Kieran McAnespie

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Kieran McAnespie
Personal information
Date of birth	August 21, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth	Gosport, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Winger, Full back
Club information
Current club	Alloa Athletic
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–2000 2000–2003 2001 2002 2003 2003–2004 2004–2006 2006 2006-present	St Johnstone Fulham → Hearts (loan) → Bournemouth (loan) Plymouth Argyle Falkirk St Johnstone Ayr United Alloa Athletic	50 (5) 00 (0) 05 (0) 07 (1) 04 (0) 31 (3) 16 (0) 15 (2) 23 (2)
National team2
	Scotland U-21
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:08, 29 March 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 16:08, 29 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Kieran McAnespie (born August 21, 1979, in Gosport, England) is an Anglo-Scottish footballer, currently playing for Scottish Football League Division Two side Alloa Athletic.

McAnespie graduated from the youth ranks at St Johnstone, making his first team debut at Clydebank on 4 February 1997. He made one further appearance that season as Saints won promotion to the Premier Division. Remarkably he scored on both occasions.

In 1998, McAnespie was one of four younger players asked to accompany the Scottish national side to the 1998 FIFA World Cup to gain experience. He was already a member of the Scotland U-21 side ^[1] and Craig Brown's idea was designed to ease the transition of younger players into the full national side. McAnespie, however, would never gain a full international call-up.

McAnespie joined Fulham in 2000, for a reported £80,000. Considered an investment for the future, he managed only 2 League Cup appearances during his 3 years with the London side. This period was punctuated by brief loan spells with Hearts and Bournemouth.^[1] He was released in early 2003 and turned out 4 times for Paul Sturrock's Plymouth Argyle at the end of the 2002-03 season before returning to Scotland with Falkirk.

Since that point, McAnespie's career has been characterised by short, injury-disrupted spells with lower division clubs. He left Falkirk in October 2004 to return to St Johnstone before joining Ayr United in January 2006. He rejected Ayr's offer to re-sign in the summer and instead joined Alloa.

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[edit] External links

• Kieran McAnespie career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at AlloaAthletic.co.uk
• Appearances at londonhearts.com
• Profile at honestpage.co.uk

Persondata
NAME	McAnespie, Kieran
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Anglo-Scottish footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 21, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gosport, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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