Gary Mackay-Steven

Gary Mackay-Steven
Mackay-Steven with Celtic in 2017
Personal information
Full name Gary Mackay-Steven
Date of birth (1990-08-31) 31 August 1990
Place of birth Thurso, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Aberdeen
Number 11
Youth career
2007 Ross County
2007–2009 Liverpool
2009–2011 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Airdrie United 19 (0)
2011–2015 Dundee United 110 (21)
2015–2017 Celtic 46 (8)
2017– Aberdeen 31 (5)
National team‡
2012 Scotland U21 3 (1)
2013– Scotland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:27, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2018

Gary Mackay-Steven (born 31 August 1990) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen.

Having not made the first team at English clubs Liverpool and Fulham, he began his professional career with Airdrie United in January 2011, spending half a season there before moving to top-flight team Dundee United. He remained with Dundee United until February 2015, when he was signed by Celtic for £250,000. He joined Aberdeen in 2017.

Mackay-Steven earned his only cap for the Scotland national football team in 2013.

Club career

Early career

Born in Thurso, Caithness, Mackay-Steven began his youth career with Ross County before moving to English Premier League side Liverpool in 2007.[1] After spending two years in the reserve and youth sides, Mackay-Steven was released after an injury-plagued season.[2] He trained with Fulham before eventually returning to Scotland.[2]

Airdrie United

On 11 January 2011, Mackay-Steven joined Scottish Second Division side Airdrie United.[2] He made his debut a week later in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, starting against Greenock Morton at Cappielow Park and scoring the opening goal of a 2–2 draw from 25 yards out.[3] A week later, in the replay at the Excelsior Stadium, Mackay-Steven scored again, albeit in a 2–5 defeat.[4] He played 19 league matches in the remainder of the season, but did not score.

Dundee United

On 13 July 2011, Mackay-Steven signed a two-year deal with Scottish Premier League club Dundee United.[5] He made his début eight days later as an 80th-minute substitute for Johnny Russell in a UEFA Europa League match against Śląsk Wrocław, which his club won 3–2 but were nonetheless eliminated on the away goals rule.[6] On 24 July, he made his league debut for the club on the opening day of the season, coming on for Barry Douglas for the last 30 minutes of a 1–1 draw against Kilmarnock at Tannadice Park.[7] On 29 August, Mackay-Steven scored his first goal for the club (and his first career league goal), netting in the 3–3 draw at St Johnstone.[8] By the end of the 2011–12 season, Mackay-Steven had established a regular starting place in the first team and become a huge fans' favourite thanks to his large role in helping turn around United's poor start to the season. Mackay-Steven signed an extended contract with the club in January 2012.[9]

Blackburn Rovers scouts were reported to have been watching Mackay-Steven on 24 August 2013, in Dundee United's 4–0 victory over St Johnstone, a game in which he scored.[10] On 12 April 2014, he scored Dundee United's second goal in a 3–1 win against Rangers in the Scottish Cup semi–final at Ibrox.[11] In the final on 17 May, he started in the 0–2 defeat to St Johnstone at Celtic Park, being substituted for Ryan Gauld after 64 minutes.[12]

He scored twice as Dundee United won the Dundee derby 6–2 against Dundee on 1 January 2015.[13]

Celtic

Mackay-Steven in action in a friendly against Rapid Vienna in July 2017

On 16 January 2015, Mackay-Steven signed a pre-contract agreement to join Celtic at the end of the season on the expiry of his Dundee United contract.[14] In the January transfer window, he had been pursued by Nigel Clough, manager of English League One club Sheffield United, who made three bids up to £100,000 while Dundee United wanted a minimum of £250,000.[14] On the transfer deadline day, 2 February, Celtic made an offer of £250,000 and the move was completed immediately, with his Dundee United teammate Stuart Armstrong joining in a separate deal at the same time.[15] Five days later, the pair watched from the stands as Celtic won 2–0 at Dundee in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.[16]

Mackay-Steven made his debut on 11 February away to Partick Thistle, scoring after 37 seconds in a 3–0 victory.[17] His first goal at Celtic Park came on 1 March as the third in a 4–0 win over Aberdeen, with a shot from 20 yards.[18] On 15 March Celtic won the Scottish League Cup Final against Dundee United, but Mackay-Steven was cup-tied, having already represented Dundee United in the tournament that season.[19]

Aberdeen

On 12 July 2017, Mackay-Steven signed a two-year contract with Aberdeen for an undisclosed fee.[20] He made his debut the following day in a UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg at home to NK Široki Brijeg, starting in a 1–1 draw. In the second leg in Bosnia a week after, he scored to wrap up a 2–0 win and advancement.[21]

Mackay-Steven scored his first league goal for Aberdeen on 14 October, the only one of a victory at Hibernian.[22] On 16 December, against the same opponents, he scored his first senior hat-trick in a 4–1 win.[23] Mackay-Steven won the Scottish Cup Goal of the Fourth round award for his sensational strike in the 4–1 win against St Mirren.[24]

International career

Mackay-Steven made his only international appearance for Scotland on 15 November 2013, replacing Craig Conway for the last six minutes of a goalless friendly draw against the United States at Hampden Park.[25]

Personal life

On 27 August 2017, Mackay-Steven was rescued from the River Kelvin in Glasgow after falling in. He was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he was treated for hypothermia.[26]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 August 2018 [27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Airdrie United 2010–11[28] Scottish Second Division 19022––212
Dundee United 2011–12[29] Scottish Premier League 31431101[lower-alpha 1]0365
2012–13[30] Scottish Premier League 23532102[lower-alpha 1]0297
2013–14[31] Scottish Premiership 3575310–4110
2014–15[32] Scottish Premiership 2151030–255
Total 11021126603013127
Celtic 2014–15[32] Scottish Premiership 134––2[lower-alpha 1]0154
2015–16[33] Scottish Premiership 25431217[lower-alpha 2]0376
2016–17[34] Scottish Premiership 8010–1[lower-alpha 3]0100
Total 46841211006210
Aberdeen 2017–18[35] Scottish Premiership 31553204[lower-alpha 1]1429
2018–19[36] Scottish Premiership 0000002[lower-alpha 1]121
Total 3155320624410
Career Total 20634231210119225849
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in the Europa League
  2. ↑ Five appearances in the Champions League and two in the Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearance in the Champions League

Honours

Celtic

References

  1. ↑ "Liverpool sign up Ross County kid". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 March 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Airdrie bring in former Liverpool youth". Scottish Football League. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Morton 2-2 Airdrie". BBC Sport. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Airdrie 2-5 Morton". BBC Sport. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Winger Gary MacKay-Steven joins Dundee United". BBC Sport. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "Dundee Utd 3-2 Slask Wroclaw". BBC Sport. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Dundee United 1-1 Kilmarnock". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "St Johnstone 3 Dundee United 3: Perth men count cost of late madness". The Courier. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  9. ↑ "Dundee United's Gary Mackay-Steven extends contract until 2015". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "Dundee United star Gary Mackay-Steven aims to show Scotland boss Gordon Strachan what he's missing". Daily Record. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  11. ↑ Wilson, Richard (12 April 2014). "Rangers 1-3 Dundee United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  12. ↑ Wilson, Richard (17 May 2014). "St Johnstone 2-0 Dundee Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  13. ↑ Campbell, Andy (1 January 2015). "Dundee Utd 6-2 Dundee". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  14. 1 2 "Celtic: Gary Mackay-Steven agrees summer switch". BBC Sport. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  15. ↑ Spence, Jim (2 February 2015). "Stuart Armstrong & Gary Mackay-Steven join Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  16. ↑ McVake, Roddie (7 February 2015). "Dundee 0-2 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  17. ↑ "Partick Thistle 0-3 Celtic". BBC Sport. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  18. ↑ Wilson, Richard (1 March 2015). "Celtic 4-0 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  19. ↑ Wilson, Richard (14 March 2015). "Dundee Utd 0-2 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  20. ↑ "Gary Mackay-Steven joins Aberdeen from Celtic on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  21. ↑ Parks, Gordon (20 July 2017). "Aberdeen ignore Siroki warnings of hell as Stewart and Mackay-Steven goals leave Dons in heaven - big match verdict". Daily Record. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  22. ↑ "Derek McInnes salutes Aberdeen star Gary Mackay-Steven after bagging winner against Hibs". Daily Record. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  23. ↑ "Aberdeen 4 - 1 Hibs: Mackay-Steven nets treble in thumping win". The Scotsman. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  24. ↑ "Gary Mackay-Steven wins William Hill Scottish Cup Goal of the Fourth Round award". Scottish FA. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  25. ↑ Lamont, Alasdair (15 November 2013). "Scotland 0-0 USA". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  26. ↑ "Footballer Gary Mackay-Steven is pulled from River Kelvin". BBC News. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  27. ↑ Gary Mackay-Steven at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  32. 1 2 "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  34. ↑ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  36. ↑ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  37. ↑ English, Tom (27 November 2016). "Aberdeen 0–3 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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