Connor Randall

Connor Steven Randall (born 21 October 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club Ross County.

Connor Randall
Personal information
Full name Connor Steven Randall[1]
Date of birth (1995-10-21) 21 October 1995[2]
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Ross County
Number 2
Youth career
2001–2015 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Liverpool 3 (0)
2015 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 1 (0)
2017–2018 → Heart of Midlothian (loan) 24 (0)
2018 → Rochdale (loan) 1 (0)
2019–2020 Arda Kardzhali 10 (0)
2020– Ross County 15 (0)
National team‡
2011 England U17 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Randall was born and raised in Melling, Merseyside. He attended Melling Primary School and Maghull High School. Randall played for Waddicar Dolphins (managed by his father) from a young age and it was there at the age of six he was spotted and signed for Liverpool; during his academy career, Randall captained the Under-18s and was a regular for the under-21 team from 2013.[3][4]

On 17 January 2015, he was loaned out to League Two side Shrewsbury Town on a one-month loan deal.[5] He made his Shrewsbury Town debut on 14 February as a 90th-minute substitute, replacing Jermaine Grandison, in a 2–0 win against AFC Wimbledon at the New Meadow[6] which proved to be the only appearance of his loan.

On 17 September 2015, he got his first call up to the Liverpool senior squad for their UEFA Europa League group stage match against Bordeaux,[7] remaining an unused substitute in the 1–1 away draw.[8] On 28 October, Randall made his Reds debut in a 1–0 League Cup fourth round victory against Bournemouth at Anfield.[9][10] On 2 December, he featured in the next round of the same competition, helping Liverpool thrash Southampton 6–1 at St Mary's. On 9 December 2015, Randall signed a contract extension with Liverpool.[11] On 17 April 2016, he made his Premier League debut for the club, where Liverpool won 2–1 against Bournemouth.[12][13]

On 28 July 2017, Randall was loaned to Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian until the end of the season.[14] The following season on 23 August 2018, he joined Rochdale on loan until January 2019.[15]

He was released by Liverpool at the end of the 2018–19 season.[16]

On 12 September 2019, Randall joined newly-promoted Bulgarian First League side Arda Kardzhali on a two-year deal.[17]

Randall moved to Scottish Premiership club Ross County on 25 June 2020.[18]

International career

Randall represented England at under-17 level during the 2011 Nordic Under-17 Football Championship in 2011. He played four matches and scored one goal in the fifth place play-off match against Finland.

Club statistics
As of match played 23 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 2014–15[19] Premier League 0000000000
2015–16[20] Premier League 3020200070
2016–17[21] Premier League 001000—10
Total 3030200080
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2014–15[19] League Two 1000000010
Heart of Midlothian (loan) 2017–18[22] Scottish Premiership 2403000—270
Rochdale (loan) 2018–19 EFL League One 1000101[lower-alpha 1]030
Arda Kardzhali 2019–20 Bulgarian First League 1000000—100
Ross County 2020–21 Scottish Premiership 1500020—170
Career total 540605010660
  1. Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Barclays Premier League Squad Lists 2014/15 published". Premier League. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. "Premier League Player Profile Connor Randall". Barclays Premier League. 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  3. Jack Lusby. "Connor Randall: Profiling the academy full-back in Jurgen Klopp's first-team plans – This Is Anfield". This Is Anfield. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. James Pearce (28 October 2015). "Jurgen Klopp to give Connor Randall Liverpool FC debut against Bournemouth". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  5. "Connor Randall: Liverpool teenager joins Shrewsbury on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  6. "Shrewsbury Town 2–0 AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  7. "Tonight's confirmed #LFC starting line-up and subs in full on our matchday graphic". Liverpool. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  8. "Bordeaux 1–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  9. "Randall debuts for Liverpool". Liverpool Echo. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  10. "Liverpool 1–0 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  11. Chris Shaw (9 December 2015). "Fulton and Randall sign new Liverpool contracts". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  12. "Bournemouth 1-2 Liverpool: Roberto Firmino and Daniel Sturridge on target". Sky Sports.
  13. Jones, Neil (17 April 2016). "Bournemouth 1-2 Liverpool player ratings: Danny Ward impresses on debut, Sturridge and Allen continue to shine". liverpoolecho.
  14. "Connor Randall makes loan move to Hearts". Liverpool FC.
  15. "Connor Randall Joins On Loan From Liverpool". Rochdale A.F.C. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  16. Shaw, Chris (7 June 2019). "Liverpool confirm Premier League retained list". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  17. "АРДА с трансферна бомба, взе играч на Ливърпул (ВИДЕО)" (in Bulgarian). FC Arda Kardzhali. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  18. "Connor Comes to County". Ross County F.C. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  19. "Games played by Connor Randall in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  20. "Games played by Connor Randall in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  21. "Games played by Connor Randall in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  22. "Games played by Connor Randall in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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