Dylan McGeouch

Dylan McGeouch (born 15 January 1993) is a Scottish footballer, who plays for Aberdeen as a midfielder. McGeouch, who has previously played for Celtic, Coventry City, Hibernian and Sunderland, made his first full international appearance for Scotland in May 2018.

Dylan McGeouch
Personal information
Full name Dylan McGeouch[1]
Date of birth (1993-01-15) 15 January 1993
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Aberdeen
Number 15
Youth career
2005–2008 Celtic
2008–2011 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Celtic 20 (2)
2014 → Coventry City (loan) 8 (0)
2014–2015 → Hibernian (loan) 20 (2)
2015–2018 Hibernian 72 (0)
2018–2020 Sunderland 30 (0)
2020– Aberdeen 15 (0)
National team‡
2008–2009 Scotland U16 6 (0)
2009–2010 Scotland U17 8 (1)
2010–2011 Scotland U19 5 (1)
2012–2013 Scotland U21 10 (0)
2018– Scotland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:10, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:56, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Early life

McGeouch grew up in the Milton area of Glasgow, supporting Celtic.[2][3]

Club career

Celtic youth

McGeouch started his career with the Celtic youth system, frequently playing alongside Callum McGregor[4] who was also a teammate in youth Victory Shield internationals at Under-16 level; at that time McGeouch was a pupil at Bishopbriggs Academy.[5] He was often a ball boy for first team matches during his time there.[6]

He left Celtic in 2008 after his older brother Darren, who was also playing for the club's youth teams, fell out of favour.[3]

Rangers youth

McGeouch went to Rangers in 2008, but he returned to Celtic in 2011[3] after Neil Lennon visited his house and asked him to come back.[7] Rangers manager Walter Smith had appealed to McGeouch to stay at Rangers.[2] Rangers were later awarded £100,000 by a transfer tribunal regarding the McGeouch transfer.[8]

Celtic

McGeouch made his Celtic debut on 6 November 2011, when he came on as a late substitute in a 2–1 win over Motherwell.[9] On 26 November, he made his second appearance for Celtic, coming on as a 64th-minute substitute against St Mirren. Eight minutes later he scored his first goal for the club after collecting the ball deep inside his own half and running 70 yards, dribbling past several St Mirren players, before striking a low left foot shot into the net to seal a 5–0 victory.[7][10][11]

Coventry City (loan)

On 30 January 2014, McGeouch was loaned to Coventry City for the remainder of the 2013–14 season.[12] He returned to Celtic in the summer of 2014.

Hibernian

After making one appearance for Celtic in August 2014, he was loaned to Hibernian until the end of the season.[13] He made his first appearance against Cowdenbeath on 13 September. He received a red card in the League Cup fixture against Ross County for a heavy tackle on Joe Cardle. He scored his first goal for Hibernian in a 4–0 victory over Livingston at Almondvale Stadium.

On 21 August 2015, McGeouch signed permanently for Hibernian on a three-year deal.[14] He suffered a series of injury problems during the 2015–16 season and was restricted to 19 league appearances. McGeouch came back into the team for the promotion playoffs, in which Hibs lost 5–4 on aggregate to Falkirk. He then played the full game as Hibs defeated Rangers in the 2016 Scottish Cup Final, their first victory in the competition for 114 years.[15]

McGeouch was restricted to 18 league appearances in 2016–17, as Hibs won promotion to the Scottish Premiership.[16] He scored one goal during the season, the second Hibs goal in the 2016–17 Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by Aberdeen.[17]

McGeouch produced impressive performances during the 2017–18 season, as he was able to stay relatively free of injury problems.[18] He earned a selection for the international squad in March 2018,[19] but then had to withdraw due to an abductor injury.[20] With his contract due to expire at the end of the season, head coach Neil Lennon confirmed during May 2018 that McGeouch would leave under freedom of contract.[21]

Sunderland

McGeouch signed for EFL League One club Sunderland in July 2018.[22]

Aberdeen

On 7 January 2020, McGeouch signed for Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen on a permanent deal until 2022.[23]

In August 2020 he was one of eight Aberdeen players who received a suspended three-match ban from the Scottish FA after they breached coronavirus-related restrictions by visiting a bar earlier in the month.[24]

International career

McGeouch was called up to the Scotland under-21 squad on 17 April 2012, to face Italy eight days later.[25]

McGeouch was selected for the full Scotland squad in March 2018,[19] but he had to withdraw due to injury.[20] He was again selected for the squad in May 2018, for friendly matches in Peru and Mexico.[26] McGeouch made his full Scotland debut on 29 May 2018, in a 2–0 defeat to Peru.[27][28]

Career statistics
As of match played 6 February 2021[29]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 2011–12[30] Scottish Premier League 6120000081
2012–13[31] Scottish Premier League 121201000151
2013–14[32] Scottish Premiership 1000101[lower-alpha 1]030
2014–15[33] Scottish Premiership 1000000010
Total 202402010272
Coventry City (loan) 2013–14[32] League One 8000000080
Hibernian (loan) 2014–15[33] Scottish Championship 20231102[lower-alpha 2]0263
Hibernian 2015–16[34] Scottish Championship 19040304[lower-alpha 2]0300
2016–17[35][36] Scottish Championship 18011004[lower-alpha 3]0231
2017–18[37] Scottish Premiership 3501060—420
Total 720609080950
Sunderland 2018-19[38] League One 22020006[lower-alpha 4]0300
2019-20[39] League One 8000201[lower-alpha 4]0110
Total 300202070410
Aberdeen 2019–20[39] Scottish Premiership 7020000090
2020–21[40] Scottish Premiership 8000003[lower-alpha 5]0110
Total 150200030200
Career total 16541721402102176
  1. Appearance in the UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
  3. Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  5. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

Style of play

McGeouch's primary position was as an attacking midfielder but used to also play on the wings.[6] He has developed as a central midfield player during his time at Hibernian.

Honours

Club

Celtic

Hibernian

Sunderland

Individual

References
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  2. "Celtic lure too big for youngster Dylan McGeouch". BBC Sport. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  3. Parks, Gordon (14 October 2012). "Celtic starlet Dylan McGeouch: Football has saved me from mean streets of my youth". Daily Record. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  4. "Double celebrations looms for Callum McGregor". Evening Times. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  5. "Under 16 Sky Sports Victory Shield Scotland v Northern Ireland". Scottish Football Association. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  6. "Spot the Celtic stars of the future at Paradise tonight". Celtic FC. 7 November 2011. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  7. "Celtic 5 St Mirren 0: A new kid in town". The Herald. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
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  12. "Dylan McGeouch completes Sky Blues loan". Coventry City FC. 30 January 2014.
  13. "Hibernian sign Celtic's Dylan McGeouch on loan". BBC Sport.
  14. "McGeouch joins Hibernian". Hibernian FC. 21 August 2015.
  15. "Scottish Cup final: Rangers 2–3 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  16. "Hibernian 3–0 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  17. Sutherland, Jonathan (22 April 2017). "Hibernian 2–3 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  18. "Dylan McGeouch: Hibs boss Neil Lennon 'in a quandary' over injured midfielder". BBC Sport. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  19. "Six new faces in Alex McLeish's Scotland squad for March friendlies". BBC Sport. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  20. Lamont, Alasdair (19 March 2018). "Scotland: Dylan McGeouch withdraws from squad after training session". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  21. "Hibernian 5–5 Rangers: Neil Lennon pledges future to Hibs after outburst". BBC Sport. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  22. "Dylan McGeouch: Sunderland sign Scotland international midfielder". BBC Sport. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  23. "Dylan McGeouch: Aberdeen sign Sunderland midfielder until summer 2022". BBC Sport. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  24. "Celtic's Boli Bolingoli gets three-game ban; 'Aberdeen eight' receive three-match suspended ban". 28 August 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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  28. Lamont, Alasdair (30 May 2018). "Peru 2–0 Scotland: Hibs' Dylan McGeouch eyes more caps despite debut defeat". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
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