Kyle Gourlay

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Kyle Gourlay
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-09-24) 24 September 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–2017 Dundee
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Dundee 0 (0)
2017Clyde (loan) 6 (0)
2017Airdrieonians (loan) 3 (0)
2018Clyde (loan) 3 (0)
2018–2019Elgin City (loan) 34 (0)
2019–2021 Hamilton Academical 10 (0)
2021–2023 Cove Rangers 22 (0)
2023–2024 Kelty Hearts 36 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:21, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Kyle Gourlay (born 24 September 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He started his career at Dundee and had loan spells at Clyde, Airdrieonians and Elgin City before signing for Hamilton Academical in summer 2019 after being released by Dundee. Gourlay signed a two-year deal at Cove Rangers in June 2021, and then played a season with Kelty Hearts.

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Career

Dundee

Born in Dundee, [1] Gourlay spent his early career with Dundee, signing his first contract with the club in summer 2014. [2] Gourlay appeared for the Dundee under-20 side in a 2–1 defeat against Cove Rangers in the Scottish Challenge Cup. [3] [4] [5] In March 2017, he joined Scottish League Two club Clyde on a development loan until the end of the season. [6] He made his senior debut on 1 April in a 1–0 defeat away to Cowdenbeath. [3] He appeared in 6 league matches for Clyde, [3] and signed a new contract with Dundee in May 2017. [7]

On 19 October 2017, he joined Scottish League One club Airdrieonians on an emergency loan until January 2018. [8] [9] He made his debut for Airdrieonians on 28 October 2017 in a 2–2 draw at home to Albion Rovers [10] and made a further two appearances for them. [3] In January 2018, Gourlay returned to Clyde on loan for the remainder of the season. [11] He played three times for Clyde [3] and signed a one-year contract extension in May 2018. [12]

In summer 2018, Gourlay joined Scottish League Two side Elgin City on loan until January 2019. [13] [14] He made his debut against Ross County in the Scottish League Cup in July 2018, before making his league debut the following month. [3] In January 2019, his loan was extended until the end of the season, having already played 20 times for Elgin City. [15] He made a total of 38 appearances. [3] He was released by Dundee at the end of the 2018–19 season. [16]

Hamilton Academical

Having had trials with Queen of the South and AFC Bournemouth, [17] he signed a one-year contract with Hamilton Academical in July 2019. [18] In May 2020 he signed a one-year extension to his contract. [19] [20] Gourlay made his first competitive appearance for Hamilton in a 3–2 defeat at Hibernian on 2 October, after regular goalkeeper Ryan Fulton was ruled out due to COVID-19. [21] On 19 May 2021 it was announced that he would leave Hamilton at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract. [22]

Cove Rangers

He signed for Cove Rangers in June 2021 on a two-year deal. [23]

Kelty Hearts

In May 2023 following the completion of his contract with Cove, Gourlay signed with Scottish League One club Kelty Hearts. [24] On 3 July 2024, Kelty confirmed that Gourlay had left the club after accepting an offshore job which made him unable to continue with the club. [25]

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