Evan

McLaughlin

CM Waterford FC #8

Central Midfield · Midfielder · #8

Evan McLaughlin

Waterford FC Premier Division

Date of birth / Age: 24 · 30 Mar 2002
Citizenship: Northern Ireland
Foot: Left
Height · Weight: 1.73 m · 60 kg
Main position: Central Midfield
Joined club: 1 Jan 2026

#1188 central midfielder aged 22–25

Benchmarks

central midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank: #4037; central midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #1188; among central midfielders aged 22–25
In his league: 13%; of Premier Division central midfielders rank below him
Finishing: −0.8; goals below expected · better than 40% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

5 Expected

5.8

90 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

11 Expected

Teammates converted more of his chances than expected.

Season 2026

Appearances: 19
Starting eleven: 13
Goals: 1
Assists: 2
Yellow cards: 5
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,103

Starting eleven68%

13 of 19 appearances

Minutes played1,103

58 per appearance

Goal involvement3

1 goals · 2 assists

Positions played

127 matches · since 2021

CFLWRWDMAMLBCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	39	3	3
Left-Back	28	4	6
Attacking Midfield	21	1	0
Defensive Midfield	15	2	1
Other · RW, LW, CF	24	2	2

Career stats

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Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026	Premier Division	Waterford FC	16	11	0	2	3	0	0	942
2026	FAI Cup	Waterford FC	3	2	1	–	2	–	0	161
2025	Premier Division	Cork City	29	23	3	2	4	0	0	2,115
2025	FAI Cup	Cork City	5	4	4	–	0	–	0	341
2024	First Division	Cork City	34	32	5	7	7	1	0	2,736
2024	FAI Cup	Cork City	2	2	0	–	2	–	0	180
2022/23	Premiership	Coleraine	20	8	3	1	2	0	0	828
2023	Premier Division	Derry City	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
2022/23	UEFA Europa Conference League	Derry City	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	30
2022	Premier Division	Derry City	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	124
2021	FAI Cup	Derry City	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	63
2021	Premier Division	Derry City	13	10	1	0	1	0	0	689

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			140	92	17	12^*	21	1^*	0	8,228

By competition	Apps	G	A
Premier Division	73	4	4
First Division	34	5	7
Premiership	20	3	1
FAI Cup	12	5	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jan 2026 Jan 2026 · Transfer Cork City Waterford FC Transfer
Jan 2024 Jan 2024 · Transfer Derry City Cork City Transfer
Dec 2022 Dec 2022 · Back from Loan Coleraine Derry City Back from Loan
Jul 2022 Jul 2022 · Loan Derry City Coleraine Loan Loan
Jul 2021 Jul 2021 · Free Transfer – Derry City Free Transfer Free

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