37 Facts About Derek Riordan

Derek George Riordan was born on 16 January 1983 and is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Derek Riordan was capped three times by the Scotland national team.

Derek Riordan became one of the top young players in the Scottish Premier League, winning the young player of the year awards in 2005.

Derek Riordan signed for Celtic in 2006, but failed to hold down a regular first-team place and returned to Hibernian in 2008.

Derek Riordan totalled 104 goals in 260 appearances across all competitions in his two spells at Easter Road.

Derek Riordan left Hibs as a free agent in 2011 and signed for Chinese Super League club Shaanxi Baorong Chanba, but the two-year contract was mutually terminated after just four months.

Derek Riordan then signed for St Johnstone on a short term contract in March 2012.

Derek Riordan then signed for Bristol Rovers, but he was released after a three-month deal.

Derek Riordan has since had short spells with Alloa Athletic, Brechin City, East Fife, York City, Edinburgh City and amateurs St Bernard's.

In January 2003, Derek Riordan went on loan to Cowdenbeath, along with teammate Paul Hilland.

Derek Riordan became a first team regular the following season.

Derek Riordan was the club's top goalscorer for each of the next three seasons, with 18,23 and 20 goals respectively.

Bids from Lokomotiv Moscow and Kaiserslautern were accepted by Hibs, but Derek Riordan rejected these moves because he did not want to move overseas.

Derek Riordan made his full debut for Celtic in a Scottish League Cup tie against St Mirren, as Gordon Strachan fielded a team containing many players who were not first team regulars.

Derek Riordan had difficulty obtaining a regular place in the Celtic team; he made only 24 league appearances in two seasons with the club.

Derek Riordan publicly aired his disappointment at not being given more opportunities in the Celtic first team in April 2008, and he subsequently trained with the reserve team.

Derek Riordan made his second debut for Hibernian on 13 September 2008, when he came on as a 61st-minute substitute for Joe Keenan against Dundee United.

Derek Riordan had been omitted from Craig Levein's first Scotland squad, but Hibs manager John Hughes commented that Derek Riordan had "worked very hard" in trying to win an international recall.

Derek Riordan was the first player to achieve this milestone since Arthur Duncan thirty years ago.

The newspaper claimed that Derek Riordan had turned down an offer of a new deal on reduced terms.

Derek Riordan signed a two-year contract with Chinese Super League club Shaanxi Baorong Chanba in July 2011.

Derek Riordan became a favourite player of the fans, but the team performed poorly in the 2011 season.

Derek Riordan decided to leave the club and his contract was terminated by mutual consent in November 2011.

Derek Riordan agreed in July 2012 to go on trial with an unnamed club in La Liga.

On 27 September 2012, Derek Riordan signed for League Two club Bristol Rovers on a three-month deal.

Derek Riordan was released at the end of his contract, having made 12 appearances without scoring a goal.

Derek Riordan trained with Scottish Championship club Alloa Athletic in November 2013.

Derek Riordan made only two substitute appearances in a spell that was affected by an ankle injury.

Derek Riordan played as a trialist for Brechin City in October 2014.

Derek Riordan was involved in three matches for Brechin, the maximum permitted for a trialist, after which Riordan turned down a contract offer.

Derek Riordan trained with Livingston for a spell, then played as a trialist for East Fife in February 2015, scoring the winning goal in a match against Annan Athletic.

Derek Riordan trained with Hibernian in September 2015, with manager Alan Stubbs commenting that Riordan had been provided with their facilities due to his previous service for the club.

Derek Riordan was released by York when his contract expired.

Derek Riordan signed a short-term contract with Scottish League Two club Edinburgh City on 27 February 2017.

Derek Riordan signed for Edinburgh amateur club St Bernard's in April 2018.

Derek Riordan was capped five times by the Scotland national under-19 team, five times by the under-21 team and three times by the senior team.

In January 2020, Derek Riordan took over popular Easter Road bar The Four in Hand, renaming it 'R10rdan's Sports Bar'.