Paul Dalglish

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Paul Dalglish

Full name	Paul Kenneth Dalglish
Date of birth	February 18, 1977 (1977-02-18) (age 31)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Forward / Right winger
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-96 1996-97 1997-99 1997-98 1999 1999-2002 2001-02 2002-03 2003 2003 2004-05 2005-06 2006 2006-2007 2008	Celtic Liverpool Newcastle United → Bury (loan) → Norwich City (loan) Norwich City → Wigan Athletic (loan) Blackpool → Scunthorpe United (loan) Linfield Livingston Hibernian Houston Dynamo Kilmarnock	00 0(0) 00 0(0) 11 0(1) 12 0(0) 05 0(0) 38 0(2) 35 0(2) 27 0(1) 08 0(3) 10 0(5) 0? 0(?) 17 0(3) 13 0(5) 06 0(0) 06 0(0)
National team
1999-2000	Scotland Under-21	05 0(3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 20, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Paul Kenneth Dalglish (born 18 February 1977 in Glasgow) is an ex Scottish professional footballer who has now retired from playing after his spell at Kilmarnock.

Dalglish, son of former Scotland international Kenny Dalglish, started his career as a youth player with Celtic before joining Liverpool, but made no appearances for either of his father's former clubs.

Dalglish was then signed by his father for Newcastle United, he made 14 appearances, scoring one goal. After a successful loan spell, he permanently joined Norwich City in 1999 for £300,000, but failed to establish himself though he scored 17 goals in three years at the club.

Dalglish went on to have brief spells with Wigan Athletic (loan), Blackpool, Scunthorpe (loan), Linfield.

After this, Dalglish considered a media career, which resulted in finding himself a small interview slot on cult Saturday-morning Sky Sports program Soccer AM, although this was short-lived due to the resurgence of his football career.

Having considered retiring from football, Dalglish was given a lifeline when newly-appointed Livingston manager Paul Lambert signed him and, despite struggling near the bottom of the Scottish Premier League, Dalglish impressed, scoring in a narrow 2-1 defeat to Celtic.

Dalglish's performances attracted the attention of Hibernian manager Tony Mowbray, and on the final day of the January 2006 transfer window, he joined the Edinburgh club for a nominal fee. After being sidelined with injuries, Dalglish left Hibs in August 2006 to play for Major League Soccer side Houston Dynamo. On November 5, 2006, the Dynamo defeated the Colorado Rapids 3-1 in the Western Conference final to earn a spot in its first MLS Cup as the Houston Dynamo. Dalglish scored twice and was named Man of the Match. However, he struggled with injuries and was released by Dynamo in the 2007 post-season.

He had talks with a few clubs in February 2008 including Scottish club Kilmarnock, with whom he signed a contract till the end of the season but his spell was plagued with injuries again and has now left the club.

Paul has now retired from playing and is looking to get a job in coaching and also concentrate on his business interests. www.contact-media.com and www.wegiveto.com