Liam Kerrigan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Liam Thomas Kerrigan | ||
| Date of birth | 9 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Sligo, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Renate | ||
| Number | 47 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2018 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Sligo Rovers | 23 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | UCD | 74 | (20) |
| 2022–2025 | Como | 12 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Novara (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Beveren (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | Ternana | 16 | (4) |
| 2026– | Renate | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2022 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 3 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:02, 16 August 2026 (UTC) | |||
Liam Thomas Kerrigan (born 9 May 2000) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie C Group A club AC Renate.
Club career
Tubbercurry, County Sligo native[2][3] Kerrigan started his career with Sligo Rovers.[4][5][6] After three years with UCD, he signed for Como in Serie B in July 2022.[7][8][9] On 21 August 2022, Kerrigan made his league debut for the club and also scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw away to Pisa.[10] Kerrigan suffered a long term injury in September 2022, tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.[11] He made his return on 13 August 2023, when he made his first appearance in just under a year by coming off the bench in a 1–0 loss away to Serie A side Lecce in the Coppa Italia.[12]
On 26 January 2024, Kerrigan moved on loan to Serie C club Novara until the end of the season.[13][14]
On 30 August 2024, Kerrigan signed for Belgian side Beveren on loan.[15][16]
On 21 August 2025, Kerrigan signed a two-year contract with Serie C side Ternana.[17][18] He scored 4 goals in 20 appearances with Ternana, before departing the club at the end of the season after they entered bankruptcy, with the squad not paid several months of their wages.[19]
On 14 July 2026, Kerrigan signed a two-year contract with Serie C club Renate.[20]
Personal life
His brother Sean Kerrigan is a professional footballer.[21] The pair are first cousins of Johnny Kenny, who is also a professional footballer, playing for Scottish Premiership champions Celtic.[22]
Career statistics
- As of match played on 15 August 2026[23]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sligo Rovers | 2018 | LOI Premier Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| UCD | 2019 | LOI Premier Division | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 0[d] | 0 | 10 | 5 | |
| 2020 | LOI First Division | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[e] | 0 | 21 | 5 | ||
| 2021 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 1 | — | 4[f] | 0 | 35 | 13 | |||
| 2022 | LOI Premier Division | 19 | 2 | — | — | — | 19 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 74 | 20 | 6 | 5 | — | 5 | 0 | 85 | 25 | |||
| Como | 2022–23 | Serie B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | – | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Novara (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie C | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Beveren (loan) | 2024–25 | Challenger Pro League | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||
| Ternana | 2025–26 | Serie C | 16 | 4 | — | 4 | 0 | 0[g] | 0 | 20 | 4 | |
| Renate | 2026–27 | Serie C | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 159 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 169 | 33 | ||
- ↑ Includes FAI Cup, Coppa Italia & Belgian Cup
- ↑ Includes League of Ireland Cup & Coppa Italia Serie C
- ↑ Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
- ↑ Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup
- ↑ Appearances in the 2020 League of Ireland First Division Promotion play-offs
- ↑ Appearances in the 2021 League of Ireland First Division Promotion play-offs
- ↑ Appearances in 2025–26 Serie C Promotion Playoffs
References
- ↑ "Liam Kerrigan" (in Italian). Como 1907. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Liam Kerrigan on incredible year that saw Sligo native sign for Serie B side Como: 'I have to pinch myself every now and then'". Irish Independent. 11 January 2023.
- ↑ "Tubbercurry soccer star on the move - sport - Western People". westernpeople.ie. 4 February 2025.
- ↑ "Last year, he was working in SuperValu. Now, he's representing Ireland". the42.ie.
- ↑ "Kerrigan's rise is no surprise". independent.ie.
- ↑ "'Last year was so interrupted by Covid, but this year I have been able to have a proper run at it' - Liam Kerrigan on his good form as UCD's playoff push continues". extratime.com.
- ↑ "'I'll keep an eye out for Fabregas. It would be incredible to play with a World Cup winner'". the42.ie.
- ↑ "Liam Kerrigan on his Serie B leap & remarkable 12-month rise". punditarena.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ↑ "Commerce grad Liam Kerrigan makes calculated risk with move to Serie B side Como". independent.ie.
- ↑ "TheJournal.ie - Liam Kerrigan scores on Serie B debut but Como denied by 90th-minute equaliser". www.the42.ie.
- ↑ Fallon, John (19 September 2022). "Como 1907's Irish striker Liam Kerrigan tears ACL". Irish Examiner.
- ↑ "Coppa Italia (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports.
- ↑ "Liam Kerrigan è un calciatore del Novara FC" [Liam Kerrigan is a footballer for Novara FC] (in Italian). Novara. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ↑ Massara, Filippo (26 January 2024). "Calcio, l'irlandese Kerrigan è il decimo rinforzo del mercato del Novara". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ↑ Poloni, Chiara (31 August 2024). "Liam Kerrigan on loan to S.K. Beveren". Como 1907.
- ↑ "Sligo's Liam Kerrigan joins Belgian side SK Beveren on loan from Como". Irish Independent. 2 September 2024.
- ↑ "Dal Como a titolo definitivo arriva l'esterno Liam Kerrigan" [Liam Kerrigan arrives from Como on a permanent deal.] (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ "Liam Kerrigan signs for Serie C side Ternana as Como 1907 confirm Sligo man's departure". Irish Independent. 21 August 2025.
- ↑ https://www.independent.ie/county/sligo/id-say-im-the-only-man-here-who-drinks-a-cappuccino-after-lunch-sligo-footballer-liam-kerrigan-on-living-the-italian-dream/a/151243443.html
- ↑ https://www.acrenate.it/2016/ufficiale-liam-kerrigan-firma-un-biennale-con-le-pantere/
- ↑ "Sligo's Sean Kerrigan joins Galway United after successful spell in US collegiate system". Irish Independent. 27 January 2025.
- ↑ "'I have shown I'm good enough' – Liam Kerrigan's journey from minor GAA in Sligo to playing alongside Fabregas in Italy". Independent.ie. 25 April 2023.
- ↑ Liam Kerrigan at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Association footballers from Sligo (town)
- Living people
- 21st-century Irish sportsmen
- Men's association football forwards
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football wingers
- Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
- Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers
- Sligo Rovers F.C. players
- University College Dublin A.F.C. players
- Como 1907 players
- Novara FC players
- SK Beveren players
- Ternana Calcio players
- AC Renate players
- League of Ireland players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
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- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
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