Greg Kiltie

Greg Kiltie
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-01-18) 18 January 1997
Place of birth Irvine, Scotland
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Kilmarnock
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Kilmarnock 69 (8)
2014 → Queen of the South (loan) 3 (0)
National team‡
2012 Scotland U15 2 (0)
2012 Scotland U16 6 (1)
2013–2014 Scotland U17 6 (2)
2015– Scotland U19 9 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:58, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:15, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Greg Kiltie (born 18 January 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Kilmarnock, as a winger.

Early life

Kiltie was born in Irvine.[1] As a nine-year-old child he was a mascot in the Brazil-Australia group game at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, after winning a competition organised by the Sunday Mail.[2] His father Jim is a BT engineer.[2]

Club career

He signed a professional contract with Kilmarnock at the age of 16.[1] He made his senior debut for Kilmarnock on 18 May 2013, as they lost 3–1 at home to St Mirren in a Scottish Premier League game.[2][3][4] His debut came at the age of 16 years and four months, making him Kilmarnock's youngest player for 50 years.[2]

On 3 October 2014, Kiltie signed for Scottish Championship club Queen of the South on a one-month loan.[5]

During the 2016–17 season, Kiltie was out for six months following knee surgery in October,[6] then on 20 May 2017, during Kilmarnock's final match of the season against Ross County he was injured during the first half.[7] It was later announced he had suffered a broken ankle and following an operation, he was ruled out for four months.[8]

International career

Kiltie has represented Scotland at every youth international level from under-15 to under-19.[9][10]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 July 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kilmarnock 2012–13[11] Scottish Premier League 100000—10
2013–14[12] Scottish Premiership 500000—50
2014–15[13] 820000—82
2015–16[14] 35630202[lower-alpha 1]2428
2016–17[15] 1100020—130
2017–18[16] 904000—130
2018–19[17] 000020–20
Total 6987060228410
Queen of the South (loan) 2014–15[13] Scottish Championship 3000000030
Career total 7287060228710
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Premiership play-offs

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile". Kilmarnock F.C. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Norman Silvester (23 February 2014). "Killie starlet Greg Kiltie reveals he hit the big time as a kid at World Cup in 2006 thanks to Sunday Mail". Daily Record. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Kilmarnock 1–3 St Mirren". BBC Sport. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Scott McClymont (23 December 2013). "Fourteen for '14: Meet Kilmarnock's next rising star Greg Kiltie". STV. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Greg Kiltie Signs on Loan". Queen of the South F.C. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Lillie ace Greg Kiltie raring to go after injury he'll scuppered his season". Daily Record. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Sutherland, Jonathan (20 May 2017). "Kilmarnock 1–2 Ross County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. ↑ Millar, Kenny (1 June 2017). "Luckless Kilmarnock star Greg Kiltie faces FOUR months out after undergoing ankle op". The Scottish Sun. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Profile". Scottish FA. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Under-19 squad announced for Dutch friendly". Scottish FA. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 July 2018.


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