COLERAINE FC is extremely delighted to announce the signing of Ben Doherty…
The 29-year-old joins the club on a two-year-deal after an undisclosed fee was agreed with Derry City.
Doherty is no stranger to the Coleraine Showgrounds after making 86 appearances in a two-and-half year spell between January 2019 to the summer of 2021.
The L/Derry native netted an impressive 37 goals in that time, including the decisive penalty in the famous shoot-out win against Maribor in 2020. He also scored in every round before being cruelly ruled out of the final as Coleraine won the BetMcLean Cup in 2020.
Doherty departed for a crack at full-time football with Larne in 2021, before he re-joined Derry City in January 2023 after being signed by Ruaidhri Higgins, where he was named in the League of Ireland Team of the Year in his first season.
“I think Ben will fit in perfectly in how we want to play,” first-team manager Higgins said.
“I was fortunate to manage and coach Ben for a couple of years at Derry City and I have to say he was fantastic for me.
“He brings that real running power and energy, a real drive and goals and assists.
“Ben’s in a period of his career where he will have an incredible determination to be successful.
“He’s 29-year-old, he’s in his prime and he’s arriving at a club who are ambitious and a team I feel that’s on the rise.”