Gavin Swankie

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Gavin Swankie
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-11-22) 22 November 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Arbroath, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2005 Arbroath 98 (7)
2005–2008 Dundee 65 (10)
2006 → Arbroath (loan) 18 (7)
2008–2010 St Johnstone 37 (4)
2010–2012 Arbroath 70 (34)
2012–2017 Forfar Athletic 159 (41)
2017–2022 Arbroath 82 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gavin Swankie (born 22 November 1983) is a Scottish retired footballer. Capable of playing in midfield and as a forward, his previous clubs include Forfar Athletic, Dundee, St Johnstone and Arbroath.

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Club career

Swankie signed for Dundee after his contract at Arbroath ended having come through the youth ranks at Gayfield Park. [2] He made 73 starts for Arbroath, as well as 32 substitute appearances, scoring seven goals. He returned to Arbroath on loan in January 2006 until the end of the season [3] and then returned to Dundee, where he featured regularly over the next two seasons.

On 1 May 2008, Swankie signed for Dundee's Tayside rivals St Johnstone. [4] He was released at the end of the 2009–10 season. [5]

Swankie then signed for a third spell at Arbroath. [6] He won the PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year and Scottish Football League Player of the Year awards for the Third Division in the 2010–11 campaign, [7] [8] [9] and his goals helped Arbroath win their first senior league championship. [10] [11]

Swankie signed for Forfar Athletic in the 2012 summer transfer window. [12] On 3 August 2013, he was the hero for Forfar Athletic when his two goals helped beat Rangers 2–1 in the Scottish League Cup at Station Park. This was Forfar's first victory against Rangers. [13] [14]

In July 2017, with one-year left on his contract, Swankie was placed on the transfer list by Forfar after he had intimated that he wished to leave the club, [15] and on 4 July 2017, he signed with former club Arbroath for a fee of £8,000. [16] [17]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arbroath 2000–01 [18] Scottish Second Division 1000000010
2001–02 [19] Scottish First Division 8010000090
2002–03 [20] [21] 292100000302
2003–04 [22] [23] [24] Scottish Second Division 30020201 [a] 0350
2004–05 [25] 34420101 [a] 0384
Total10266030201136
Dundee 2005–06 [26] Scottish First Division 2000001 [a] 030
2006–07 [27] 33720111 [a] 1379
2007–08 [28] [29] [30] 303103100344
Total65103042217413
Arbroath (loan) 2005–06 [26] Scottish Third Division 18700002 [b] 0207
St Johnstone 2008–09 [31] [32] [33] Scottish First Division 27410201 [a] 0314
2009–10 [34] [35] Scottish Premier League 1001021—131
Total374204110445
Arbroath 2010–11 [36] [35] [37] [38] Scottish Third Division 362320111 [a] 04024
2011–12 [39] [35] Scottish Second Division 341120002 [c] 03811
Total70344011307835
Forfar Athletic 2012–13 [40] [35] Scottish Second Division 321042104 [d] 24114
2013–14 [41] [35] Scottish League One 291140222 [a] 03713
2014–15 [42] 341110104 [e] 24013
2015–16 [43] 32341102 [a] 0394
2016–17 [44] Scottish League Two 32620406 [f] 2448
Total159411539218620152
Arbroath 2017–18 [45] Scottish League One 30510203 [g] 1366
2018–19 [46] 36300401 [a] 0413
2019–20 [47] Scottish Championship 2010300060
Total688209041839
Career total519110323306328613127
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Second Division play-offs
  3. ↑ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup; One appearance in the First Division play-offs
  4. ↑ Two appearances and two goals in the Scottish Challenge Cup; two appearances in the First Division play-offs
  5. ↑ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup; three appearances and two goals in the Championship play-offs
  6. ↑ Three appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup; three appearances and two goals in the League One play-offs
  7. ↑ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup; two appearances and one goal in the Championship play-offs

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