Chris Forrester

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Chris Forrester
Forrester with St Patrick's Athletic in 2015
Personal information
Full name Christopher Stephen Forrester[1]
Date of birth (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 St Patrick's Athletic
Number 8
Youth career
Smithfield United
2005–2008 Bohemians
2008–2010 Belvedere
2010 Bohemians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Bohemians 20 (1)
2012–2015 St Patrick's Athletic 111 (38)
2015–2018 Peterborough United 107 (6)
2018–2019 Aberdeen 5 (0)
2019– St Patrick's Athletic 165 (30)
International career
2013 Republic of Ireland U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:44, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Christopher Stephen Forrester (born 17 December 1992) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland Premier Division. He has also previously played for Bohemians, Peterborough United, Aberdeen and the Republic of Ireland under-21's. In March 2016 he was called up to the Republic of Ireland senior squad but has yet to be capped.

Club career

Youth career

Forrester started his schoolboy career with his local team, Smithfield, where he stayed for three seasons. He played for

FAI Under–17 Cup in 2010 by beating Carragaline United.[2]
After moving to the senior ranks, he rejoined
Dr. Tony O'Neill Cup final, although they were defeated in both.[3][4]

Bohemians

With the financial uncertainty at

Olimpija Ljubljana. Forrester capped the off the season by being awarded the club's Young Player of the Year award for 2011.[8] During the season, Chris also spent time on trial at Mick McCarthy's Wolverhampton Wanderers and Watford.[9]

St Patrick's Athletic

2012 season

Forrester joined St Patrick's Athletic on 12 January 2012 on a 2-year contract. He started the season off well, his impressive form in pre-season earned him a start in the league opener against

AWD-Arena). During the European run, Pats league form dropped but he did score away to U.C.D in a disappointing 1–1 draw.[16]
Arguably Forrester's best form of the season was in the last two months, as he set up
Sean O'Connor opened the scoring with as the Saints lost their 7th FAI Cup final in a row and failed to end their 51-year drought in the FAI Cup.[22] After his first season at Pats ended, at the club's Player of the Year Awards night on 9 November 2012, he received the Supporters Young Player of the Year Award[23] and the Goal of the Season Award for his famous lob against Shamrock Rovers.[24] The following night, he won the PFAI Young Player of the Year Award, as voted by his fellow League of Ireland players.[25] He also received more exposure in the World's media when he was named as number 28 in the hugely popular football website 101 Great Goals' list of the top 101 Youngsters in the World in 2012.[26]

2013 season

Having just been called into the

2013 League of Ireland, with Forrester coming in from the bench in the second half.[34] A week later he picked up the first winners medal in professional football as the Saints lifted the league trophy following a 1–1 draw with Derry City. Forrester finished the season with a goal in a 4–2 loss against Cork City at Turners Cross in front of Republic of Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane.[35] Forrester was voted the 2013 St Patrick's Athletic Young Player of the Season by supporters, his third club Young Player of the Year award in three years.[36]

2014 season

During the off season in the

2014 FAI Cup Final, the club's first FAI Cup win in 53 years.[45][46] He scored 12 goals in 45 appearances in all competitions over the season.[47]

2015 season

Forrester's first goal of the 2015 season was on 28 February 2015 in the 2015 President of Ireland's Cup, a 2–1 loss to Dundalk at Oriel Park.[48] He scored a brace on 26 June 2015 in a 3–0 win over Longford Town at Richmond Park.[49] On 7 August 2015, Forrester opened the scoring in a 2–0 win over Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght Stadium to equal a club record of 8 straight league wins.[50] His last game for the club was on 23 August 2015 in a 4–0 FAI Cup loss to Cork City at Turners Cross.[51] Forrester scored 12 goals in 33 appearances in all competitions during the season before departing the club.[47]

Peterborough United

On 29 August 2015, Forrester signed a 3-year deal with

QPR, and Derby County on the opening day of the January 2017 transfer window. On 8 January 2017, Forrester captained the side against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the FA Cup Third Round.[59] Forrester was removed as club captain in June 2017.[60] On 6 January 2018, he played the full 90 minutes as his side beat Aston Villa 3–1 at Villa Park in the FA Cup Third Round.[61] During the 2017–18 season he fell out of favour, and was transfer listed by manager Steve Evans.[62]

Aberdeen

Forrester signed a three-year contract with

Pittodrie.[65] He had his contract mutually terminated in January 2019 citing personal issues.[66] Forrester made 8 appearances in all competitions during his time at the club.[47]

Return to St Patrick's Athletic

2019 season

Following the termination of his contract at Aberdeen on 22 January 2019, Forrester signed a three-year deal to return to St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland Premier Division the following day, he was announced as part of a double signing with Scottish midfielder Rhys McCabe who had joined from Sligo Rovers.[67] He made his returning debut for the club on 15 February 2019 in a 1–0 win over Cork City at Richmond Park on the opening night of the season.[68] His first goal since his return to the club came in a 3–0 win over Wexford in the Leinster Senior Cup as he collected a Cian Coleman pass before setting himself to rifle into the top corner from 25 yards.[69] Forrester's first league goal of the season came in a 2–1 win over Sligo Rovers on 19 April 2019, as he controlled a loose ball on his chest before looping a volley over Mitchell Beeney in goal to open the scoring.[70] Forrester received the Man of the Match award after a 0–0 draw with Bohemians on 18 October 2019.[71] He followed this up with another Man of the Match performance by scoring the equaliser in a 3–1 win away to Derry City 4 days later.[72]

2020 season

Forrester started off the

The Showgrounds.[73] On 26 September 2020, Forrester ended the club's longest goal drought in its history, scoring a 25 yard screamer into the top left corner to help his side beat Dublin rivals Shelbourne 2–0 at Richmond Park, ending a run of 709 goalless minutes spanning over 6 matches without a goal for the team.[74] He played in 18 of the club's 19 league and cup games over the course of the shortened season due to the Coronavirus pandemic, as his side missed out on European football on the final day of the season, finishing in 6th place.[75] His goal against Shelbourne was voted by fans as the club's Goal of the Season, Forrester's third time winning the award with the club.[76]

2021 season

The

2021 FAI Cup Final, as his side defeated rivals Bohemians 4–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time in front of a record FAI Cup Final crowd of 37,126 at the Aviva Stadium.[92][93]

2022 season

Forrester signed a new long term contract with Pat's on 6 December 2021.[94][95][96] On 11 February 2022, he started in the 2022 President of Ireland's Cup against Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght Stadium, missing his penalty in the shootout as his side lost 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw.[97] Forrester scored his first goal of the season on 4 March 2022, heading in a Darragh Burns corner in the 54th minute of a 1–0 win over rivals Shamrock Rovers at a sold out Richmond Park.[98][99] On 21 July 2022, Forrester scored his first career goal at European level when he scored the equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Slovenian side NŠ Mura in the UEFA Europa Conference League.[100] On 29 August 2022, he scored the second goal in a 3–1 win away to Bohemians, his first goal at Dalymount Park since 2012.[101] 4 days later he opened the scoring in a 2–1 win at home to Finn Harps for his side's 4th win in a row.[102] His third goal in 3 games came on 9 September 2022 in a 2–0 win away to Drogheda United when he scored a 95th minute penalty to help his team to their fifth consecutive win.[103] On 7 October 2022, he scored the scoring with a 25 yard strike into the top corner in a crucial 2–1 win for his side away to Dundalk in the race for Europe.[104] His goal against NŠ Mura was voted by supporters as the winner of the Goal of the Season award at the club's awards night, Forrester's 4th time winning the award.[105] Forrester was also voted by his fellow professionals as being in the PFAI Team of the Year for 2022, his second year running being voted in.[106]

2023 season

Forrester scored his first goal of the

PFAI Player of the Year award, alongside Jonathan Afolabi and Ruairí Keating.[121] On 2 December 2023, he was named PFAI Players' Player of the Year for the first time in his career.[122][123]

2024 season

On 20 December 2024, it was announced that Forrester had signed a new long term contract with the club, with owner Garrett Kelleher stating "Chris and I met up a week or so ago, we spoke about life and football for three hours and then he told me he doesn't want to play for any other club. We shook hands on a deal that took five minutes for the rest of his career.".[124][125] He scored his first goal of the season on 22 January in a Leinster Senior Cup game away to Usher Celtic by opening the scoring with the rebound of his penalty that had been saved.[126]

International career

After a fantastic

Drogheda United.[27] Forrester retained his place in the Republic of Ireland under 21 squad for the Friendly game against Portugal under 21s when Noel King made his squad announcement on 13 March 2013.[129] He came on from the bench at half time in a 2–1 loss for the Republic of Ireland at Oriel Park.[130]

Forrester received his first call-up to the senior Republic of Ireland squad on 11 March 2016 for Ireland's friendlies against Switzerland and Slovakia.[131]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 April 2024[132]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bohemians 2011 LOI Premier Division 20 1 2 0 1 0 1[c] 0 3[d] 1 27 2
St Patrick's Athletic 2012 LOI Premier Division 25 7 5 0 1 0 5[c] 0 2[e] 2 38 9
2013 32 9 3 0 1 0 2[c] 0 4[f] 0 42 9
2014 30 11 5 0 1 0 2[g] 0 7[h] 1 45 12
2015 24 11 2 0 3 0 2[c] 0 2[i] 1 33 12
Total 111 38 15 0 6 0 11 0 15 4 158 42
Peterborough United 2015–16 League One 35 2 5 0 — — 1[j] 0 41 2
2016–17 43 4 4 0 2 0 — 1[j] 0 50 4
2017–18 29 0 5 0 1 0 — 3[j] 0 38 0
Total 107 6 14 0 3 0 — 5 0 129 6
Aberdeen 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 5 0 0 0 2 0 1[c] 0 — 8 0
St Patrick's Athletic 2019 LOI Premier Division 30 2 1 0 1 0 0[c] 0 2[k] 1 34 3
2020 17 2 1 0 — — — 18 2
2021 35 8 4 2 — — — 39 10
2022 34 5 1 0 — 4[l] 1 1[m] 0 40 6
2023 36 13 5 2 — 2[l] 0 1[k] 0 44 15
2024 13 0 0 0 — 0[n] 0 3[o] 1 16 1
Total 165 30 12 4 1 0 6 1 7 2 191 37
Career total 408 75 43 4 13 0 19 1 30 7 514 87
  1. ^ Includes FAI Cup, FAI Cup & Scottish Cup
  2. ^ Includes League of Ireland Cup, EFL Cup & Scottish League Cup
  3. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ One appearance in the Setanta Sports Cup; two appearances, one goal in the Leinster Senior Cup
  5. ^ One appearance in the Setanta Sports Cup; one appearance, two goals in the Leinster Senior Cup
  6. ^ Two appearances in the Setanta Sports Cup; two appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup
  7. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  8. ^ Four appearances, one goal in the Setanta Sports Cup; three appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup; one appearance in the President of Ireland's Cup
  9. ^ One appearance in the Leinster Senior Cup; one appearance, one goal in the President of Ireland's Cup
  10. ^ a b c Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  11. ^ a b Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup
  12. ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  13. ^ Appearance in the President of Ireland's Cup
  14. UEFA Conference League
  15. ^ 1 appearance in the President of Ireland's Cup & 2 appearances, 1 goal in the Leinster Senior Cup

Honours

Club

St Patrick's Athletic

Individual

Bohemians

St Patrick's Athletic


Peterborough United

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