Ryan Goodfellow

Ryan Goodfellow

Personal information
Full name	Ryan Lewis Goodfellow
Date of birth	26 May 1993
Place of birth	Melrose, Scotland
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	East Fife
Number	1
Youth career
2007–2012	Dunfermline Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Dunfermline Athletic	6	(0)
2015–	East Fife	21	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:11, 7 November 2016 (UTC).

Ryan Lewis Goodfellow (born 26 May 1993) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for East Fife as a goalkeeper. A product of Dunfermline Athletic's youth system, Goodfellow briefly featured in the first team before joining East Fife in May 2015.

Career

Early life

Born in Earlston, Scottish Borders, Goodfellow began his footballing career at the age of six with Earlston Rhymers Youth. As a boy he played for Hibernian under coach Jimmy Bruce and also spent some time at Celtic.

Dunfermline Athletic

While at Spartans at under-13 level, coach Paul Donnelly brought him to Dunfermline Athletic. where he spent four-years progressing through the club's youth academy before signing full-time with the under-19 squad in 2010. In 2012, he was promoted to the first team signing a one-year professional contract,^[1] where he benefited from first team coaches such as Jim Jefferies, Neil McCann, John Potter, as well as goalkeeping coaches Brian Potter and Andy Goram.

During the 2012–13 season he was a regular in the under-20 side that reached the Scottish Youth Cup Final ^[2] against Celtic at Hampden Park on 1 May 2013. The Pars lost in the final 3–1, in which Goodfellow played the full match.

Goodfellow made his first team debut on 16 November 2013 in a Scottish League One match, coming off the bench for the injured Ryan Scully in a 3–0^[3] win over Airdrieonians. His first league start came in a 1–1 draw against Ayr United on 19 April 2014,^[4] whilst also featuring twice against Rangers that season including a 1–1 draw at East End Park.^[5]

East Fife

On 18 May 2015, Goodfellow signed with Scottish League Two side East Fife.^[6] On Saturday 1 August 2015, in the first round of the Scottish League Cup, East Fife defeated Championship side Dumbarton in a penalty shoot-out, where Goodfellow saved two penalties to win the match after going behind.^[7] After playing the first 18 games of the season, he spent most of the 2nd half of the season as back-up goalkeeper with the arrival of Liam Kelly from Rangers on loan. On 16 April 2016 East Fife F.C. drew 1–1 away to Clyde winning the league. Goodfellow made 19 league appearances in the 2015/16 season.

Career statistics

As of 7th November 2016^[8]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dunfermline Athletic	2013–14	Scottish League One	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2014–15		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
East Fife	2015–16	Scottish League Two	19	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	24	0
	2016–17	Scottish League One	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6	0
	Total		21	0	2	0	4	0	3	0	30	0
Career total			27	0	2	0	4	0	3	0	36	0

References

1. "Goodfellow and Munro_sign". Dunfermline Athletic Football Club. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
2. Parks, Gordon. "Celtic 3 Dunfermline 1: Young Bhoys too strong for Pars in Youth Cup Final". Daily Record. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
3. "Airdrieonians 0 - 3 Dunfermline Athletic Team line-ups 16/11/2013 - League One - Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
4. "Ayr_United_1_Dunfermline_1". Dunfermline Athletic Football Club. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
5. "Dunfermline 1–1 Rangers: Gers complete undefeated League One campaign". Mail Online. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
6. "Goodfellow joins East Fife – Scottish Professional Football League". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
7. "Dumbarton Football Club – East Fife v Dumbarton (01/08/2015)". www.dumbartonfootballclub.com. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
8. Ryan Goodfellow career statistics at Soccerbase

External links

• Ryan Goodfellow career statistics at Soccerbase