Glenn Middleton

Glenn Bell Dollar Middleton (born 1 January 2000) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for St Johnstone, on loan from Rangers in the Scottish Premiership. He also plays for Scotland U21s.

Glenn Middleton
Middleton playing for Rangers in 2018
Personal information
Full name Glenn Bell Dollar Middleton[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 St Johnstone
(on loan from Rangers)
Number 16
Youth career
Northampton Town
2012–2017 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Norwich City 0 (0)
2018– Rangers 15 (2)
2019 → Hibernian (loan) 6 (0)
2020 → Bradford City (loan) 3 (0)
2021– → St Johnstone (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2014 Scotland U16 1 (0)
2015–2017 Scotland U17 18 (5)
2017–2018 Scotland U19 16 (4)
2018– Scotland U21 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:15, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:35, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Early life

Born in Glasgow, Middleton was a keen supporter of Rangers as a child. His family relocated to the Northampton area in 2008 and he spent some time developing in the youth teams at Northampton Town.[3][4]

Club career

Norwich City

Middleton joined Norwich City's Academy in 2012, graduating through their youth system. He was given the squad number 43 for the first team during the 2017–18 season and was also named in the squad as a substitute in a FA Cup 3rd round match against Southampton on 18 January 2017.[5]

Rangers

Having found his senior opportunities limited at Norwich City, Middleton joined Rangers on 31 January 2018,[6] reuniting with former Canaries youth coach Graeme Murty who was the Gers manager at the time of his arrival.[3][4]

2018–19

Under Murty's successor Steven Gerrard, Middleton made his competitive debut for Rangers in a 2–0 win for Rangers against FK Shkupi in the Europa League on 12 July 2018 at Ibrox Stadium,[7] with Middleton being widely praised for his performance on his debut.[8] He scored his first goal for Rangers when he came on as a substitute in a 4–0 win against Dundee two months later.[9] On 26 October, Middleton signed a five-year contract with Rangers that tied him to the club until the summer of 2023.[10]

2019–20: Loans to Hibernian and Bradford

Middleton was loaned to Hibernian in August 2019.[11] He made eight appearances for Hibernian, but none after 30 October, and the loan was curtailed on 27 December.[12] He was then loaned to Bradford City on 31 January 2020 for the rest of the season.[13]

2020–21: Loan at St Johnstone

On 25 January 2021, Middleton joined St Johnstone on loan for the remainder of the season.[14]

International career

Middleton has represented Scotland at several age levels, up to and including the under-21 team.[15]

Career statistics
As of match played 27 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers 2018–19[16] Scottish Premiership 152102210[lower-alpha 1]1285
2019–20[17] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2020–21[18] Scottish Premiership 0000100010
Total 1521032101295
Hibernian (loan) 2019–20[17] Scottish Premiership 600020—80
Bradford City (loan) 2019–20[17] English League Two 3000000030
St Johnstone (loan) 2020–21[18] Scottish Premiership 100000—10
Career total 2521052101415
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

References
  1. "Club list of registered players: As at 20th May 2017: Norwich City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 27. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. "Glenn Middleton". Rangers F.C. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. Andrew Smith (3 February 2018). "Graeme Murty says Glenn Middleton can break into Rangers team". The Scotsman. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  4. Christopher Jack (25 April 2018). "Glenn Middleton living the dream at Rangers but the winger still has plenty of ambitions to achieve at Ibrox". Evening Times. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  5. "Southampton 1 Norwich City 0". BBC Sport. 18 January 2017.
  6. "Rangers: Winger Glenn Middleton, 18, joins from Norwich City". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018.
  7. "Rangers 2–0 FK Shkupi". BBC Sport. 12 July 2018.
  8. Black, James (13 July 2018). "Rangers old failings were still evident in Steven Gerrard's debut but Glenn Middleton is a star in the waiting". Daily Record.
  9. "Rangers 4-0 Dundee". BBC Sport. 15 September 2018.
  10. "Winger Glenn Middleton signs new Rangers deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 October 2018.
  11. "Hibernian: Glenn Middleton completes loan switch from Rangers". BBC Sport. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  12. "Glenn Middleton returns to Rangers from Hibs". BBC Sport. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  13. "Glenn Middleton: Rangers midfielder completes Bradford City loan move". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  14. "Middleton moves to McDiarmid". St Johnstone FC. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  15. "Practise makes perfect for Glenn Middleton and Scotland's Under-21s". Scottish Football Association. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  16. "Games played by Glenn Middleton in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  17. "Games played by Glenn Middleton in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  18. "Games played by Glenn Middleton in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2021.


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