David Syme (footballer)

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David Syme
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-06-23) 23 June 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Kilbirnie, Scotland
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Kilwinning Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Kilmarnock 21 (1)
2016–2017 Partick Thistle 3 (0)
2017 Raith Rovers 0 (0)
2017 → Cowdenbeath (loan) 15 (1)
2017–2018 Cowdenbeath 23 (6)
2018 Troon 27 (8)
2018– Kilwinning Rangers ? (?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:28, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

David Syme (born 23 June 1997) is a Scottish footballer currently playing as a centre-back for Kilwinning Rangers.

Career[]

Syme made his Kilmarnock debut on 4 April 2015, in s 2–1 defeat to Motherwell, scoring the Rugby Park's club's only goal of the game.[1]

On 16 June 2016, Syme signed a one-year-contract with Firhill side Partick Thistle. The defender left Kilmarnock after three years he broke through the youth development team and into the first team and left after 11 games and just only one goal to his name, his manager Lee Clark described him as a highly rated young defender with bags of ability and wished him well on his move to Partick Thistle.

On 21 January 2017, Syme was released by Thistle after only featuring twice for the club in cup fixtures and predominately spending his time with the under 20s squad.[2] On 31 January 2017 he signed for Scottish Championship side Raith Rovers until the end of the 2016–17 season.[3] On 14 March 2017, it was announced that Syme had joined Cowdenbeath on loan.[4] Syme was released by Rovers at the end of the season, and subsequently signed for Cowdenbeath on 9 June 2017.[5] In Syme's first game for the club he bagged a double in a Betfred cup fixture and also went onto score in his league debut for the side.

Career statistics[]

As of match played 28 October 2017[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kilmarnock 2014–15[7] Premiership 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2015–16[8] 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Kilmarnock total 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Partick Thistle 2016–17[9] Premiership 0 0 0 0 2 0 — 2 0
Partick Thistle U-20s 2016–17[9] SPFL Development League — — — 2[a] 0 2 0
Cowdenbeath (loan) 2016–17[9] League Two 10 1 0 0 — 2[b] 0 12 1
Cowdenbeath 2017–18[10] League Two 10 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 15 3
Cowdenbeath total 20 2 1 0 4 2 2 0 27 4
Career total 30 2 2 0 6 2 4 0 42 4
  1. ^ Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in the League Two play-offs

Honours[]

Kilwinning Rangers[]

  • Eglinton Cup: Winner 2021-22[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Crawford, Kenny. "BBC Sport - Kilmarnock 1-2 Motherwell". BBC. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. ^ "David Syme leaves the club". Partick Thistle FC. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  3. ^ "David Syme signing confirmed". Raith Rovers FC. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  4. ^ "David Syme Goes Out on Loan to Cowdenbeath". Raith Rovers FC. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Syme signs again". Cowdenbeath FC. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. ^ David Syme at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Games played by David Syme in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Games played by David Syme in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "Games played by David Syme in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Games played by David Syme in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  11. ^ Moynihan, Lewis (14 July 2021). "Kilwinning Rangers beat Irvine Meadow in inaugural Eglinton Cup". Irvine Times. Ayrshire Weekly Press. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

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