Gary Mackay-Steven
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gary Sean Mackay-Steven[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 31 August 1990||
Place of birth | Thurso, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Kilmarnock | ||
Number | 39 | ||
Youth career | |||
Ross County | |||
2007–2009 | Liverpool | ||
2009–2011 | Fulham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011 | Airdrie United | 19 | (0) |
2011–2015 | Dundee United | 110 | (21) |
2015–2017 | Celtic | 46 | (8) |
2017–2019 | Aberdeen | 51 | (9) |
2019–2020 | New York City | 35 | (3) |
2021–2023 | Heart of Midlothian | 53 | (6) |
2023– | Kilmarnock | 7 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | Scotland U21 | 3 | (1) |
2013–2018 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:58, 1 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 December 2021 |
Gary Sean Mackay-Steven (born 31 August 1990) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Kilmarnock.
Having not made the first team at English clubs
Mackay-Steven has made two full international appearances for Scotland.
Club career
Early career
Born in
Airdrie United
On 11 January 2011, Mackay-Steven joined
Dundee United
On 13 July 2011, Mackay-Steven signed a two-year deal with
He scored twice as Dundee United won the Dundee derby 6–2 against Dundee on 1 January 2015.[15]
Celtic
On 16 January 2015, Mackay-Steven signed a pre-contract agreement to join
Mackay-Steven made his debut on 11 February away to
Aberdeen
On 12 July 2017, Mackay-Steven signed a two-year contract with Aberdeen for an undisclosed fee.[22] He made his debut the following day in a UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg at home to NK Široki Brijeg, starting in a 1–1 draw. In the second leg in Bosnia a week after, he scored to wrap up a 2–0 win and advancement.[23]
Mackay-Steven scored his first league goal for Aberdeen on 14 October, the only one of a victory at Hibernian.[24] On 16 December, against the same opponents, he scored his first senior hat-trick in a 4–1 win.[25] Mackay-Steven won the Scottish Cup Goal of the Fourth round award for his strike in the 4–1 win against St Mirren.[26]
In the
New York City FC
On 24 June 2019, Mackay-Steven joined
Following their 2020 season, Mackay-Steven departed the club after
Heart of Midlothian
On 8 January 2021, Mackay-Steven returned to Scotland to sign with Heart of Midlothian on a deal to run until the summer of 2023.[34]
Mackay-Steven only made six appearances for Hearts during the 2022–23 season, as he suffered a foot injury in December.[35] Hearts announced in May that Mackay-Steven would leave the club at the end of the season,[36] although he was allowed the use of their facilities as he recovered from the foot injury.[35]
Kilmarnock
Mackay-Steven started training with Kilmarnock during October 2023,[35] and he signed a short-term contract with the club in December.[37]
International career
Mackay-Steven made his first international appearance for
He was recalled to the Scotland squad in October 2018, for a friendly against Portugal.[39] He came on as a substitute in the 67th minute, and assisted Steven Naismith in scoring Scotland's only goal of the game.[40]
Personal life
On 27 August 2017, Mackay-Steven was rescued from the River Kelvin in Glasgow after falling in. He was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he was treated for hypothermia.[41][42]
Career statistics
- As of match played 6 October 2022[43]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Airdrie United
|
2010–11[44] | Scottish Second Division | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
Dundee United | 2011–12[45]
|
Scottish Premier League | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 36 | 5 |
2012–13[46] | Scottish Premier League | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 29 | 7 | |
2013–14[47] | Scottish Premiership | 35 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 41 | 10 | ||
2014–15[48] | Scottish Premiership | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 25 | 5 | ||
Total | 110 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 131 | 27 | ||
Celtic | 2014–15[48] | Scottish Premiership | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 15 | 4 |
2015–16[49] | Scottish Premiership | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7[b] | 0 | 37 | 6 | |
2016–17[50] | Scottish Premiership | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 46 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 62 | 10 | ||
Aberdeen | 2017–18[51] | Scottish Premiership | 31 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4[a] | 1 | 42 | 9 |
2018–19[52] | Scottish Premiership | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2[a] | 1 | 30 | 7 | |
Total | 51 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 72 | 16 | ||
New York City | 2019[43] | Major League Soccer | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||
2020[53] | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
Total | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 3 | ||
Heart of Midlothian | 2020–21[54] | Scottish Championship | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 4 | |
2021–22[55] | Scottish Premiership | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 40 | 4 | ||
2022–23[56] | Scottish Premiership | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 53 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 8 | ||
Career Total | 314 | 47 | 30 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 386 | 66 |
- ^ a b c d e Appearances in the Europa League
- ^ Five appearances in the Champions League and two in the Europa League
- ^ Appearance in the Champions League
- 2020 MLS is Back Tournament
Honours
Celtic
References
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- ^ a b "Gary Mackay-Steven: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Liverpool sign up Ross County kid". BBC Sport. 16 March 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ a b c "Airdrie bring in former Liverpool youth". Scottish Football League. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ "Morton 2-2 Airdrie". BBC Sport. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Airdrie 2-5 Morton". BBC Sport. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Winger Gary MacKay-Steven joins Dundee United". BBC Sport. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ "Dundee Utd 3-2 Slask Wroclaw". BBC Sport. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "Dundee United 1-1 Kilmarnock". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "St Johnstone 3 Dundee United 3: Perth men count cost of late madness". The Courier. 29 August 2011. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ^ "Dundee United's Gary Mackay-Steven extends contract until 2015". BBC Sport. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ "Dundee United star Gary Mackay-Steven aims to show Scotland boss Gordon Strachan what he's missing". Daily Record. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ^ Wilson, Richard (12 April 2014). "Rangers 1-3 Dundee United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ^ Wilson, Richard (17 May 2014). "St Johnstone 2-0 Dundee Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ Campbell, Andy (1 January 2015). "Dundee Utd 6-2 Dundee". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Celtic: Gary Mackay-Steven agrees summer switch". BBC Sport. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Spence, Jim (2 February 2015). "Stuart Armstrong & Gary Mackay-Steven join Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ McVake, Roddie (7 February 2015). "Dundee 0-2 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Partick Thistle 0-3 Celtic". BBC Sport. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Wilson, Richard (1 March 2015). "Celtic 4-0 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ Wilson, Richard (14 March 2015). "Dundee Utd 0-2 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Gary Mackay-Steven joins Aberdeen from Celtic on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ Parks, Gordon (20 July 2017). "Aberdeen ignore Siroki warnings of hell as Stewart and Mackay-Steven goals leave Dons in heaven - big match verdict". Daily Record. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Derek McInnes salutes Aberdeen star Gary Mackay-Steven after bagging winner against Hibs". Daily Record. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Aberdeen 4 - 1 Hibs: Mackay-Steven nets treble in thumping win". The Scotsman. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Gary Mackay-Steven wins William Hill Scottish Cup Goal of the Fourth Round award". Scottish FA. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ Forsyth, Roddy (2 December 2018). "Ryan Christie fires Celtic to victory over Aberdeen in Scottish League Cup final". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ Mackay-Steven breaks silence to thank medical staff for treatment after horror Betfred Cup final injury, Evening Express, 7 December 2018
- Aberdeen FC, 22 January 2019
- ^ New York City FC Signs Gary Mackay-Steven, New York City FC, 24 June 2019
- ^ Boehm, Charles (14 July 2019). "New York Red Bulls 2, New York City FC 1 - 2019 MLS Match Recap". MLSsoccer.com.
- ^ "NYCFC dispose of Whitecaps for 4th straight win". ESPN FC. Reuters. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "New York City FC Announces Roster Moves For 2021 | New York City FC".
- ^ "GMS joins Jambos | Heart Of Midlothian Football Club". www.heartsfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ a b c Paton, Ewan (19 October 2023). "Gary Mackay-Steven Kilmarnock contract chances addressed". The Herald. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Trio to leave". www.heartsfc.co.uk. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ "Mackay-Steven joins Kilmarnock on short-term deal". BBC Sport. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ Lamont, Alasdair (15 November 2013). "Scotland 0-0 USA". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ Lewis, Jane (13 October 2018). "Scotland: Charlie Mulgrew, John Souttar, Kieran Tierney and Robert Snodgrass withdraw from squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ English, Tom (14 October 2018). "Scotland 1–3 Portugal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Footballer Gary Mackay-Steven is pulled from River Kelvin". BBC News. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Gary Mackay-Steven opens up over River Kelvin incident". The Scotsman. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ a b Gary Mackay-Steven at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2020/21". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Gary Mackay-Steven in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ Watch Celtic Invincibles lift the Premiership trophy, Scottish Professional Football League via YouTube, 21 May 2017
- ^ English, Tom (27 November 2016). "Aberdeen 0–3 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
External links
- Gary Mackay-Steven at Soccerbase