Greg Kiltie

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Greg Kiltie
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 (age 29)
Place of birth Irvine, Scotland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
Kilmarnock
Number 11
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2021–2025 St Mirren 123 (8)
2025– Kilmarnock 21 (2)
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 as of 22:07, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals 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 Kilmarnock.

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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]

Kilt re-signed for Kilmarnock in June 2025. [19]

International career

Kiltie has represented Scotland at every youth international level from under-15 to under-19. [20] [21]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 February 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kilmarnock 2012–13 [22] Scottish Premier League 100000—10
2013–14 [23] Scottish Premiership 500000—50
2014–15 [24] 820000—82
2015–16 [25] 35630202 [a] 2428
2016–17 [26] 1100020—130
2017–18 [27] 904000—130
2018–19 [28] 301020–60
2019–20 [29] 10121101 [b] 0142
2020–21 [30] 28622002 [a] 0328
Total11015123705213420
Queen of the South (loan) 2014–15 [24] Scottish Championship 3000000030
Greenock Morton (loan) 2018–19 [28] Scottish Championship146000000146
Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 2019–20 [29] Scottish Championship15200001 [c] 1163
St Mirren 2021–22 [31] Scottish Premiership2523340—325
2022–23 [32] Scottish Premiership352203000402
2023–24 [33] Scottish Premiership344204000404
2024–25 [34] Scottish Premiership290100000300
Total1238831100014211
Kilmarnock 2025–26 [35] Scottish Premiership212005000262
Career total286332062306333542
  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 "Profile". Kilmarnock F.C. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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. ↑ Highet, Lochlin (17 June 2025). "Greg Kiltie returns to Kilmarnock". Kilmarnock FC.
  20. ↑ "Profile". Scottish FA. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  21. ↑ "Under-19 squad announced for Dutch friendly". Scottish FA. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  24. 1 2 "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  28. 1 2 "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  29. 1 2 "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  34. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Greg Kiltie in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 June 2025.