Greg Kiltie

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

Greg Kiltie

Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-01-18) 18 January 1997
Place of birth	Irvine, Scotland
Playing position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Kilmarnock
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–	Kilmarnock	85	(9)
2014	→ Queen of the South (loan)	3	(0)
2019	→ Greenock Morton (loan)	14	(6)
2019–2020	→ Dunfermline Athletic (loan)	15	(2)
National team^‡
2012	Scotland U15	2	(0)
2012	Scotland U16	6	(1)
2013–2014	Scotland U17	6	(2)
2015–2016	Scotland U19	9	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:49, 15 August 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:15, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

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 not able to play again for seven months.[8]

In January 2019 he moved on loan to Greenock Morton.[9]

Kiltie moved on a season-long loan to Dunfermline Athletic on 2 September 2019, with both clubs having a recall option on the loan in January.[10] Kiltie said that he made the move after Kilmarnock manager Angelo Alessio didn't give him a "fair chance".[11] While on loan at Dunfermline, Kiltie scored the opener in a 3–2 win against his parent club's rivals Ayr United on 19 October 2019.[12] Kiltie returned to his parent club in January 2020.[13] On 1 June 2020 he signed a new one-year contract.[14]

International career

Kiltie has represented Scotland at every youth international level from under-15 to under-19.[15][16]

Career statistics

As of 15 August 2020

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kilmarnock	2012–13[17]	Scottish Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2013–14[18]	Scottish Premiership	5	0	0	0	0	0	—		5	0
	2014–15[19]		8	2	0	0	0	0	—		8	2
	2015–16[20]		35	6	3	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	2	42	8
	2016–17[21]		11	0	0	0	2	0	—		13	0
	2017–18[22]		9	0	4	0	0	0	—		13	0
	2018–19[23]		3	0	1	0	2	0	–		6	0
	2019–20[24]		10	1	2	1	1	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	14	2
	2020–21[25]		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		85	9	10	1	7	0	3	2	105	12
Queen of the South (loan)	2014–15[19]	Scottish Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Greenock Morton (loan)	2018–19[23]	Scottish Championship	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	6
Dunfermline Athletic (loan)	2019–20[24]	Scottish Championship	15	2	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	1	16	3
Career total			117	17	10	1	7	0	4	3	138	21

1. Appearances in the Premiership play-offs.
2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
3. Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup.

References

1. "Profile". Kilmarnock F.C. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
2. 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. "Scottish Gossip: Celtic, Hearts, Rangers, Ross County, Hamilton, Kilmarnock, Chelsea, Dundee, Preston". 18 December 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
9. Adam Thomas (30 January 2019). "Morton sign Kilmarnock star Greg Kiltie on loan". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
10. "GREG KILTIE SIGNED FROM KILLIE". Dunfermline Athletic F.C. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
11. "Greg Kiltie: Kilmarnock's Angelo Alessio did not give me 'a fair chance' before Dunfermline move". 4 September 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
12. "Dunfermline Athletic 3-2 Ayr United: First home win of season for Pars". 19 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
13. Dunfermline Athletic (9 January 2020). "Thanks Greg". Twitter. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
14. https://kilmarnockfc.co.uk/news/trio-extend-deals-for-2020-2021-season/
15. "Profile". Scottish FA. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
16. "Under-19 squad announced for Dutch friendly". Scottish FA. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
17. "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
18. "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
19. "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
20. "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
21. "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
22. "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
23. "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
24. "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
25. "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2020.