COLERAINE FC is delighted to announce the loan signing of Harry Evans from Derby County…
The 20-year-old has agreed terms on a temporary switch to The Showgrounds in a major boost to our goalkeeping options.
Evans, who signed his first professional contract with the Rams early in the 2022/23 season, has had previous experience on loan at various non-league clubs in England.
However, he has now chosen Coleraine to help in the next stage of his journey and will be no stranger after spending a training week with the club early last month.
Michael Dougherty, Head of Goalkeeping at The Showgrounds, believes our latest recruit is now ready to gain even more senior experience under his belt.
He said: “I’m absolutely delighted to welcome Harry to the club and to further strengthen our goalkeeping department.
“Harry has had a fantastic goalkeeping education at Derby County having been there since he was six years of age, however he is now at the stage of his journey where he is ready to play.
“He is highly-rated by everyone at Derby and was very close to a move to a top League Two club last week.
“Thankfully, having spent a week with us back in July he has chosen Coleraine as his destination and he clearly wants to be part of what we are doing here.
“Harry is a very talented lad, he has a brilliant personality and work ethic.
“Talent aside, those two things are hugely important to me when recruiting goalkeepers.
“His previous loan spells have given him valuable experience and we have now got ourselves another top goalkeeper at the club.”
First-team boss Ruaidhri Higgins added: “We are delighted to have Harry on board.
“Due to Ryan Schofield’s unfortunate injury, it has been important that we bring in someone with quality and Harry ticks all the boxes.
“We saw first-hand how excellent he was earlier this summer when he was over training and it’s great he already has experience working alongside Michael and the goalkeeping unit.”
Coleraine FC expresses its thanks to Paul Clements at Derby County for helping facilitate this loan move.