David Syme (footballer)

David Syme
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-06-23) 23 June 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Kilbirnie, Scotland
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Clydebank
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Kilmarnock 27 (1)
2016–2017 Partick Thistle 3 (0)
2017 Raith Rovers 0 (0)
2017 → Cowdenbeath (loan) 15 (1)
2017–2018 Cowdenbeath 23 (6)
2018 Troon 27 (8)
2018–2022 Kilwinning Rangers 117 (25)
2022–2024 Darvel 8 (1)
2023 → Troon (loan) 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:47, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

David Syme (born 23 June 1997) is a Scottish footballer currently playing as a centre-back for Clydebank.

Career

Syme made his Kilmarnock debut on 4 April 2015, in s 2–1 defeat to Motherwell, scoring the Rugby Park's club's only goal of the game.[1]

On 16 June 2016, Syme signed a one-year-contract with Firhill side Partick Thistle. The defender left Kilmarnock after three years he broke through the youth development team and into the first team and left after 11 games and just only one goal to his name, his manager Lee Clark described him as a highly rated young defender with bags of ability and wished him well on his move to Partick Thistle.

On 21 January 2017, Syme was released by Thistle after only featuring twice for the club in cup fixtures and predominantly spending his time with the under 20s squad.[2] On 31 January 2017 he signed for Scottish Championship side Raith Rovers until the end of the 2016–17 season.[3] On 14 March 2017, it was announced that Syme had joined Cowdenbeath on loan.[4] Syme was released by Rovers at the end of the season, and subsequently signed for Cowdenbeath on 9 June 2017.[5] In Syme's first game for the club he bagged a double in a Betfred cup fixture and also went onto score in his league debut for the side.

He moved on to join West Region side Troon in March 2018[6] under Jimmy Kirkwood & his former Kilmarnock Coach Matt Maley, where he won promotion to the Premier Division. After a successful period, he suddenly joined Premier Division rivals Kilwinning Rangers for an undisclosed fee,[7] where he spent four seasons at Buffs Park, much of that period as Captain. He became the subject of a record transfer between WOSFL clubs in March 2022 when he signed for Darvel for a reported £12,000.[8]

On 23 February 2023, Syme returned to Troon on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 October 2017[10]
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 2014–15[11] Premiership 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2015–16[12] 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Kilmarnock total 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Partick Thistle 2016–17[13] Premiership 0 0 0 0 2 0 — 2 0
Partick Thistle U-20s 2016–17[13] SPFL Development League — — — 2[a] 0 2 0
Cowdenbeath (loan) 2016–17[13] League Two 10 1 0 0 — 2[b] 0 12 1
Cowdenbeath 2017–18[14] League Two 10 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 15 3
Cowdenbeath total 20 2 1 0 4 2 2 0 27 4
Career total 30 2 2 0 6 2 4 0 42 4
  1. ^ Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in the League Two play-offs

Honours

Kilwinning Rangers

Darvel

References

  1. ^ Crawford, Kenny. "BBC Sport - Kilmarnock 1-2 Motherwell". BBC. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. ^ "David Syme leaves the club". Partick Thistle FC. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  3. ^ "David Syme signing confirmed". Raith Rovers FC. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  4. ^ "David Syme Goes Out on Loan to Cowdenbeath". Raith Rovers FC. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Syme signs again". Cowdenbeath FC. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. ^ "David Syme". Troon FC. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Welcome David Syme!". Kilwinning Rangers FC. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  8. ^ "David Syme: Kilwinning receive record transfer fee from Darvel". Irvine Times. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  9. ^ "New Signing – Welcome back David Syme!". Troon FC. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  10. ^ David Syme at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Games played by David Syme in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Games played by David Syme in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  13. ^ a b c "Games played by David Syme in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Games played by David Syme in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  15. ^ Moynihan, Lewis (14 July 2021). "Kilwinning Rangers beat Irvine Meadow in inaugural Eglinton Cup". Irvine Times. Ayrshire Weekly Press. Retrieved 31 August 2021.


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