Ray Grant

Raymond Michael Grant (born 1 September 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish League One club Clyde. Grant began his career as a youth player for Norwich City, before progressing to the first team in 2015. In 2017 he had a short spell on loan with Dagenham & Redbridge. Grant has also played for Scotland U19s.

Ray Grant
Personal information
Full name Raymond Michael Grant[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-01) 1 September 1996[2]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Clyde
Youth career
2010–2015 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Norwich City 0 (0)
2017 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 3 (0)
2018– Clyde 52 (2)
National team
2014 Scotland U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:39, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Norwich City

Grant was raised in Morningthorpe, Norfolk, and started his career with local side Norwich City, joining them at under-15 level in 2010.[3] He progressed through the various youth teams to go on and sign his first professional contract in April 2015.[3] He became a regular in the under-21 squad and signed a one-year contract extension in June 2016 as Norwich were relegated from the Premier League to the EFL Championship.[3] During the 2016–17 season he featured for the under-23 side in the newly formed Premier League 2 development competition and also featured in four EFL Trophy fixtures.[4] In January 2017, he made his first-team debut in the FA Cup third-round replay 1–0 defeat to Southampton, replacing Ben Godfrey as a late substitute.[4] In February 2017, he was sent out on loan to National League challengers Dagenham & Redbridge on a youth loan until the end of the season.[3] He made his debut a couple of days later, playing the first half in the 2–1 home defeat to Guiseley.[4] He struggled to break into the starting line-up and only made three appearances during his loan spell before he was recalled by Norwich in late March.[5] Grant was released by Norwich at the end of the 2016–17 season.[6][7]

Clyde

Grant signed for Scottish League Two club Clyde in February 2018.[8]

International career

Grant received his first call-up to Scotland in August 2014 for the under-19 side for a friendly against Belgium.[9] He started the match in the 2–0 defeat, which later proved to be his only international appearance.[9] He also received a call-up to the friendly against Czech Republic in September, but failed to make an appearance.[10]

Personal life

Grant comes from a footballing family with his father, Peter Grant, a former Scotland international who played for Celtic and Norwich, and also managed the latter.[3] His older brother, Peter Grant Jr. plays professionally in Scotland for Greenock Morton.[3]

Career statistics
As of match played 18 May 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norwich City 2015–16[4] Premier League 000000—00
2016–17[4] Championship 001000—10
Total 000000—10
Norwich City U23 2016–17[4] ———4[lower-alpha 1]040
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2016–17[4] National League 30———30
Clyde 2017–18[4] Scottish League Two 160———160
2018–19[4] Scottish League Two 36210305[lower-alpha 2]0452
Total 522103050612
Career total 552203090692
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. One appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup, four in Scottish League Two play-offs

References
  1. "Retained and released lists submitted by Premier League clubs". Premier League. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. "Raymond Grant". 11v11. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  3. "Raymond Grant - Ex Canaries". Flown from the Nest. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  4. "R. Grant". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  5. "Ray Grant recalled from Dagenham loan". Norwich City FC. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  6. https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/norwich-city-release-five-more-players-1-5004934
  7. Jack, Christopher (15 June 2017). "Jack Ross takes aim at the top with the St Mirren magnificent seven". Evening Times. Newsquest. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  8. "Clyde sign Steve Kipre, brother of Motherwell's Cedric". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  9. "Sbragia upbeat despite defeat". Scottish FA. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  10. "Sbragia announces Under-19 squad for Czech visit". Scottish FA. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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