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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dylan McGeouch[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Carlisle United | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Celtic | ||
| 2008–2011 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | Celtic | 20 | (2) |
| 2014 | →Coventry City (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | →Hibernian (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| 2015–2018 | Hibernian | 72 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Sunderland | 30 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Aberdeen | 36 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Forest Green Rovers | 21 | (0) |
| 2023– | Carlisle United | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Scotland U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Scotland U17 | 8 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Scotland U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Scotland U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2018– | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:56, 5 August 2023 (UTC) | |||
Dylan McGeouch (born 15 January 1993) is a Scottishfootballer, who plays as amidfielder forEFL League Two clubCarlisle United. McGeouch, who has previously played forCeltic,Coventry City,Hibernian,Sunderland,Aberdeen andForest Green Rovers, made his first full international appearance forScotland in May 2018.
McGeouch grew up in theMilton area ofGlasgow, supportingCeltic.[3][4] McGeouch started his career with theCeltic youth system, frequently playing alongsideCallum McGregor[5] who was also a teammate in youthVictory Shield internationals atUnder-16 level; at that time McGeouch was a pupil atBishopbriggs Academy.[6] He was often a ball boy for first team matches during his time there.[7] He left Celtic in 2008 after his older brotherDarren, who was also playing for the club's youth teams, fell out of favour.[4]
McGeouch went toRangers in 2008, but he returned to Celtic in 2011[4] afterNeil Lennon visited his house and asked him to come back.[8] Rangers managerWalter Smith had appealed to McGeouch to stay at Rangers.[3] Rangers were later awarded £100,000 by a transfer tribunal regarding the McGeouch transfer.[9]
McGeouch made his Celtic debut on 6 November 2011, when he came on as a late substitute in a 2–1 win overMotherwell.[10] On 26 November, he made his second appearance for Celtic, coming on as a 64th-minute substitute againstSt Mirren. Eight minutes later he scored his first goal for the club after collecting the ball deep inside his own half and running 70 yards, dribbling past several St Mirren players, before striking a low left foot shot into the net to seal a 5–0 victory.[8][11][12]
On 30 January 2014, McGeouch was loaned toCoventry City for the remainder of the2013–14 season.[13] He returned to Celtic in the summer of 2014.
After making one appearance for Celtic in August 2014, he was loaned toHibernian until the end of the season.[14] He made his first appearance againstCowdenbeath on 13 September. He received a red card in theLeague Cup fixture againstRoss County for a heavy tackle onJoe Cardle. He scored his first goal for Hibernian in a 4–0 victory overLivingston atAlmondvale Stadium.
On 21 August 2015, McGeouch signed permanently for Hibernian on a three-year deal.[15] He suffered a series of injury problems during the 2015–16 season and was restricted to 19 league appearances. McGeouch came back into the team for the promotion playoffs, in which Hibs lost 5–4 on aggregate toFalkirk. He then played the full game as Hibs defeatedRangers in the2016 Scottish Cup final, their first victory in the competition for 114 years.[16]
McGeouch was restricted to 18 league appearances in 2016–17, as Hibs won promotion to theScottish Premiership.[17] He scored one goal during the season, the second Hibs goal in the2016–17 Scottish Cup semi-final defeat byAberdeen.[18]
McGeouch produced impressive performances during the 2017–18 season, as he was able to stay relatively free of injury problems.[19] He earned a selection for the international squad in March 2018,[20] but then had to withdraw due to an abductor injury.[21] With his contract due to expire at the end of the season, head coachNeil Lennon confirmed during May 2018 that McGeouch would leave under freedom of contract.[22]
McGeouch signed forEFL League One clubSunderland in July 2018.[23]
On 7 January 2020, McGeouch signed for Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen on a permanent deal until 2022.[24] In August 2020 he was one of eight Aberdeen players who received a suspended three-match ban from theScottish Football Association after they breachedcoronavirus-related restrictions by visiting a bar earlier in the month.[25]
In October 2022, McGeouch had an unsuccessful trial with Scottish sideLivingston before joiningEFL League One clubForest Green Rovers on a deal until the end of the 2022–23 season.[26][27] He became club captain and won the Player of the Year award but chose to leave following the club's relegation toLeague Two.[28]
On 7 July 2023, McGeouch joinedCarlisle United on a two-year deal.[29]
McGeouch was called up to theScotland under-21 squad on 17 April 2012, to faceItaly eight days later.[30]
He was selected for the fullScotland squad in March 2018,[20] but he had to withdraw due to injury.[21] He was again selected for the squad in May 2018, for friendly matches inPeru andMexico.[31] McGeouch made his full Scotland debut on 29 May 2018, in a 2–0 defeat to Peru.[32][33]
McGeouch's primary position was as anattacking midfielder but used to also play on thewings.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Celtic | 2011–12[35] | Scottish Premier League | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2012–13[36] | Scottish Premier League | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| 2013–14[35] | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2014–15[35] | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| Coventry City (loan) | 2013–14[35] | League One | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Hibernian (loan) | 2014–15[35] | Scottish Championship | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| Hibernian | 2015–16[37] | Scottish Championship | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 2016–17[38][39] | Scottish Championship | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 2017–18[40] | Scottish Premiership | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 42 | 0 | ||
| Total | 72 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 95 | 1 | ||
| Sunderland | 2018–19[41] | League One | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 2019–20[42] | League One | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Aberdeen | 2019–20[42] | Scottish Premiership | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020–21[43] | Scottish Premiership | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2021–22[44] | Scottish Premiership | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[f] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Forest Green Rovers | 2022–23[45] | League One | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Carlisle United | 2023–24[46] | League One | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 201 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 271 | 6 | ||
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