Richie Foran

Ireland

Born in Dublin, Foran started his career in Ireland with St Patrick's Athletic but failed to make a first team appearance, before signing for fellow League of Ireland club Shelbourne in 2000. He finished his first season in the league by winning the PFAI Young Player of the Year award. Also during his debut season with Shelbourne, he scored home and away against Rosenborg in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, and made his debut for the Republic of Ireland under-21 international team in Cyprus.

Carlisle

In 2001, manager Roddy Collins spent £120,000 to secure Foran's signature for Carlisle United, in England. While at Brunton Park he scored twenty-nine goals, with sixteen of them coming in the 2001–2002 season, helping Carlisle to a respectable mid-table finish – despite the club's recent history of battling to stay in The Football League. Over the next two seasons, Carlisle struggled and Foran found it difficult to score goals. He had a short loan spell at Oxford United during the 2003–2004 season, but at the end of the campaign, Carlisle United were relegated. During his time at Carlisle, he had a highly publicised 'fight' in the tunnel with Huddersfield Town's Steve Yates after a series of fouls committed by Foran in the first-half. Both were sent-off, Yates lost a front tooth and Foran picked up a five-match ban.

Motherwell

Foran moved to Scottish Premier League outfit Motherwell on a free transfer in 2004, where…

Inverness manager

On 30 May 2016, Foran was appointed manager of Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a four-year contract. When he was appointed manager, Foran also announced his retirement from playing. During the summer, Inverness signed Billy King on loan from Hearts, Kevin McNaughton, Jake Mulraney and Scott Boden. Inverness managed to progress through their 2016–17 Scottish League Cup group, but then lost their first league game (2–0 at Partick Thistle) and were knocked out of the League Cup by League One side Alloa. This was followed by league defeats to Ross County and Hearts. Foran took blame for the loss to Hearts and promised to get better results and a few more players in to strengthen the squad. Before the international break Foran signed Lonsana Doumbouya, Brad McKay and Larnell Cole. Inverness got their first league win of the season before the international break in late August, a 2–1 home win against St Johnstone. Despite winning Manager of the month in September, Inverness continued to struggle throughout the season where they failed to win a single league game between 29 October to 24 February and won once in a 23-game span from October 29 to April 29, and were relegated to the Championship on the final day of the season despite three wins in the last four games and thanks to Hamilton Academical 4–0 win against Dundee. On Monday 29 May, nine days after relegation to the Championship Foran was relieved of his duties as Inverness boss.

Carlisle United

Football League Trophy runner-up: 2002–03 Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Scottish First Division: 2009–10 Scottish Cup: 2014–15 Individual

PFAI Young Player of the Year: 2000–01 SPFL Player of the Month: August 2013 Gaelic Football St Joseph's/O'Connell Boys Dublin Junior B Gaelic Football Championship: 2004