Ally Gilchrist

Ally Gilchrist (born 3 March 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Derry City. He has previously played for St Johnstone, Elgin City , Peterhead and Shamrock Rovers.

Ally Gilchrist
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-03-03) 3 March 1995
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
Derry City
Number 23
Youth career
2011–2014 St Johnstone
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 St Johnstone 2 (0)
2014–2015Elgin City (loan) 21 (3)
2015–2016Peterhead (loan) 28 (2)
2018 Shamrock Rovers 13 (0)
2019– Derry City 35 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:40, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Career

Ally has been in the St Johnstone youth ranks since 2011. During this time he has spent the majority of his career on loan in Scotland's lower leagues, firstly with Elgin City and then with Peterhead.[1] He made his St Johnstone debut in a 2017–18 UEFA Europa League match against FK Trakai.[2] Gilchrist was released by St Johnstone in December 2017.[3] He signed for Irish club Shamrock Rovers soon after his release for the year of 2018 and was transferred to Derry City for 2019, where he has played since. [4]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 November 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Johnstone 2014–15[5] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2015–16[6] 0000000000
2016–17[7] 00000000
2017–18[8] 0000003[lower-alpha 1]030
Total 0000003030
Elgin City (loan) 2014–15[5] Scottish League Two 213000000213
Peterhead (loan) 2015–16[6] Scottish League One 28200004[lower-alpha 2]0322
Career total 495000070565
  1. Two appearances in the UEFA Europa League, one appearance for St Johnstone under-20s in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References

  1. Profile in soccerway
  2. Sutherland, Jonathan (29 June 2017). "St Johnstone 1–2 FK Trakai". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. "Cummins & Gilchrist leave the club". St Johnstone FC. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2018/0104/931066-hoops-swoop-for-st-johnstone-defender-ally-gilchrist/
  5. "Games played by Ally Gilchrist in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  6. "Games played by Ally Gilchrist in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  7. "Games played by Ally Gilchrist in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  8. "Games played by Ally Gilchrist in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 November 2017.


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