Grant Gillespie (footballer)

Grant Gillespie
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-07-02) 2 July 1991[1]
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Raith Rovers
Youth career
2006–2009 Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2018 Hamilton Academical 199 (4)
2018 Dundee United 6 (0)
2018– Raith Rovers 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:51, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

Grant Gillespie (born 2 July 1991) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Raith Rovers. He has previously played for Hamilton Academical and Dundee United.

Career

Gillespie made his senior debut for Hamilton Academical on 15 August 2009, in a Scottish Premier League match against Kilmarnock.[2] In May 2011, he signed a new two-year contract with Hamilton.[3]

In May 2012, Gillespie urged manager Billy Reid to make him a first-team regular for the forthcoming 2012–13 season.[4] In January 2012, after making an "impact" as a substitute in the previous game, Gillespie spoke publicly about his desire to start the team's next match.[5] In February 2013, he commented that he wanted a win in the upcoming derby against Airdrieonians.[6] In April 2013, Gillespie signed a new two-year contract with the club.[7]

In August 2013 Gillespie stated that the team needed to "dig in and grind out results" in the season ahead.[8] In October 2014 he signed a new contract with the club, to last until the summer of 2018.[9] Gillespie left the club in January 2018,[10] and then signed a short-term contract with Dundee United.[11] Gillespie was released by the club at the end of his contract in May 2018.[12]

Gillespie signed with League One club Raith Rovers in June 2018.[13]

Career statistics

As of 30 April 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hamilton Academical 2009–10[14] Scottish Premier League 100000—10
2010–11[15] 1701010—190
2011–12[16] Scottish First Division 16010101[lower-alpha 1]0190
2012–13[17] 321212000362
2013–14[18] Scottish Championship 33110205[lower-alpha 2]0411
2014–15[19] Scottish Premiership 3601040—410
2015–16[20] 3011000—311
2016–17[21] 31140501[lower-alpha 3]0411
2017–18[22] 300040—70
Total 1994111190702365
Dundee United 2017–18[22] Scottish Championship 6010000070
Raith Rovers 2018–19[23] Scottish League One 0000000000
Career total 2054121190702435
  1. ↑ Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ↑ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and four in the Premiership play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearance in the Scottish Premiership play-offs

References

  1. ↑ "Fixtures 2012/13". Hamilton Academical F.C. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Kilmarnock 3 – 0 Hamilton". BBC Sport. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "Grant Gillespie signs new Hamilton Accies contract". BBC Sport. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Andrew McGilvray (24 May 2012). "Accies midfielder aims to prove he's ready for a regular first-team place". Hamilton Advertiser.
  5. ↑ Andrew McGilvray (17 January 2013). "Grant: Let me start the game at Raith". Hamilton Advertiser.
  6. ↑ Andrew McGilvray (14 February 2013). "Dump the Diamonds: Gillespie wants derby win". Hamilton Advertiser.
  7. ↑ "Gillespie signs Extension". Hamilton Academical F.C. 8 April 2013.
  8. ↑ Andrew McGilvray (15 August 2013). "Midfielder Grant Gillespie says Accies need to dig in this season for wins". Hamilton Advertiser. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Hamilton's Crawford and Gillespie agree new deals". BBC Sport. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  10. ↑ @acciesfc (26 January 2018). "With almost 500 appearances between them the club has today said Goodbye to Michael Devlin, Greg Docherty and Grant Gillespie. Statement to follow on website shortly" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 January 2018 – via Twitter.
  11. ↑ "Dundee United: Stephen Thompson to step down as chairman". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "Captain Willo Flood among Dundee United departures". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  13. ↑ https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/scottish-league-1/674008/raith-new-boy-grant-gillespie-determined-to-make-this-a-season-to-remember/
  14. ↑ "Games played by Grant Gillespie in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Grant Gillespie in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Grant Gillespie in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Grant Gillespie in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Grant Gillespie in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Grant Gillespie in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Grant Gillespie in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Grant Gillespie in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  22. 1 2 "Games played by Grant Gillespie in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Grant Gillespie in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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