Kyle Macaulay

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Kyle Macaulay
Personal information
Full name Kyle Macaulay
Date of birth (1986-05-13) 13 May 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Elgin, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 West Ham United (recruitment)
Youth career
2003–2005 Derby County
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007 Aberdeen 5 (0)
2006–2007 → Peterhead (loan) 7 (4)
2007 Peterhead 13 (2)
2008–2009 Alloa Athletic 42 (9)
2009–2010 Elgin City 34 (4)
Huntly
Total101(19)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World University Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Shenzhen Men's Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 July 2010

Kyle Macaulay (born 13 May 1986) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently works as head of recruitment for West Ham United.

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Club career

Born in Elgin, he started his career at Derby County but after two years at Pride Park, he was released. Macaulay was signed by his uncle Steve Paterson for Aberdeen. He made his debut on 4 February 2006 against Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle.

In November 2006 he was loaned out to Peterhead before signing a permanent deal with them on 31 January 2007. After leaving Peterhead in the summer of 2007, Macaulay was out of football for a few months until he signed for Alloa Athletic after a successful trial period. He scored for Alloa in February 2008 in a game against his former club Peterhead. [1]

In 2011, Macaulay won a silver medal in the football at the 2011 Summer Universiade. [2]

He continued playing semi-professional football in the Scottish League system until 2012, when he graduated from the University of Stirling.

International career

Macaulay played for Scotland at youth international level. [2]

Post-retirement career

Ostersunds FK

Macaulay began in a non-playing role in Sweden shortly afterwards, working as a performance analyst at Östersunds for Graham Potter, where he spent six years. [2]

Swansea City

Macaulay joined Swansea City in a similar role in June 2018, when Potter moved to the Welsh club. [3] Swansea had a somewhat successful season back in the Championship following relegation from the Premier League in the season prior finishing in 10th place and reaching the quarter finals of the FA Cup. [4] [5]

Brighton & Hove Albion

Potter was appointed as the new Brighton & Hove Albion manager on 20 May 2019 where Macaulay, assistant manager Billy Reid and coach Bjorn Hamberg moved to the Sussex club alongside Potter. [6]

Chelsea

On 8 September 2022, Macaulay followed Graham Potter on a move to Chelsea. [7]

West Ham United

Macaulay left Chelsea to become head of recruitment for West Ham United in January 2025, once again reuniting with Potter. [8] [9]

Personal life

Macaulay is the nephew of former manager Steve Paterson. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Peterhead 2–2 Alloa Athletic, BBC Sport, 26 February 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Kyle Macaulay: The former Aberdeen player who is Graham Potter's transfer guru at Chelsea". aberdeenlive.news. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Graham Potter named new Swansea City manager". BBC Sport. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Swansea City". BBC Sport. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Swansea City 2–3 Manchester City". BBC Sport. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Graham Potter appointed new Brighton manager after leaving Swansea". BBC Sport. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Graham Potter leaves Albion for Chelsea". brightonandhovealbion.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  8. ↑ https://www.whufc.com/teams/mens-team-coaching-staff/kyle-macaulay-head-recruitment
  9. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cwywev407gzo.amp


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