Ryan Smillie

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Ryan Smillie
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-30) 30 May 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Petershill
Youth career
0000–2010 Queen of the South
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Queen of the South 13 (0)
2012–2013 Kilbirnie Ladeside
2013– Petershill
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:30, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Ryan Smillie (born 30 May 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Petershill in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region. He has previously played in the Scottish Football League First Division for Queen of the South.

Club career[edit]

Smillie came through the youth system at Queen of the South. He was promoted from the under-19s to the first team in August 2010 after agreeing a full-time contract with the club. His current contract, which expires at the end of May 2012, is supported by an apprenticeship scheme.[1]

He was first included in the matchday squad in the 2010–11 season, in a September 2010 league match away to Stirling Albion. On that occasion he was an unused substitute.[2] He made his first league appearance towards the end of the season, as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 win away to Raith Rovers in April 2011.[3][4] He went on to make a further four Scottish First Division appearances for the season.[5] He was an unused substitute in the final of the 2010–11 Scottish Challenge Cup, in which Queen of the South were defeated 2–0 by Ross County.[6][7]

Smillie continued to make a contribution to the first team in the 2011–12 season. He played in Queen of the South's first league match of the season against Livingston in a 2–2 draw and in their first 2011–12 Scottish League Cup fixture against Stranraer in a 2–1 victory.[8][9][10]

Smillie signed for Junior side Kilbirnie Ladeside on 10 July 2012 before moving to Petershill in August 2013.[11]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Squad – Season 11/12". Queen of the South F.C. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Stirling Albion 0–0 Queen of the South". Queen of the South F.C. 25 September 2010. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Raith Rovers 0–1 Queen of the South: Saturday, 30th April 2011". Scottish Football League. 30 April 2011. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Match report: Raith Rovers 0–1 Queen of the South". soccerway.com. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Player profile: Ryan Smillie". soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Queen of the South 0–2 Ross County". BBC Sport. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Queen of the South vs Ross County". Daily Mirror. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Ryan Smillie 2011–12 statistics". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Livingston 2–2 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  10. ^ "Scottish Communities League Cup: Match Facts, Queen of the South 2–1 Stranraer". Sky Sports. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  11. ^ O'Donnell, Jim (24 August 2013). "Petershill title bid boosted by new boy Smillie". Evening Times. Retrieved 1 September 2013.