Ciarán Toner
Ciarán Toner (born 30 June 1981) is a Northern Irish football coach and former professional footballer.
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Toner playing for Harrogate Town in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ciarán Toner | ||
| Date of birth | 30 June 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Craigavon, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Leyton Orient | 52 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Lincoln City | 15 | (2) |
| 2005 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Grimsby Town | 94 | (14) |
| 2008–2010 | Rochdale | 50 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Harrogate Town | 32 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | Guiseley | 44 | (6) |
| 2013–2015 | Gainsborough Trinity | 52 | (9) |
| Total | 359 | (36) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000–2003 | Northern Ireland U21 | 17 | (1) |
| 2003 | Northern Ireland | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
As a player, he played as a midfielder from 2000 to 2015. He came through the youth academy at Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur and was promoted to the club's first team during the 2000–01 season, but after loans to both Peterborough United and Bristol Rovers he was eventually released in 2002 without playing a first-team game for the club. He then spent two years with Leyton Orient before joining Lincoln City for the 2004–05 season. He was loaned out to Cambridge United later that season but ended up suffering relegation to the Conference National with Cambridge while his parent club lost out on promotion in the League Two Play-off final. Following a trial he signed for Grimsby Town the following season and remained with The Mariners for three seasons and suffered a play-off final defeat in his first year whilst finishing joint top scorer in his second season. In the summer of 2008 he joined Rochdale and was part of the side that earned promotion to League One during the 2009–10 campaign. He left the club shortly afterwards to pursue other interests and moved into non-League football for the first time in his career by signing for Conference North sides Harrogate Town, and a year later Guiseley. He remained clubless for the entire 2012–13 season to pursue a career in coaching and later joined the coaching staff at Rotherham United before returning to playing at the age of 32 when he signed with Gainsborough Trinity in September 2013 combining, both, playing and coaching. He, quickly moved up the ranks at Rotherham United from under-15 to under-18 coach in the space of 5 years ending as the lead professional development phase coach.
He has also earned two caps in 2003 for Northern Ireland and earned 17 caps, scoring once, for the Northern Ireland U21 side.
In 2020, he left Rotherham United to pursue his business interests within the industry.