Personal information | |||
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Full name | Richard Cory Hastings | ||
Date of birth | 18 May 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Prince George, British Columbia, Canada | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–1995 | Millburn Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1994 | Nairn County | ? | (?) |
1994–2001 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 180 | (2) |
2001–2002 | Ross County | 28 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Grazer AK | 9 | (0) |
2003–2004 | MVV Maastricht | 17 | (1) |
2004–2009 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 133 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Hamilton Academical | 17 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Brora Rangers | 5 | (0) |
Total | 384 | (4) | |
National team‡ | |||
1998–2010 | Canada | 59 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 May 2010 |
Richard Cory Hastings (born 18 May 1977) is a Canadian association football player, who has played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Ross County, Grazer AK, MVV Maastricht, Hamilton Academical and Brora Rangers.
Hastings played 59 times for the Canadian national team. Hastings was a member of the Canada side which won the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and later represented his country at the 2001 Confederations Cup, the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Hastings was born in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. Hastings spent his early years in Vancouver. When he was 7 years old he and his English parents moved to Middlesbrough, England. He went to Millburn Academy in Inverness.
Hastings began his career as a teenager with Nairn County before signing for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, for whom he made 106 appearances as a defender. During this spell in Inverness he was an important player for the team and became Caley Thistle's first full-time player. A constant member of the squad that won promotion to the Scottish First Division, Hastings was also part of the team that beat Celtic in the Scottish Cup in 2000.