Rory Donnelly

Cliftonville

Donnelly was born in Belfast. He made his Cliftonville debut on 7 September 2010, coming on as an 85th-minute substitute in a 2–0 defeat against Linfield at Windsor Park in the County Antrim Shield. He went on to make 33 league and cup appearances in the 2010–11 season, scoring 7 league goals. The 2011–12 season started well for Donnelly. In October 2011 he scored a hat-trick in a 6–2 win over Linfield in the County Antrim Shield, the same opposition in the same competition as his debut a year earlier. In November 2011 he scored four goals in a league match against Ballymena United in a 7–3 win to catch the eye of an unnamed Championship club. His good form. continued, and he scored 13 goals in his first 18 league games of the 2011–12 season to attract interest from Arsenal and Liverpool, with the latter club's manager, Kenny Dalglish, confirming they had registered their interest. Donnelly made his final appearance for Cliftonville on 17 December 2011, in a 2–1 home defeat against Coleraine. He had scored a total of 22 goals in 54 league and cup appearances spanning two seasons.

Swansea City

In December 2011, Swansea City offered £100,000 for Donnelly, before Everton bid "considerably more". The Welsh club then upped their bid and Donnelly agreed a three-and-a-half-year deal with Swansea on 30 December 2011 for an undisclosed fee. The transfer was completed on 10 January 2012, and Donnelly was given the shirt number 41. Donnelly scored on his…

In November 2011, he was called up to the Northern Ireland Under-21s for the first time, but he did not feature in the match against Serbia. In June 2013, Donnelly informed the IFA that he did not wish to be considered for selection for Northern Ireland. However, he then made his under-21 debut against Denmark in August 2013

As of 1 September 2019