Jamie Harney

Jamie Harney
Personal information
Full name Jamie Joseph Harney[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-04) 4 March 1996 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth Plumbridge, Northern Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Omagh United Youth
2010–2012 Maiden City Academy
2012–2014 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 West Ham United 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Colchester United (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2016 Colchester United 4 (0)
2017–2022 Cliftonville 118 (6)
2023 St Kilda 3 (0)
International career‡
2012 Northern Ireland U16 5 (1)
2012–2013 Northern Ireland U17 11 (0)
2013–2014 Northern Ireland U19 9 (0)
2014 Northern Ireland U20 2 (0)
2014 Northern Ireland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:21 1 July 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:19, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Jamie Joseph Harney (born 4 March 1996) is a Northern Irish professional football defender who last played for NIFL Premiership side Cliftonville.

After a two-year spell with Derry-based Maiden City Academy, Harney joined West Ham United. He continued his development with the club's Academy, featuring for the under-18 and under-21 sides. He joined Colchester United on a youth loan in November 2014, making his professional debut the same month. The deal was then made permanent in January 2015. He made five appearances before being released in September 2016. He joined Cliftonville in summer 2017.

Harney has represented Northern Ireland at youth level, receiving caps at under-16, under-17, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels.[4]

Club career

West Ham United

Born in Plumbridge, Northern Ireland,[3] after spending time with Omagh United Youth,[5] Harney joined the Maiden City Academy based in Derry in August 2010, where he spent two years prior to signing for English Premier League side West Ham United in July 2012 as a first-year scholar.[4] In his first season with the club, he amassed 17 under-18 appearances and scored two goals. He also made his under-21 debut the same season, featuring as a substitute at Norwich City on 17 October 2012. He scored his first West Ham goal in an FA Youth Cup third round victory over Aldershot Town on 10 December 2012, powering a header into the back of the net to give the Hammers a 2–0 lead.[6][7]

In the 2013–14 season, Harney made a further 16 appearances for the under-18 side, scoring once, and made eight under-21 appearances, starting each game.[6]

Colchester United loan

After teaming up with Colchester United's Academy and appearing in their Essex Senior Cup penalty shoot-out defeat to Concord Rangers on 28 October 2014,[8] Harney joined the League One club on a youth loan deal until 12 January 2015.[9] However, on 13 November, Colchester manager Tony Humes confirmed that Harney had agreed to a one-and-a-half-year permanent contract with the club.[10]

Harney made his professional and Football League debut on 29 November 2014. He came on as a substitute for forward Rhys Healey in a tactical substitution following fellow loanee Will Packwood's red card for a foul in the penalty area. He arrived in the 72nd minute after Milton Keynes Dons had converted the penalty kick through Ben Reeves, when the score was 5–0. Ten-man Colchester eventually lost the game at Stadium mk 6–0.[11] This was to be his only appearance of his loan spell.[12]

Colchester United

On 28 January 2015, it was confirmed that Harney had joined Colchester United on a permanent basis, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract to keep him at the Colchester Community Stadium until the summer of 2016.[13] He made what was his second debut for the club on 20 February 2016 when he replaced Darren Ambrose after 35-minutes of Colchester's 5–2 defeat to Bury after fellow defender Tom Eastman was sent off for a second bookable offence.[14]

Harney made his first start for the club on 5 March 2016 during Colchester's 2–0 defeat by Port Vale at Vale Park.[15] After making four League One appearances during the season,[16] Harney was offered a new contract at the end of the campaign.[17][18] He signed a new one-year deal on 6 July 2016.[19]

His contract was terminated by mutual consent on 9 September 2016 after failing to break into John McGreal's squad in the 2016–17 campaign.[20]

Cliftonville

In May 2017 it was announced that, following a break from the game, Harney had signed for NIFL Premiership club Cliftonville on a free transfer.[5][21]

International career

Harney has been capped by Northern Ireland at all age-group levels.[6] He made five appearances and scored once at under-16 level.[4] At under-17 level, he helped his side qualify for the elite round of the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship,[7] making eleven appearances in the age group.[4] He captained the under-19 side to the 2014 Milk Cup Elite under-19 title after a 1–0 win over Canada on 1 August 2014.[22] Harney made nine appearances at under-19 level for Northern Ireland, and two at under-20 level.[4]

Harney was handed his under-21 debut by Jim Magilton on 9 September 2014 in their final 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match, in which they were defeated 4–1 at Shamrock Park.[23]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 November 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Ham United 2014–15[12] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Colchester United (loan) 2014–15[12] League One 1 0 – – – 1 0
Colchester United 2014–15[12] League One 0 0 – – – 0 0
2015–16[16] League One 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2016–17[24] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Cliftonville 2017–18[25] NIFL Premiership 10 0 0 0 1 0 – 11 0
Career total 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0

Honours

Northern Ireland U19

Cliftonville

References

  1. ^ "List of Temporary Transfers of Players under Written Contract Between 01/11/2014 and 30/11/2014" (PDF). The Football Association. 30 November 2014. p. 13. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  2. ^ Jamie Harney at Soccerbase
  3. ^ a b "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Jamie Harney". Irish Football Association. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b Nethery, Tommy (26 May 2017). "Harney snapped up by Reds". Ulster Herald. Omagh. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "U21s – Squad 2014/15". West Ham United FC. 23 September 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Harney's a happy Hammer". Ulster Herald. Omagh. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Beachboys are spot on after beating Colchester United on penalties in Essex Senior Cup". Echo. Southend-on-Sea. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  9. ^ Brammer, Chris (12 November 2014). "Colchester United sign West Ham defender Jamie Harney". East Anglian Daily Times. Ipswich. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  10. ^ Spurgeon, Simon (13 November 2014). "Hewitt rejoins U's on loan and Harney pens a deal". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  11. ^ "MK Dons 6–0 Colchester". BBC Sport. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  12. ^ a b c d "Games played by Jamie Harney in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  13. ^ Brammer, Chris (28 January 2015). "Colchester United sign former West Ham defender Jamie Harney on permanent basis". East Anglian Daily Times. Ipswich. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  14. ^ "Bury 5–2 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  15. ^ "Port Vale 2–0 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  16. ^ a b "Games played by Jamie Harney in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  17. ^ Hudson, Matt (20 May 2016). "U's Retained List". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  18. ^ "Colchester United: Joe Edwards and Nicky Shorey among nine to depart". BBC Sport. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  19. ^ "Jamie Harney signs one-year deal to stay at Colchester United". Daily Gazette. Colchester. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  20. ^ Waldron, Jonathan (9 September 2016). "Former West Ham United defender Jamie Harney has left Colchester United by mutual consent". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  21. ^ Fullerton, Gareth (26 May 2017). "All you need to know about Cliftonville's new signing Jamie Harney". Belfast Live. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  22. ^ a b "Milk Cup 2014: Wins for Man Utd, NI and Corinthians". BBC Sport. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  23. ^ "Euro 2015 qualifier: N Ireland U21 1–4 Serbia U21". BBC Sport. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  24. ^ "Games played by Jamie Harney in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  25. ^ "J. Harney". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2017.