Kieran Duffie

Kieran Duffie (born 4 March 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a defender for Clyde. Duffie started his career with Falkirk, spending 10 years with the side, starting with the youth development system before playing over 160 matches for the first-team before signing for East Fife on 31 March 2017 until the end of the season.

Kieran Duffie

Personal information
Full name	Kieran Duffie
Date of birth	(1992-03-04) 4 March 1992
Place of birth	Clydebank, Scotland
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Clyde
Youth career
2006–2010	Falkirk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2016	Falkirk	132	(5)
2017	East Fife	6	(0)
2017–	Clyde	5	(0)
National team
2008	Scotland U17	9	(0)
2010	Scotland U19	7	(0)
2010–2013	Scotland U21	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:24, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Career

Falkirk

Duffie made his Falkirk first team debut against Aberdeen in the SPL on 2 February 2010. He quickly established himself as first choice right-back and has gone on to make over 100 league appearances for Falkirk in the SPL, SFL and in the combined SPFL.

Duffie has become renowned for being an attacking full-back who likes to break forward at pace and overlap the midfield to get crosses into the box. In season 2011–12, he was a frequent supplier for striker Farid El Alagui and the 28 goals he scored, and it was mainly down to this that he was included in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year for Division One for that year.[1] He was also in the Falkirk side that won the Scottish Challenge Cup during that season as they beat Hamilton Academical 1–0 in the final.[2] After suffering a number of injuries that restricted his playing time, Duffie was released by Falkirk in January 2016.[3]

East Fife

Duffie signed for East Fife in March 2017.[4]

International career

Duffie has represented Scotland at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level.[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 October 2017

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
Falkirk	2009–10[6]	Premier League	6	0	0	0	0	0	—		6	0
	2010–11[7]	First Division	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	25	1
	2011–12[8]		30	1	2	0	5	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	39	1
	2012–13[9]		29	1	4	1	2	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	1	37	3
	2013–14[10]	Championship	26	1	1	0	3	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	31	1
	2014–15[11]		18	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	23	1
	2015–16[12]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Falkirk total		132	5	13	1	11	0	5	1	161	7
East Fife	2016–17[13]	League One	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Clyde	2017–18[14]	League Two	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Career total			143	5	14	1	11	0	5	1	173	7

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References

1. Ross, Jack (3 May 2012). "PFA SCOTLAND DIVISION ONE TEAM OF THE YEAR". PFA Scotland. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
2. Lindsay, Clive (1 April 2012). "Falkirk 1-0 Hamilton Accies". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
3. "Kieran Duffie departs Westfield". falkirkfc.co.uk. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
4. "New Signing". East Fife FC. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
5. "SFA Profile". Retrieved 14 April 2011.
6. "Games played by Kieran Duffie in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
7. "Games played by Kieran Duffie in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
8. "Games played by Kieran Duffie in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
9. "Games played by Kieran Duffie in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
10. "Games played by Kieran Duffie in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
11. "Games played by Kieran Duffie in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
12. "Games played by Kieran Duffie in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
13. "Games played by Kieran Duffie in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
14. "Games played by Kieran Duffie in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

External links

• Kieran Duffie at Soccerbase