Matthew

Shevlin

CF Coleraine #9

Centre-Forward – Forward

Matthew Shevlin

Coleraine Premiership

Top 39% of strikers in the world
#696 striker aged 26–29
Top 16% in the Premiership

Date of birth / Age: 7 Dec 1998 (27)
Citizenship: Northern Ireland
Main position: Centre-Forward
Contract until: 2027

Benchmarks

strikers with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#2103

striker in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#696

among strikers aged 26–29

In his league

85%

of Premiership strikers rank below him

Finishing

+5.0

goals above expected · better than 88% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

47 Expected

193 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

6 Expected

5.2

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Season 2026/27

AppsAppearances: 7
StartsStarting eleven: 6
GoalsGoals: 3
AssistsAssists: 1
YellowYellow cards: 0
2nd yellowSecond yellows: 0
RedRed cards: 0
MinutesMinutes: 488

Starting eleven86%

6 of 7 appearances

Minutes played488

70 per appearance

Goal involvement4

3 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

206 matches · since 2018/19

LBRWAMLWCF

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Forward	190	92	11
Left Winger	9	4	0
Attacking Midfield	3	0	0
Right Winger	3	0	0
Left-Back	1	0	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/2726/27	PremiershipPremiership	Coleraine	5	5	3	1	0	0	0	394
2026/2726/27	UEFA Europa Conference League - QualificationEuropa Conference League · Qual.	Coleraine	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	94
2025/2625/26	PremiershipPremiership	Coleraine	35	30	20	3	4	0	0	2,505
2025/2625/26	Irish CupIrish Cup	Coleraine	5	2	7	–	0	–	0	292
2024/2524/25	PremiershipPremiership	Coleraine	36	31	20	2	4	0	0	2,884
2024/2524/25	Irish CupIrish Cup	Coleraine	2	2	1	–	0	–	0	187
2023/2423/24	PremiershipPremiership	Coleraine	25	24	12	1	3	0	1	2,024
2022/2322/23	PremiershipPremiership	Coleraine	38	37	24	0	8	0	0	3,190
2022/2322/23	Irish CupIrish Cup	Coleraine	2	2	1	–	0	–	0	209
2021/2221/22	PremiershipPremiership	Coleraine	35	28	13	2	2	0	0	2,431
2021/2221/22	Irish CupIrish Cup	Coleraine	3	3	1	–	1	–	0	228
2021/2221/22	UEFA Europa Conference LeagueEuropa Conference League	Coleraine	2	2	1	–	0	–	0	159
2021/2221/22	League CupLeague Cup	Coleraine	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	83
2020/2120/21	PremiershipPremiership	Coleraine	19	11	3	–	1	–	0	1,037
2020/2120/21	PremiershipPremiership	Linfield	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	32
2020/2120/21	Irish CupIrish Cup	Coleraine	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	72
2019/2019/20	PremiershipPremiership	Linfield	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	190
2018/1918/19	PremiershipPremiership	Ballymena United	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	199
2017/1817/18	PremiershipPremiership	Ballymena United	7	4	2	0	1	0	0	353
2017/1817/18	League CupLeague Cup	Ballymena United	1	0	0	–	1	–	0	20
2016/1716/17	PremiershipPremiership	Ards	10	6	5	0	1	0	0	523
2015/1615/16	PremiershipPremiership	Ballymena United	19	13	2	0	2	0	0	1,233
2015/1615/16	League CupLeague Cup	Ballymena United	2	0	0	–	1	–	0	44
20162016	UEFA U19 ChampionshipU19 Championship	Northern Ireland U19	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	202
2014/1514/15	PremiershipPremiership	Ballymena United	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	55
20152015	UEFA U17 ChampionshipU17 Championship	Northern Ireland U17	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	148

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			279	211	117	9^*	30	0^*	1	18,788

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Premiership	252	105	9
Irish Cup	13	10	–
League Cup	4	1	–
Northern Ireland U17	3	0	–
Northern Ireland U19	3	0	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	2	1	–
UEFA Europa Conference League - Qualification	2	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

DateMoveFee
Jan 2021 Jan 2021 · Transfer Linfield Coleraine Transfer
Aug 2019 Aug 2019 · Transfer Ballymena United Linfield Transfer
May 2017 May 2017 · Back from Loan Ards Ballymena United Back from Loan
Jan 2017 Jan 2017 · Loan Ballymena United Ards Loan Loan
Jul 2015 Jul 2015 · Free Transfer – Ballymena United Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Coleraine 2020–2027 211 107
Linfield 2019–2021 13 0
Ballymena United 2014–2019 39 5
Ards 2016 10 5

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