Kieran McAnespie

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{{Football player infobox | playername = Kieran McAnespie | fullname = Kieran Liam McAnespie | dateofbirth = September 11, 1979 (1979-09-11) (age 28) | cityofbirth = Gosport | countryofbirth = England | currentclub = Greenock Morton | clubnumber = | height = 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | position = Winger, Full back | years = 1995–2000
2000–2003
2001
2002
2003
2003–2004
2004–2006
2006
2006-2007
2007- | clubs = St Johnstone
Fulham
→ Hearts (loan)
→ Bournemouth (loan)
Plymouth Argyle
Falkirk
St Johnstone
Ayr United
Alloa Athletic
Greenock Morton | caps(goals) = 50 (5)
02 (0)
05 (0)
07 (1)
04 (0)
31 (3)
16 (0)
15 (2)
23 (2)
{{0})16 (1) | nationalyears = | nationalteam = Scotland U-21 | nationalcaps(goals) = | pcupdate = 16:08, 29 March 2007 (UTC) | ntupdate = 16:08, 29 March 2007 (UTC) }} Kieran Liam McAnespie (b. August 21, 1979, Gosport, England) is a Scottish footballer, currently playing for Greenock Morton.

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.

On June 21, 2007, McAnespie was sold by Alloa to Greenock Morton for a five figure fee.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "McAnespie joins up at Hearts", BBC Sport, 2001-01-22. 
  2. ^ Alloa sell McAnespie to Morton

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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