Ian played for Cork City's U19 side in 2011/2012 before joining UCC for the 2012/13 season in the Munster Senior League. He spent three seasons with UCC also appearing in their 2015 FAI Cup campaign. In November 2015, Ian signed for Stephen Henderson at Cobh Ramblers and made his league debut away to Shelbourne on the opening night of the season. He immediately became a regular at left back, playing in 26 of the club's twenty-eight league matches as they finished third in the 2016 First Division table, losing out to Drogheda Utd in the promotion play-offs.

In December 2016, Ian re-signed with Cobh for the 2017 season. Ian then re-signed with Cobh for the 2018 season. He then left Cobh in late May citing work reasons.