Daniel Gerard Devine (born 7 September 1992) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Devine has previously played for Linfield, Preston North End, Fleetwood Town, Wrexham, Partick Thistle and Dunfermline Athletic.
Career Club career Born in Belfast, Devine played youth football with Lisburn Youth FC, Lisburn Distillery and Linfield. He made one senior appearance for Linfield in an Irish League Cup game against Portadown on 17 December 2008 before moving to Preston North End in July 2009. He made his professional debut for Preston on 30 April 2011 in a 2–1 defeat against Ipswich Town. In June 2011, Devine signed a one-year contract with Preston. In May 2012, Devine was released from the club after being told his contract would not be renewed.
He joined Fleetwood Town in the summer of 2012, moving on loan to Wrexham in September 2012. Wrexham offered Devine a permanent long-term contract, but he chose to join Scottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle, citing his desire to work with manager Terry Butcher. After Butcher turned down the chance to join Barnsley, Devine said he was relieved that Butcher chose to stay, as Butcher was one of the reasons why he turned down clubs in England.
In March 2013, Devine signed a contract extension, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2014–15 season. A suspension to Gary Warren meant that Devine played for Inverness in their 2015 Scottish Cup Final victory. Soon afterwards, Devine signed a new one-year contract with the club.
Devine left Inverness in 2016 and was then signed by Partick Thistle on a two-year contract. Thistle were relegated via the playoffs at the end of the 2017–18 season. Following that relegation, Devine was one of many players released by Thistle.
Devine then signed with Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic. Devine was released after two seasons with Dunfermline, and subsequently re-signed for fellow Championship side Inverness Caledonian Thistle in August 2020 on a two-year deal.
International career Devine represented Northern Ireland at youth international level.Northern Ireland profile at NIFG In May 2011 the BBC reported that then Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington had been informed by Devine that he intended to switch his allegiance to the Republic of Ireland. In March 2018, the then Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill said that he would have selected Devine in his Northern Ireland squad for UEFA Euro 2016, but was unable to do so because Devine had signed an international transfer form which committed him to the Republic.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLinfield2008-09IFA Premiership0000100010Preston North End2010–11EFL Championship200000—202011–12EFL League One131001000141Total151001000161Fleetwood Town2012–13EFL League Two0000000000Wrexham (loan)2012–13Conference Premier4020—2080Inverness Caledonian Thistle2012–13Scottish Premier League1000000—1002013–14Scottish Premiership1300030—1602014–15803100—1112015–16372400020432Total682713020803Partick Thistle2016–17Scottish Premiership3003040—3702017–18260106010340Total5604010010710Dunfermline Athletic2018–19Scottish Championship3011051103722019–20161100000171Total462205110543Inverness Caledonian Thistle2020–21Scottish Championship230203000280Career total2125171221602587
Honours Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scottish League One: 2025–26 Scottish Cup: 2014–15
References
External links
Profile at Inverness CT