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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3 October 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Linfield | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2016 | Crusaders | ||
2016–2017 | Nottingham Forest | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | St Johnstone | 13 | (1) |
2019 | → Linfield (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2020– | Linfield | 111 | (10) |
International career | |||
2014–2015 | Northern Ireland U17 | 3 | (0) |
2016 | Northern Ireland U19 | 3 | (1) |
2018– | Northern Ireland U21 | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 |
Kyle McClean (born 3 October 1998) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for NIFL Premiership club Linfield. He has previously played for St Johnstone.
McClean started his career in England at Nottingham Forest. After his release by Forest in the summer of 2017 he went on trial at St Johnstone. After a successful trial with the club, St Johnstone announced his signing on 5 June 2017 [1] [2] and he was named in the first team squad for the 2017–18 season. [3] McClean made his league debut in November 2017, and extended his contract with St Johnstone by a year in December. [4] McClean moved on loan to Linfield in January 2019. [5] Upon his return to St Johnstone, he signed a new one-year contract. [6] However, he left St Johnstone on 2 September 2019, with his contract being cancelled by mutual consent. [7] He later re-signed permanently for Linfield in January 2020. [8]
McClean has represented Northern Ireland in youth internationals. [9] [10]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
St Johnstone | 2017–18 [11] | Scottish Premiership | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7 | 1 |
2018–19 [12] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2019–20 [13] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
Linfield (loan) | 2018–19 [9] | NIFL Premiership | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
Career total | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
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