Kieran Gibbons
Kieran Gibbons (born 6 February 1995) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for East Stirlingshire.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 February 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | East Stirlingshire | ||
Youth career | |||
–2009 | Hamilton Academical | ||
2011–2014 | Aberdeen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Aberdeen | 1 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Livingston | 18 | (0) |
2016 | → Cowdenbeath (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2016–2018 | East Kilbride | 81 | (8) |
2018–2019 | Stenhousemuir | 32 | (0) |
2019–2020 | East Kilbride | 20 | (2) |
2020– | East Stirlingshire | 11 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2020 |
Gibbons has also played for Aberdeen, Livingston, Cowdenbeath, Stenhousemuir.and East Kilbride.
Career
Gibbons began his career at youth level with Hamilton Academical, leaving the club in 2009; upon his departure he was then unable to sign for another club unless they paid Hamilton £9000 in compensation.[2] In January 2011, Hamilton agreed to release his registration and he signed for Aberdeen.[3] He made his only appearance on 23 November 2014, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute for Cammy Smith in their 1–0 win at Partick Thistle in the Scottish Premiership.[4] He was an unused substitute in five more league matches and one Scottish Cup fixture as Aberdeen finished as Premiership runners-up.
On 30 June 2015, after a trial, Gibbons signed for Scottish Championship club Livingston.[5] He made his debut on 25 July, in the first round of the Scottish Challenge Cup, playing the entirety of a 2–1 home win over Clyde.[6] In February 2016, Gibbons signed on loan with Cowdenbeath for the remainder of the 2015–16 season.[7]
Gibbons joined East Kilbride in the 2016 close season,[8] spending two seasons with the side before joining Stenhousemuir in May 2018.[9]
On 16 September 2019, Stenhousemuir agreed to terminate Gibbon's contract in order for him to pursue first team football elsewhere. Gibbons rejoined East Kilbride the same day.[10][11]
Gibbons moved to East Stirlingshire on 1 July 2020.[1]
Honours
East Kilbride
- Lowland Football League: 2016–17[12]
- SFA South Region Challenge Cup: 2016–17
- East of Scotland Qualifying Cup: 2017–18
References
- "New signing Kieran Gibbons". Twitter. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- Campbell, Alan (21 March 2010). "Teen football star's dad hits out at SPL compensation scheme". Daily Record. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- "A new Don". Clydebank Post. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- Moffat, Colin (23 November 2014). "Partick Thistle 0-1 Aberdeen". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- "Livingston add former Aberdeen U20s captain Kieran Gibbons". BBC Sport. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- "Livingston 2-1 Clyde". BBC Sport. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- "Kieran Gibbons heads out on loan". livingstonfc.co.uk. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- Lindsay, Clive (17 September 2016). "Scottish League One ins and outs – summer 2016". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- "Gibbons becomes the Warriors latest recruit". Stenhousemuir. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- Thomson, Paul (16 September 2019). "Kieran Gibbons rejoins East Kilbride after Stenhousemuir spell". dailyrecord. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- Sep 16, Jamie Swinney |; Featured, 2019 |; News | 0, First Team (16 September 2019). "Gibbons departs Ochilview". Stenhousemuir FC. Retrieved 18 September 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- FC, East Kilbride. "Club Honours". eastkilbridefootballclub.co.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2020.