R. Strain · career
Ryan Strain
Full Back · Falkirk · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Peak: 2022/23Holding levelInjury-hit 2025/26
The record covers 5 seasons (2022/23–2025/26) across 3 clubs — 106 appearances with 16 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2022/23 at ST Mirren — Season rating 36, 4 goals and 5 assists in 36 games. Output has held steady across his last 3 full seasons (13 → 11). The gap to his peak is 25 Season points.
2025/26 was disrupted — 13 fixtures missed through injury or absence.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Falkirk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 |
| 2025/26 | Dundee Utd | 20 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | Dundee Utd | 30 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | ST Mirren | 18 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 13 |
| 2022/23 | ST Mirren | 36 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 36 |
| 2021/22 | Maccabi Haifa | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020/21 | Adelaide United | 21 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Adelaide United | 22 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Adelaide United | 22 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Adelaide United | 16 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
International
| Side | Season | Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2026/27 | World Cup - Qualification Asia | 2 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | Friendlies | 36 | 4 | |
| 2023/24 | Friendlies | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022/23 | Friendlies | 1 | 0 |
Honours
Australia Cup×3Ligat Ha'al×2Super Cup×2Toto Cup Ligat Al×2Australia Cup×2State Cup×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup - Qualification Asiaat Australia | 2 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 |
Schedule · 2026/27
2 played· 180 min, 0g 0a
Also spent part of this season at Dundee Utd — those games aren't in this club's schedule.
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | Premiership | H ST Mirren | 0-2 | Played | 90 | 7.3 | ||
| Aug 9 | Premiership | A Motherwell | 0-0 | Played | 90 | 7.0 |