Alex Walker (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Walker | ||
| Date of birth | 25 April 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender (right/left/central) /Midfielder (central) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2003 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2005 | Rangers | 2 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Clyde (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2005–2010 | Greenock Morton | 84 | (4) |
| 2010 | → Brechin City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | East Stirlingshire | 18 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 September 2011. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Alexander Walker (born 25 April 1984 in Bellshill) is a Scottish professional footballer currently without a club.
He plays mainly as a defender, although he can also play in midfield.
Walker has previously played for Rangers and Greenock Morton, as well as having loan spells at Clyde and Brechin City.
Career
Rangers
He began his career at Rangers, where he made 2 appearances. Walker made his senior league début in a 1–0 win over Motherwell at Fir Park, coming off the bench to replace Hamed Namouchi.[1]
Clyde
He had a six-month loan spell at Clyde in which he made his Bully Wee début in a 1–0 victory at Broadwood Stadium against Ross County. During this time, Walker won the SFL young player of the month award for September 2004.[2]
After his short term deal at Broadwood,alex went to Sweden for a couple of months but decided to come back home. he joined Morton in July 2005.[3]
Greenock Morton
Walker made his Morton début in a 3–2 (AET) Challenge Cup win over Gretna, in which assistant boss at Morton, Derek Collins, and later-to-be team-mate Ryan McGuffie played for the opposition.[4] His senior league debut was the following week against Raith Rovers, in which Morton triumphed 2–0 in front of 3,222 fans.[5]
Walker signed a new contract in May 2009, for another year at Morton.[6]
He was released by Morton at the end of the 2009–10 season.[7]
Brechin City
Being out of contract in the summer, and struggling for fitness, Walker was loaned to Brechin City for three months in January 2010.[8]
Walker suffered a recurrence of a groin injury,where he underwent surgery but remained at Brechin until April.[9]
East Stirlingshire F.C.
After his release from Morton, Walker decided to go part-time and was signed up by ex-manager Jim McInally at East Stirlingshire for the 2010–11 season.[10]
Honours
Greenock Morton
- 2006–07
See also
- Clyde F.C. season 2004-05
- Greenock Morton F.C. season 2008-09 | 2009–10
References
- ↑ "Motherwell 0–1 Rangers". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
- ↑ "Walker gets September award". BBC Sport. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ↑ "Morton bring in former SPL pair". BBC Sport. 10 July 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ↑ "Morton 3–2 Gretna". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
- ↑ "Morton 2–0 Raith". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ↑ Graham, Roger (18 May 2009). "Walker, Wake get new deals for a season". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
- ↑ Graham, Roger (18 May 2010). "Brian Graham signs new Ton deal". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ↑ "Grady rates game 50–50". Greenock Telegraph. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- ↑ Mitchell, Steve (25 February 2010). "Duffy: "Look after fans and play in the summer"". Brechin Advertiser. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
- ↑ "Kean for Morton, Walker for Shire". BBC Sport. 30 June 2010.