Adam King (footballer)

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Adam King
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 27)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Alloa Athletic
Youth career
2005–2013 Heart of Midlothian
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 Heart of Midlothian 2 (0)
2014–2019 Swansea City 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 24 (4)
2016–2017 → Southend United (loan) 7 (0)
2018 → Mansfield Town (loan) 7 (0)
2018 → Peterborough United (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2021 Dundee United 9 (0)
2020 → Queen's Park (loan) 6 (0)
2021 → Raith Rovers (loan) 10 (0)
2021– Alloa Athletic 42 (3)
International career‡
2013 [2] Scotland U18 2 (0)
2013–2014 Scotland U19 4 (1)
2014 Scotland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:33, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2014

Adam King (born 11 October 1995) [3] is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Alloa Athletic as a midfielder. [4] King has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Swansea City and Dundee United, and represented Scotland at Under-U18, -19 and -21 levels.

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Career

Heart of Midlothian

A member of the club's under-20 squad, [5] King was predominantly a midfielder, however could also play right back [6] and centre back. [7] Having yet to feature for the first team in September 2013, with the transfer window coming to a close, Premier League outfit Swansea City made an offer believed to be a five-figure sum of money for King. [8] However, Hearts administrators BDO rejected the offer. [9] Having been included in the match day squad for every game so far that season, [6] yet not featured, he made his first team debut for Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) [10] as a substitute in a friendly against German Bundesliga side Wolfsburg [11] on 13 November 2013. [12] He made his full professional debut in a Scottish Cup tie against Celtic on 1 December 2013, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute replacing Jamie Hamill. [13] He went on to make his first Scottish Premiership appearance on 21 December, playing from the start against Celtic at Celtic Park. [14]

In January, Swansea renewed their interest in King and a further bid was accepted by the club. [15] In all he made three appearances for Hearts. [16] He has featured at both under-18 [2] and under-19 levels for Scotland. [17] King was nominated by STV Sport as one of 14 young players in Scottish football to watch in 2014. [4]

Swansea City

On 28 January 2014, King joined Premier League side Swansea City on a three-and-a-half-year contract, [18] for an undisclosed fee. [19] He initially joined up with the club's under-21 squad. [20] On 3 January 2015, King made his Swansea City debut in a 6–2 FA Cup win over Tranmere Rovers. [21] In May 2015, King won the 2014–15 Professional U21 Development League 2 title as part of the Swansea Under-21 team. [22]

In July 2015, King joined League One team Crewe Alexandra on loan until 6 January 2016. [23] King returned to Swansea on 5 January 2016. On 5 August of the same year he signed a season-long loan deal with League One side Southend United, [24] but this was cut short in January 2017, with the player returning to Swansea City. [25] On 29 January 2018 King signed on loan for League Two side Mansfield Town for the rest of the season. [26] On 2 July 2018, he joined Peterborough United on another loan deal set to last until January 2019, [27] but he returned to Swansea City the following month after his loan was terminated because of injury.

Dundee United

King left Swansea to join Scottish Championship club Dundee United on a three-year contract in July 2019. His brother Billy had left United the previous season. [28] In February 2020, he joined Queen's Park of Scottish League Two on loan for the rest of the 2019–20 season. [29] On 29 January 2021, King joined Raith Rovers on loan until the end of the season. [30]

Alloa Athletic

King was released by Dundee United at the end of the 2020/21 season, he went on trial at Falkirk but was offered an immediate deal by Alloa Athletic and instead accepted the guaranteed deal and signed for The Wasps in June 2021. [31]

Career statistics

As of 15 May 2021 [32] [33]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Heart of Midlothian 2013–14 Scottish Premiership 2010000030
Swansea City 2013–14 Premier League 0000000000
2014–15 Premier League0010000010
2015–16 Premier League0000000000
2016–17 Premier League0000000000
2017–18 Premier League0000104 [lower-alpha 1] 252
2018–19 Championship 0000000000
Total0010104262
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2015–16 League One 244101000264
Southend United (loan) 2016–17 League One7000103 [lower-alpha 2] 0110
Mansfield Town (loan) 2016–17 League Two 7000000070
Peterborough United (loan) 2018–19 League One0000000000
Dundee United 2019–20 Scottish Championship 9000101 [lower-alpha 3] 0110
2020–21 Scottish Premiership000000—00
Total90001010110
Queens Park (loan) 2019–20 Scottish League Two 6000000060
Raith Rovers (loan) 2020–21 Scottish Championship10020001 [lower-alpha 4] 0130
Career total654504192837
  1. ↑ Appearances for Swansea City under-21s in the EFL Trophy in which age-restricted sides from Premier League clubs compete against senior clubs
  2. ↑ Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs

Personal life

Born in Edinburgh King grew up in the Portobello area of the city a Hearts fan [34] and attended Portobello High School. His older brother Billy is also a footballer, who plays for St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland Premier Division. [35] He has two other younger brothers, Ross and Robbie. [7]

Honours

Swansea City U23

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  4. 1 2 "Fourteen for '14: Introducing rising Hearts central midfielder Adam King". sport.stv.tv. Scottish Television. 23 December 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "New-look young Hearts side go down to Kilmarnock". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Gary Locke wants Adam King to seize big chance". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Billy King playing for the Hearts badge". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
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