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Which team did the player Derek Riordan belong to from 2006 to 2008?
Derek Riordan Derek George Riordan ( born 16 January 1983 ) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker . He has been capped three times by the Scotland national team . Riordan started his career with Hibernian in 2001 and had a brief spell on loan with Cowdenbeath in 2003 . He became one of the top young players in the Scottish Premier League , winning the young player of the year awards in 2005 . Riordan signed for Celtic in 2006 , but failed to hold down a regular first-team place and returned to Hibernian in 2008 . He totalled 104 goals in 260 appearances across all competitions in his two spells at Easter Road . Riordan left Hibs as a free agent in 2011 and signed for Chinese Super League club Shaanxi Chanba , but the two-year contract was mutually terminated after just four months . He then signed for St Johnstone on a short term contract in March 2012 . Riordan then signed for Bristol Rovers , but he was released after a three-month deal . He has since had short spells with Alloa Athletic , Brechin City , East Fife , York City , Edinburgh City and amateurs St Bernards . Club career . Hibernian . Born in Edinburgh and raised in the citys Pilton area , Riordan signed for Hibernian on 14 May 1999 and made his first-team debut in 2001 in an Edinburgh derby . In January 2003 , Riordan went on loan to Cowdenbeath , along with teammate Paul Hilland . He scored four goals in three appearances for the Fife club , including a hat-trick in a 7–5 win away to Brechin City . Cowdenbeath wanted to extend the loan to the end of the 2002–03 season , but he returned to Hibernian at the end of January . Riordan was given an extended opportunity in the Hibs first team towards the end of the 2002–03 season . He became a first team regular the following season . Riordan was the clubs top goalscorer for each of the next three seasons , with 18 , 23 and 20 goals respectively . This earned him recognition in the form of the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year and SFWA Young Player of the Year awards in 2005 , and selections for the Scotland national team later that year . At the end of the 2004–05 season , Riordan rejected an offer of an extension to his contract , and Hibs made him available for transfer . A £500,000 fee was agreed with Cardiff City in August 2005 , but Riordan rejected the move . During the January 2006 transfer window , Rangers made a £400,000 bid for Riordan that was rejected by Hibs . Bids from Lokomotiv Moscow and Kaiserslautern were accepted by Hibs , but Riordan rejected these moves because he did not want to move overseas . Riordan caused controversy in 2005 when he appeared in a video that showed him singing that Hearts player Rudi Skácel was a fuckin refugee , to the tune of The Beatless Yellow Submarine . Riordan later apologised for his actions . Celtic . Riordan signed for Celtic in a £170,000 deal in June 2006 . The fee was reduced from the previous offers because Riordans contract with Hibs was due to expire in October 2006 , and Riordan had already made a pre-contract agreement to sign for Celtic on a free transfer in January 2007 . Riordan made his full debut for Celtic in a Scottish League Cup tie against St Mirren , as Gordon Strachan fielded a team containing many players who were not first team regulars . He had difficulty obtaining a regular place in the Celtic team ; he made only 24 league appearances in two seasons with the club . Riordan publicly aired his disappointment at not being given more opportunities in the Celtic first team in April 2008 , and he subsequently trained with the reserve team . Burnley made a £400,000 offer for Riordan in January 2008 , but this was rejected by Celtic . Five other clubs , including his former club Hibernian , made loan offers for Riordan , but Celtic rejected these and informed Riordan that he would have to leave on a permanent deal . Hibernian made another loan offer to Celtic for Riordan in August 2008 , but this was also rejected by Celtic . Return to Hibernian . Riordan returned to Hibernian on the final day of the 2008 summer transfer window for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £400,000 . Hibs initially gave Riordan the unusual squad number 01 , as number 10 had already been allocated to Colin Nish . Riordan was given the number 10 shirt for the 2009–10 season ; he was able to do this as Nish had taken number 9 after Steven Fletcher left the club to join Burnley in the summer of 2009 . Riordan made his second debut for Hibernian on 13 September 2008 , when he came on as a 61st-minute substitute for Joe Keenan against Dundee United . In his second appearance , he scored the only goal of the match against Hamilton Academical . Riordan ended the 2008–09 season as Hibs top goalscorer with 12 goals . A good run of form at the start of the following season led to a recall to the Scotland squad and a player of the month award from the SPL . Riordan scored his 100th goal in senior football later that season ; he brought up the milestone with a trademark free kick against Kilmarnock that gave Hibs a 1–0 win . Riordan had been omitted from Craig Leveins first Scotland squad , but Hibs manager John Hughes commented that Riordan had worked very hard in trying to win an international recall . His consistent goalscoring in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons came about despite often playing in a wide midfield role . Hughes again praised Riordan during the 2010 pre-season . Soon afterwards , Riordan declared that he wanted to agree a new contract with the club . He was however also linked with a £500,000 move to Azerbaijan Premier League club Gabala , who at the time where managed by Tony Adams . After the sale of Anthony Stokes to Celtic , Hughes started using Riordan as a central striker . Despite scoring three goals in the early part of the season , Riordan was omitted from the Scotland squad in October 2010 . After Hughes was replaced by Colin Calderwood as Hibs manager in October 2010 , the new manager gave Riordan the team captaincy . In his second match as captain , the first Edinburgh derby of the season , Riordan was sent off for a reckless lunge on Rudi Skácel in the dying minutes of a 2–0 loss . Riordan bounced back by scoring both goals in a 2–1 win against Motherwell the following weekend . He registered his 100th goal for Hibs in all competitions during a 2–1 defeat at Kilmarnock in December . Riordan was the first player to achieve this milestone since Arthur Duncan thirty years ago . A goal against Hamilton in March 2011 meant that Riordan became the third highest goalscorer in the Scottish Premier League era , behind only the prolific Old Firm goalscorers Kris Boyd and Henrik Larsson . In April 2011 , the Daily Express reported that Riordan would leave Hibernian when his contract expired at the end of the 2010–11 season . The newspaper claimed that Riordan had turned down an offer of a new deal on reduced terms . Shaanxi Chanba . Riordan signed a two-year contract with Chinese Super League club Shaanxi Chanba in July 2011 . On 10 July 2011 , Riordan made his debut for Shaanxi Chanba as a substitute coming on for Fabio Firmani in the 76th minute as they lost 1–0 to Liaoning Whowin , and made his start in a 1–1 draw against Shenzhen Ruby on 14 July . His first goal came when he scored against Chengdu Blades in a 3–1 win on 21 August . He became a favourite player of the fans , but the team performed poorly in the 2011 season . The team manager , Gao Hongbo , criticised Riordan after a defeat by Dalian Shide . Riordan decided to leave the club and his contract was terminated by mutual consent in November 2011 . St Johnstone . Sky Sports reported that clubs in Italy and Turkey were interested in signing Riordan in January . Riordan trained with Kilmarnock and Blackpool in January , and St Johnstone in March . On 30 March , Riordan signed for St Johnstone until the end of the 2011–12 season . On 21 April 2012 , Riordan made his first start in a 2–0 defeat against Dundee United and played 90 minutes in a 5–1 loss against Motherwell on 28 April 2012 . The Courier newspaper reported on 15 May that his contract with St Johnstone would not be extended . Riordan agreed in July 2012 to go on trial with an unnamed club in La Liga . Later in July , Riordan trained with League One club Milton Keynes Dons . In August , Ross County made contact with his agent . Bristol Rovers . On 27 September 2012 , Riordan signed for League Two club Bristol Rovers on a three-month deal . He made his debut on 29 September , in a 2–1 victory against local rivals Exeter City . He made his home debut on 3 October in a 1–0 defeat to Cheltenham Town . Riordan was released at the end of his contract , having made 12 appearances without scoring a goal . Later career . Riordan trained with Scottish Championship club Alloa Athletic in November 2013 . On 14 February 2014 , Alloa signed Riordan on a deal until the end of the season . He made only two substitute appearances in a spell that was affected by an ankle injury . Riordan was released by Alloa at the end of the 2013–14 season . Riordan played as a trialist for Brechin City in October 2014 . He was involved in three matches for Brechin , the maximum permitted for a trialist , after which Riordan turned down a contract offer . He then played as a trialist for East Fife in February 2015 , scoring the winning goal in a match against Annan Athletic . East Fife manager Gary Naysmith then offered Riordan a contract to the end of the season , which was signed in early March . Riordan left East Fife at the end of the 2014–15 season . He trained with Hibernian in September 2015 , with manager Alan Stubbs commenting that Riordan had been provided with their facilities due to his previous service for the club . On 29 January 2016 , Riordan signed for League Two club York City on a contract until the end of the 2015–16 season . He was released by York when his contract expired . Riordan signed a short-term contract with Scottish League Two club Edinburgh City on 27 February 2017 . He scored on his debut on 11 March 2017 , with a 75th-minute goal in a 2–1 away win over Forfar Athletic . Riordan left the club at the end the 2016–17 season following the end of his contract , having scored three goals in seven appearances . He signed for Edinburgh amateur club St Bernards in April 2018 . International career . Riordan was capped five times by the Scotland national under-19 team ( 2001 ) , five times by the under-21 team ( 2004 to 2005 ) and three times by the senior team ( 2005 to 2009 ) . Post-football career . In January 2020 , Riordan took over popular Easter Road bar The Four in Hand , renaming it R10rdans Sports Bar ( styled after the Number 10 shirt number that he had worn at Hibernian ) . Honours . Celtic - Scottish Premier League : 2006–07 , 2007–08 - Scottish Cup : 2006–07 Individual - SFWA Young Player of the Year : 2004–05 - PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year : 2004–05 - Scottish Premier League Player of the Month : September 2009 - Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month : April 2004 , September 2004 , November 2004 , December 2004 , January 2005 , May 2005 External links . - Derek Riordan profile at the Scottish Football Association website