Lewis Kidd (footballer)

Lewis Kidd
Personal information
Date of birth	30 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s)	Full back, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Albion Rovers
Youth career
	Celtic
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2014	Celtic
2014	→ Queen of the South (loan)
2014–2016	Queen of the South
2016–2019	Falkirk
2019–2020	Queen of the South
2020–2021	East Kilbride
2021	→ Albion Rovers (loan)
2021–2022	Edinburgh City
2022–	Albion Rovers
International career
2010–2012	Scotland U17
2010–2011	Scotland U16
2012	Scotland U20
2013–2014	Scotland U19
2013	Scotland U18
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:21, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Lewis Kidd (born 30 January 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Albion Rovers as a full back or midfielder.

Kidd has previously played for Celtic, Falkirk, two spells with Queen of the South,^[2] East Kilbride and Edinburgh City.

Kidd has also represented Scotland at various youth levels.^[3]

Career

In February 2014, Kidd had a loan spell at Queen of the South from Celtic.^[4] In June 2014, after being released by Celtic, Kidd signed a permanent deal for the Dumfries club.^[5] Kidd scored two league goals and one cup goal in 75 competitive first-team matches for the Doonhamers, including a goal versus Rangers that was initially reported in the media as a Lee Wallace own goal. Kidd departed Queens at the end of the 2015–16 season.^[1]

On 15 June 2016, Kidd signed for Scottish Championship club Falkirk.^[1] On 19 May 2018, he signed a contract extension to remain with the Bairns until the end of the 2018–19 season.^[6] Falkirk were relegated to Scottish League One after the final league match of the season, despite defeating league champions Ross County 3–2 at the Falkirk Stadium and Kidd was then released by the Bairns.^[7]

On 25 June 2019, Kidd signed for Queen of the South for a second spell with the club.^[8]

On 9 July 2020, Kidd was announced as a new signing for East Kilbride.^[9] He was loaned to Albion Rovers in March 2021.^[10]

Edinburgh City announced the signing of Kidd on 4 June 2021.^[11]

Career statistics

As of 25 August 2020

Appearances and goals by, club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celtic	2013–14^[12]	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Queen of the South (loan)	2013–14^[12]	Scottish Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	2^[a]	0	6	0
Queen of the South	2014–15^[13]	Scottish Championship	35	1	3	1	2	0	3^[b]	0	43	2
	2015–16^[14]	Scottish Championship	27	1	1	0	2	0	2^[c]	0	32	1
	Total		62	2	4	1	4	0	5	0	75	3
Falkirk	2016–17^[15]	Scottish Championship	14	1	0	0	2	0	2^[c]	0	18	1
	2017–18^[16]		16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	1
	2018–19^[17]		16	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	20	0
	Total		46	2	3	0	4	0	3	0	56	2
Queen of the South	2019–20^[18]	Scottish Championship	20	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	25	0
East Kilbride	2020-21	Lowland League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			132	4	8	1	12	0	10	0	162	5

^ Appearances in the Premiership play-offs
^ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Premiership play-offs
^ ^a ^b Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

External links

Lewis Kidd at Soccerbase
Lewis Kidd at Soccerway

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "QosFC: Squad - Season 19/20". qosfc.com.
^ Lewis Kidd at Soccerbase
^ "Lewis Kidd". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
^ Mark Henderson (21 February 2014). "Lewis Kidd joins Queen of the South on loan". Celtic F.C. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ "Celtic's Lewis Kidd makes Queen of the South switch permanent". BBC Sport. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ "FIVE PLAYERS SIGN FOR SEASON 2018/19". 19 May 2018.
^ "Falkirk relegated despite win over champions Ross County". Press Association. 4 May 2019.
^ "QosFC: Kidd Back In Town". www.qosfc.com.
^ "We can now confirm that we have secured the signatures of Ex Livingston, Airdie and Annan player Kyle Wilkie and Ex Falkirk and Queen of the South player Lewis Kidd!". Twitter. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ "Lewis Kidd joins Albion Rovers |".
^ "Who are Lewis Kidd and James Hilton - Edinburgh City's two newest signings?". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Games played by Lewis Kidd in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
^ "Games played by Lewis Kidd in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
^ "Games played by Lewis Kidd in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
^ "Games played by Lewis Kidd in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
^ "Games played by Lewis Kidd in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
^ "Games played by Lewis Kidd in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
^ "Games played by Lewis Kidd in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

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