack - Centre-Forwards · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€150k
peak value · 2014
top transfer fee
12
best season · 19/20
6 / 1
int'l caps / goals
393Appearances
59Goals
27Assists
17Yellow cards
2Red cards
88Full matches (90′)
Full nameLiam McAlinden
Name in home countryLiam James McAlinden
Date of birth1993-09-26 (32 yrs)
Place of birthCannock, Ireland
CitizenshipIreland Northern Ireland
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footleft
Height185.00 m
Current clubRushall Olympic
Joined2024-08-09
Contract expires2026-06-30
AgentAstra
Aug 2024
Transfer: Scunthorpe Utd. → Rushall
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
24/25 — Rushall Olympic
43 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2024
Transfer: Wrexham → Scunthorpe Utd.
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2023
23/24 — Wrexham AFC, Scunthorpe United
17 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2022
22/23 — Wrexham AFC
15 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2021
Transfer: Morecambe FC → Wrexham
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
21/22 — Wrexham AFC
34 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Aug 2020
Transfer: Stockport → Morecambe FC
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — Morecambe FC
37 matches · 3 G · 4 A · across 5 competitions
Jan 2020
Transfer: Halifax Town → Stockport
19/20 · Transfer
Aug 2019
Transfer: Cheltenham → Halifax Town
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2019
19/20 — Stockport County, FC Halifax Town
36 matches · 12 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Feb 2019
Transfer: Kidderminster → Cheltenham
18/19 · Return from loan
Jan 2019
Transfer: Cheltenham → Kidderminster
18/19 · Loan
Jan 2019
Transfer: Brackley → Cheltenham
18/19 · Return from loan
Dec 2018
Transfer: Cheltenham → Brackley
18/19 · Loan
Jul 2018
Transfer: Exeter City → Cheltenham
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — Cheltenham Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Brackley Town
28 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — Exeter City
35 matches · 3 G · 5 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Exeter City
36 matches · 7 G · 4 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2016
Transfer: Wolves → Exeter City
16/17 · Transfer
May 2016
Transfer: Crawley Town → Wolves
15/16 · Return from loan
Mar 2016
Transfer: Wolves → Crawley Town
15/16 · Loan
Jan 2016
Transfer: Shrewsbury → Wolves
15/16 · Return from loan
Jul 2015
Transfer: Wolves → Shrewsbury
15/16 · Loan
Jul 2015
15/16 — Shrewsbury Town, Crawley Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers U21
20 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 6 competitions
May 2015
Transfer: Fleetwood → Wolves
14/15 · Return from loan
Jan 2015
Transfer: Wolves → Fleetwood
14/15 · Loan
Oct 2014
Transfer: Fleetwood → Wolves
14/15 · Return from loan
Oct 2014
Transfer: Wolves → Fleetwood
14/15 · Loan
Jul 2014
14/15 — Wolverhampton Wanderers, Fleetwood Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers U21
29 matches · 4 G · 4 A · across 5 competitions
Dec 2013
Transfer: Shrewsbury → Wolves
13/14 · Return from loan
Oct 2013
Transfer: Wolves → Shrewsbury
13/14 · Loan
Jul 2013
13/14 — Wolverhampton Wanderers, Shrewsbury Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers U21
26 matches · 9 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2013
Transfer: Wolves U21 → Wolves
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — Wolverhampton Wanderers, Wolverhampton Wanderers U21
21 matches · 9 G · 6 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves
13 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2011
Transfer: Wolves U18 → Wolves Res.
11/12 · Transfer
Jul 2010
10/11 — Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €150k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 1196 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 24/25. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals2 total · 0.13/90
10
Assists1 total · 0.07/90
23
G+A3 total · 0.20/90
9
Yellow cards5 total · 0.33/90
53
7,917 min
Minutes played by club
Rushall Olympic 17.5%
Wrexham AFC 17.9%
Scunthorpe United 4.3%
Morecambe FC 7.0%
Stockport County 3.1%
FC Halifax Town 2.2%
Kidderminster Harriers 0.0%
Cheltenham Town 0.0%
Brackley Town 3.1%
Exeter City 15.0%
Shrewsbury Town 3.8%
Crawley Town 5.0%
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 11.5%
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4.7%
Fleetwood Town 2.9%
Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves 2.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Rushall Olympic 1 24/25 24/25 43 2 1 1,384
Wrexham AFC 3 21/22 23/24 55 1 0 1,415
Scunthorpe United 1 23/24 23/24 11 2 0 342
Morecambe FC 1 20/21 20/21 37 3 4 555
Stockport County 1 19/20 19/20 9 2 0 246
FC Halifax Town 1 19/20 19/20 27 10 0 175
Kidderminster Harriers 1 18/19 18/19 15 0 0 0
Cheltenham Town 1 18/19 18/19 8 0 1 0
Brackley Town 1 18/19 18/19 5 1 0 245
Exeter City 2 16/17 17/18 71 10 9 1,189
Shrewsbury Town 2 13/14 15/16 20 4 0 301
Crawley Town 1 15/16 15/16 6 1 0 396
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 4 12/13 15/16 32 14 5 910
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 12/13 14/15 19 2 2 371
Fleetwood Town 1 14/15 14/15 19 4 3 228
Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves 2 10/11 11/12 16 3 2 160

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

4€38K8€75K11€113K15€150K11/12 — 3 goals (Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves)11/12 — 2 assists511/1212/13 — 9 goals (Wolverhampton Wanderers U21)12/13 — 6 assists1512/1313/14 — 9 goals (Wolverhampton Wanderers)913/1414/15 — 4 goals (Fleetwood Town)14/15 — 4 assists814/1515/16 — 3 goals (Crawley Town)315/1616/17 — 7 goals (Exeter City)16/17 — 4 assists1116/1717/18 — 3 goals (Exeter City)17/18 — 5 assists817/1818/19 — 1 goals (Brackley Town)18/19 — 1 assists218/1919/20 — 12 goals (Stockport County)1219/2020/21 — 3 goals (Morecambe FC)20/21 — 4 assists720/2121/22 — 1 goals (Wrexham AFC)121/2223/24 — 2 goals (Scunthorpe United)223/2424/25 — 2 goals (Rushall Olympic)24/25 — 1 assists324/2514/15 — €150K15/16 — €150K16/17 — €150K23/24 — €150KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

10/11: 0010/1111/12: 3311/1212/13: 9912/1313/14: 9913/1414/15: 4414/1515/16: 3315/1616/17: 7716/1717/18: 3317/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 121219/2020/21: 3320/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 2223/2424/25: 2224/25

Assists by season

10/11: 0010/1111/12: 2211/1212/13: 6612/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 4414/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 4416/1717/18: 5517/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 4420/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 1124/25
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
24/25 FA Cup Rushall Olympic 1 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 National League North Rushall Olympic 42 2 1 5 0 1,384
23/24 EFL Cup Wrexham AFC 0 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 EFL Trophy Wrexham AFC 4 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 FA Cup Wrexham AFC 0 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 League Two Wrexham AFC 2 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 National League North Scunthorpe United 10 2 0 0 1 342
23/24 NL North Play-offs Scunthorpe United 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 FA Cup Wrexham AFC 4 0 0 1 0 0
22/23 National League Wrexham AFC 11 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 FA Cup Wrexham AFC 1 0 0 1 0 0
21/22 National League Wrexham AFC 32 1 0 2 1 1,415
21/22 National League Playoffs Wrexham AFC 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 EFL Cup Morecambe FC 3 0 1 0 0 0
20/21 EFL Trophy Morecambe FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 FA Cup Morecambe FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 League Two Morecambe FC 28 2 1 0 0 321
20/21 League Two Play-Offs Morecambe FC 3 1 2 0 0 234
19/20 National League Stockport County 9 2 0 1 0 246
19/20 National League FC Halifax Town 27 10 0 0 0 175
18/19 EFL Cup Cheltenham Town 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 EFL Trophy Cheltenham Town 1 0 1 0 0 0
18/19 FA Cup Cheltenham Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 League Two Cheltenham Town 6 0 0 1 0 0
18/19 National League North Kidderminster Harriers 15 0 0 1 0 0
18/19 National League North Brackley Town 5 1 0 0 0 245
17/18 EFL Cup Exeter City 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 EFL Trophy Exeter City 2 1 0 0 0 146
17/18 FA Cup Exeter City 3 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 League Two Exeter City 29 2 5 1 0 749
17/18 League Two Play-Offs Exeter City 0 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 EFL Cup Exeter City 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 EFL Trophy Exeter City 3 2 2 0 0 124
16/17 FA Cup Exeter City 0 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 League Two Exeter City 31 5 2 2 0 170
16/17 League Two Play-Offs Exeter City 0 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 FA Cup Shrewsbury Town 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 FL Trophy Shrewsbury Town 2 1 0 0 0 141
15/16 League Cup Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 League One Shrewsbury Town 8 0 0 1 0 0
15/16 League Two Crawley Town 6 1 0 1 0 396
15/16 U21 PL Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 3 1 0 0 0 270
14/15 Championship Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 FA Cup Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 League Cup Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 1 0 0 0
14/15 League One Fleetwood Town 19 4 3 0 0 228
14/15 U21 PL Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 EFL Trophy Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 1 0 0 0 133
13/14 League Cup Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 League One Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 1 0 0 0 238
13/14 League One Shrewsbury Town 9 3 0 0 0 160
13/14 U21 PL Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 7 4 0 0 0 150
12/13 Championship Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 1 0 0 0
12/13 U21 PL Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 11 7 1 0 0 118
12/13 U21 PL Elite Group Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 9 2 4 0 0 372
11/12 Reserve League Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves 13 3 2 0 0 160
10/11 Reserve League Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves 3 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
11/12 2011-07-01 Wolves U18 Wolves Res. Transfer 0
13/14 2013-07-01 Wolves U21 Wolves Transfer 0
13/14 2013-10-10 Wolves Shrewsbury Loan 0
13/14 2013-12-06 Shrewsbury Wolves Return from loan 0
14/15 2014-10-02 Wolves Fleetwood Loan 150000
14/15 2014-10-30 Fleetwood Wolves Return from loan 150000
14/15 2015-01-15 Wolves Fleetwood Loan 150000
14/15 2015-05-31 Fleetwood Wolves Return from loan 150000
15/16 2015-07-09 Wolves Shrewsbury Loan 150000
15/16 2016-01-01 Shrewsbury Wolves Return from loan 150000
15/16 2016-03-10 Wolves Crawley Town Loan 150000
15/16 2016-05-31 Crawley Town Wolves Return from loan 150000
16/17 2016-07-01 Wolves Exeter City Transfer 150000
18/19 2018-07-28 Exeter City Cheltenham Transfer 0
18/19 2018-12-15 Cheltenham Brackley Loan 0
18/19 2019-01-15 Brackley Cheltenham Return from loan 0
18/19 2019-01-18 Cheltenham Kidderminster Loan 0
18/19 2019-02-18 Kidderminster Cheltenham Return from loan 0
19/20 2019-08-07 Cheltenham Halifax Town Transfer 0
19/20 2020-01-14 Halifax Town Stockport Transfer 0
20/21 2020-08-04 Stockport Morecambe FC Transfer 0
21/22 2021-07-09 Morecambe FC Wrexham Transfer 0
23/24 2024-02-15 Wrexham Scunthorpe Utd. Transfer 150000
24/25 2024-08-09 Scunthorpe Utd. Rushall Transfer 0

No recorded injuries.

Current
Peak€150k
Low
Δ since start−€150k
€38k€75k€113k€150k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #28031 3 1 former national player
Team #25790 0 0 former national player
Team #21103 #14 1 0 former national player
Team #17621 2 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Paul Mullin 2 0 0
Sam Lavelle 1 0 0
Ethan Ebanks-Landell 1 0 0
Ollie Watkins 2 6 0
Danny King 1 0 0
Paul White 1 0 0
Michael Ihiekwe 1 1 0
Ollie Palmer 2 0 0
Jack Price 1 2 0
Jordan Tillson 2 0 0
Jake Taylor 1 2 0
James Jones 2 0 0
Aaron Hayden 2 0 0
Craig Woodman 2 0 0
Luke Young 2 0 0
Jordan Moore-Taylor 2 0 0
Pierce Sweeney 1 1 0
Christy Pym 2 0 0
Lloyd James 2 1 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
19/20 National League Stockport County 12 36
12/13 U21 PL Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 7 11
16/17 League Two Exeter City 5 31

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
17/18 League Two Exeter City 5 29
12/13 U21 PL Elite Group Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 4 9
14/15 League One Fleetwood Town 3 19

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
18/19 2019-02-18 Kidderminster Cheltenham Return from loan
18/19 2019-01-18 Cheltenham Kidderminster Loan
18/19 2019-01-15 Brackley Cheltenham Return from loan
18/19 2018-12-15 Cheltenham Brackley Loan
15/16 2016-05-31 Crawley Town Wolves Return from loan €150k
15/16 2016-03-10 Wolves Crawley Town Loan €150k
15/16 2016-01-01 Shrewsbury Wolves Return from loan €150k
15/16 2015-07-09 Wolves Shrewsbury Loan €150k
14/15 2015-05-31 Fleetwood Wolves Return from loan €150k
14/15 2015-01-15 Wolves Fleetwood Loan €150k
14/15 2014-10-30 Fleetwood Wolves Return from loan €150k
14/15 2014-10-02 Wolves Fleetwood Loan €150k
13/14 2013-12-06 Shrewsbury Wolves Return from loan
13/14 2013-10-10 Wolves Shrewsbury Loan

Teams faced most often by Liam McAlinden's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Northampton Town 84 26 26 32 102 106 -4 31%
Stevenage FC 83 27 26 30 97 102 -5 33%
Port Vale FC 82 29 18 35 96 110 -14 35%
Bradford City 82 28 25 29 102 99 +3 34%
Walsall FC 82 28 23 31 105 104 +1 34%
Colchester United 80 33 29 18 121 90 +31 41%
Crewe Alexandra 79 27 18 34 100 110 -10 34%
Swindon Town 77 28 20 29 111 122 -11 36%
Carlisle United 76 24 26 26 95 101 -6 32%
Mansfield Town 76 27 13 36 90 114 -24 36%
Cheltenham Town 76 35 12 29 98 95 +3 46%
Accrington Stanley 75 31 18 26 110 102 +8 41%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
10/11 Senior debut season
11/12 First senior goal
19/20 Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 43 1,384 5 0 0 0.33
23/24 17 342 0 0 1 0.26
22/23 15 0 1 0 0 0
21/22 34 1,415 3 0 1 0.25
19/20 36 421 1 0 0 0.21
18/19 28 245 2 0 0 0.73
17/18 35 895 1 0 0 0.1
16/17 36 294 2 0 0 0.61
15/16 20 807 2 0 0 0.22

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

National League
79 apps
13 G
0 A
U21 PL
23 apps
12 G
1 A
League Two
102 apps
10 G
8 A
League One
43 apps
8 G
3 A
FL Trophy
16 apps
5 G
3 A
National League North
72 apps
5 G
1 A
Reserve League
16 apps
3 G
2 A
U21 PL Elite Group
9 apps
2 G
4 A
League Two Play-Offs
3 apps
1 G
2 A
League Cup
9 apps
0 G
2 A

Frequently asked about Liam McAlinden

Who is Liam McAlinden?

Liam McAlinden is an Ireland professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Rushall Olympic.

How old is Liam McAlinden?

Liam McAlinden is 32 years old. He was born on September 26, 1993 in Cannock.

What position does Liam McAlinden play?

Liam McAlinden plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Liam McAlinden play for?

Liam McAlinden currently plays for Rushall Olympic.

How many career goals has Liam McAlinden scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Liam McAlinden has scored 59 goals in 393 appearances.