Kyle Wilkie

Kyle Wilkie (born 20 February 1991) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for East Kilbride.[1]

Kyle Wilkie

Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-02-20) 20 February 1991
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	East Kilbride
Youth career
	Stockport County
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2012	Hamilton Academical	19	(0)
2012–2013	Greenock Morton	22	(3)
2013–2014	Livingston	20	(0)
2014–2015	Nairn County	24	(1)
2015	→ Berwick Rangers (loan)	9	(2)
2015–2018	East Fife	79	(14)
2018–2019	Airdrieonians	26	(5)
2019–2020	Annan Athletic	23	(2)
2020–	East Kilbride
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:25, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

He has previously played youth football in England with Stockport County, before playing senior professional football in Scotland for Hamilton Academical, Greenock Morton, Livingston, Berwick Rangers, East Fife, Airdrieonians and Annan Athletic.

Career

Wilkie graduated from the Stockport County Centre of Excellence,[2] before signing for Hamilton Academical on 19 August 2009.[3] He made his professional debut for Hamilton on 22 August 2009, in a 3–0 loss against Aberdeen.[4] Wilkie left Hamilton at the end of the 2011–12 season.[5]

After the expiry of his contract with Accies, Wilkie joined Greenock Morton on trial.[6] He scored in a reserve match against Port Glasgow Juniors and was expected to sign on 30 July 2012.[7] He signed a one-year contract later that week after impressing in his trial period.[8] Wilkie was released in May 2013.[9]

Wilkie signed a one-year contract with Livingston on 26 July 2013 after a successful trial period with the club.[10] He made his competitive debut for Livingston on 27 July 2013, as a second-half substitute in a Scottish Challenge Cup match against Berwick Rangers.[11] He was released in May 2014.[12]

In August 2014, Wilkie signed for Highland League club Nairn County.[13] He moved on loan to Berwick Rangers in March 2015, until the end of the 2014–15 season.[14][15]

Wilkie then signed with East Fife for the 2015–16 season.[16] During his first season at the club he won the Scottish League Two Player of the Month award for March 2016[17] and at the end of the season he was voted into the PFA Scotland League Two Team of the Year.[18]

On 3 July 2018, Wilkie signed for Airdrieonians.[19] After one season at Airdrieonians, Wilkie signed for Scottish League Two club Annan Athletic.[20]

On 9 July 2020, Wilkie was announced as a new signing for East Kilbride.[1]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 August 2019

Appearances and golas 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
Hamilton Academical	2009–10[21]	Scottish Premier League	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
	2010–11[22]		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	2011–12[23]	Scottish First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		19	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	21	0
Greenock Morton	2012–13[24][25]	Scottish First Division	22	3	4	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	27	3
Livingston	2013–14[26]	Scottish Championship	20	0	0	0	2	1	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	23	1
Nairn County	2014–15[27]	Highland Football League	24	1	3	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 2]	0	30	1
Berwick Rangers (loan)	2014–15[28]	Scottish League Two	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
East Fife	2015–16[29]	Scottish League Two	36	9	2	0	2	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	41	9
	2016–17[30]	Scottish League One	18	0	2	0	3	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	25	0
	2017–18[31]		25	5	2	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	29	5
	Total		79	14	6	0	6	0	4	0	95	14
Airdrieonians	2018–19[32]	Scottish League One	26	5	2	2	4	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	33	7
Annan Athletic	2019–20[33]	Scottish League Two	2	0	0	0	4	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	7	0
Career total			201	25	16	2	17	1	11	0	245	28

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
2. Appearances in the Highland League Cup

References

1. "We can now confirm that we have secured the signatures of Ex Livingston, Airdie and Annan player Kyle Wilkie and Ex Falkirk and Queen of the South player Lewis Kidd!". Twitter. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
2. "Kyle Wilkie". Stockport County Centre of Excellence. Archived from the original on 8 September 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
3. "Stockport youngster moves to Hamilton". The Scotsman. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
4. "Hamilton 0 – 3 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
5. "Wilkie Moves On". Hamilton Academical F.C.
6. Tait, Chris (29 June 2012). "Trialist hopes for end to injury woe". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
7. Harold, Matthew (28 July 2012). "Ramsdens Cup Greenock Morton 2-0 Albion Rovers". The Away End. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
8. "Moore's hopes for Wilkie". Greenock Telegraph. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
9. Mitchell, Jonathan (7 May 2013). "Exclusive: Nine players offered new deals at Morton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
10. "Kyle Wilkie signs on". Livingston F.C. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
11. "Berwick Rangers 3-2 Livingston (aet)". BBC Sport. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
12. "Squad Ins & Outs". Livingston F.C. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
13. Chalk, Paul (14 August 2014). "Midfield duo snapped up by Nairn County". Highland News. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
15. "WILKIE AND WILSON ARRIVE ON LOAN". Berwick Rangers F.C. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
16. "Naysmith makes trio of signings". www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
17. "EAST FIFE PAIR NET LEAGUE 2 AWARDS". Scottish Professional Football League. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
18. "PFA SCOTLAND TEAMS OF THE YEAR". Scottish Professional Football League. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
19. "MIDFIELDER WILKIE CHECKS IN". Airdrieonians F.C. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
20. "NEW SIGNING - KYLE WILKIE". Annan Athletic F.C. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
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