Greg Kiltie

Greg Kiltie

Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Irvine, Scotland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	St Mirren
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2021	Kilmarnock	110	(15)
2014	→ Queen of the South (loan)	3	(0)
2019	→ Greenock Morton (loan)	14	(6)
2019–2020	→ Dunfermline Athletic (loan)	15	(2)
2021–	St Mirren	117	(8)
International career‡
2012	Scotland U15	2	(0)
2012	Scotland U16	6	(1)
2013–2014	Scotland U17	6	(2)
2015–2016	Scotland U19	9	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:37, 1 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:15, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Greg Kiltie (born 18 January 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club St Mirren.

Early life

Kiltie was born in Irvine. ^[2] As a nine-year-old child he was a mascot in the Brazil-Australia group game at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, after winning a competition organised by the Sunday Mail . ^[3] His father Jim is a BT engineer. ^[3]

Club career

He signed a professional contract with Kilmarnock at the age of 16. ^[2] He made his senior debut for Kilmarnock on 18 May 2013, as they lost 3–1 at home to St Mirren in a Scottish Premier League game. ^{[3] [4] [5]} His debut came at the age of 16 years and four months, making him Kilmarnock's youngest player for 50 years. ^[3]

On 3 October 2014, Kiltie signed for Scottish Championship club Queen of the South on a one-month loan. ^[6]

During the 2016–17 season, Kiltie was out for six months following knee surgery in October, ^[7] then on 20 May 2017, during Kilmarnock's final match of the season against Ross County he was injured during the first half. ^[8] It was later announced he had suffered a broken ankle and following an operation, he was not able to play again for seven months. ^[9]

In January 2019 he moved on loan to Greenock Morton. ^[10]

Kiltie moved on a season-long loan to Dunfermline Athletic on 2 September 2019, with both clubs having a recall option on the loan in January. ^[11] Kiltie said that he made the move after Kilmarnock manager Angelo Alessio didn't give him a "fair chance". ^[12] While on loan at Dunfermline, Kiltie scored the opener in a 3–2 win against his parent club's rivals Ayr United on 19 October 2019. ^[13] Kiltie returned to his parent club in January 2020. ^[14] On 1 June 2020 he signed a new one-year contract. ^[15] He left Kilmarnock in June 2021. ^[16]

He signed for St Mirren on 6 June 2021, on a two-year contract. ^{[17] [18]}

International career

Kiltie has represented Scotland at every youth international level from under-15 to under-19. ^{[19] [20]}

Career statistics

As of match played 1 March 2025

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	2012–13 [21]	Scottish Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2013–14 [22]	Scottish Premiership	5	0	0	0	0	0	—		5	0
	2014–15 [23]		8	2	0	0	0	0	—		8	2
	2015–16 [24]		35	6	3	0	2	0	2 [a]	2	42	8
	2016–17 [25]		11	0	0	0	2	0	—		13	0
	2017–18 [26]		9	0	4	0	0	0	—		13	0
	2018–19 [27]		3	0	1	0	2	0	–		6	0
	2019–20 [28]		10	1	2	1	1	0	1 [b]	0	14	2
	2020–21 [29]		28	6	2	2	0	0	2 [a]	0	32	8
	Total		110	15	12	3	7	0	5	2	134	20
Queen of the South (loan)	2014–15 [23]	Scottish Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Greenock Morton (loan)	2018–19 [27]	Scottish Championship	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	6
Dunfermline Athletic (loan)	2019–20 [28]	Scottish Championship	15	2	0	0	0	0	1 [c]	1	16	3
St Mirren	2021–22 [30]	Scottish Premiership	25	2	3	3	4	0	—		32	5
	2022–23 [31]	Scottish Premiership	35	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	40	2
	2023–24 [32]	Scottish Premiership	34	4	2	0	4	0	0	0	40	4
	2024–25 [33]	Scottish Premiership	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	0
	Total		117	8	8	3	11	0	0	0	136	11
Career total			259	31	20	6	18	0	6	3	303	40

1. Appearance(s) in the play-offs.
2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
3. Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup.

References

1. Greg Kiltie at Soccerway
2. "Profile". Kilmarnock F.C. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
3. Norman Silvester (23 February 2014). "Killie starlet Greg Kiltie reveals he hit the big time as a kid at World Cup in 2006 thanks to Sunday Mail". Daily Record. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
4. "Kilmarnock 1–3 St Mirren". BBC Sport. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
5. Scott McClymont (23 December 2013). "Fourteen for '14: Meet Kilmarnock's next rising star Greg Kiltie". STV. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
6. "Greg Kiltie Signs on Loan". Queen of the South F.C. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
7. "Lillie ace Greg Kiltie raring to go after injury he'll scuppered his season". Daily Record. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
8. Sutherland, Jonathan (20 May 2017). "Kilmarnock 1–2 Ross County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
9. "Scottish Gossip: Celtic, Hearts, Rangers, Ross County, Hamilton, Kilmarnock, Chelsea, Dundee, Preston". BBC Sport. 18 December 2017.
10. Adam Thomas (30 January 2019). "Morton sign Kilmarnock star Greg Kiltie on loan". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
11. "GREG KILTIE SIGNED FROM KILLIE". Dunfermline Athletic F.C. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
12. "Greg Kiltie: Kilmarnock's Angelo Alessio did not give me 'a fair chance' before Dunfermline move". BBC Sport. 4 September 2019.
13. "Dunfermline Athletic 3-2 Ayr United: First home win of season for Pars". BBC Sport. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
14. Dunfermline Athletic (9 January 2020). "Thanks Greg". Twitter. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
15. "Trio extend deals for 2020/2021 season". 1 June 2020.
16. "Player Update as Broadfoot, Kiltie and Lafferty depart". 4 June 2021.
17. "Forwards Main & Kiltie join St Mirren". BBC Sport.
18. Burns, Scott (7 June 2021). "Greg Kiltie agrees St Mirren transfer after leaving Kilmarnock". Daily Record.
19. "Profile". Scottish FA. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
20. "Under-19 squad announced for Dutch friendly". Scottish FA. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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29. "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
30. "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
31. "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
32. "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
33. "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2024.