Dene Shields
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dene Shields | ||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker/winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Xewkija Tigers F.C | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2000 | Raith Rovers | 8 | (1) |
| 2000–2003 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | →Scarborough (loan) | 9 | |
| 2002 | →Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2003 | Raith Rovers | 13 | (2) |
| 2003 | Brechin City | 2 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Cowdenbeath | 49 | (20) |
| 2005–2007 | Gretna | 13 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | →Stranraer (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2006 | →Stirling Albion (loan) | 17 | (9) |
| 2007–2009 | Ross County | 36 | (14) |
| 2008 | →East Fife (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2010 | Raith Rovers | 9 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Ħamrun Spartans | 28 | (18) |
| 2012– | Xewkija Tigers | 32 | (36) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 August 2010. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Dene Shields (born 16 September 1982 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Gozo Football League First Division side Xewkija Tigers, where he plays as a striker. He finished 2012-2013 season as the league top scorer he also finished the 2013-2014 as league top scorer and winning the award of best foreign player on Island. He has currently scored 42 goals in 38 league appearances for the gozotian side.
His younger brother is Jay Shields, who is also a footballer.
Career
Shields began his career in Kirkcaldy with Raith Rovers, scoring on his first ever start,shields was known as Scotland's hottest property at the age of 18 and was attracting the interest of English premier league clubs[1]and earning a £100,000 move to Sunderland in December 2002 after just one full first team appearance.[2] Despite spending three years at the Stadium of Light, Shields never made a first-team appearance and was loaned to Scarborough scoring 9 goals and then to Doncaster Rovers[3] during his time in England. In January 2003, Shields returned to Raith on a free transfer,[4] two years after leaving. Released after only spending a few months on his return as club went into administration Stark's Park,[5] Shields joined Brechin City at the start of the 2003–04 season, only to move on loan closer to his home town Cowdenbeath.[6] Cowden made the move permanent in early 2004, tying Shields to a two-and-a-half-year contract.[7]
A year later, Cowdenbeath chairman Gordon McDougall said it would take an "exceptional offer" to sell Shields after interest from Gretna and Hearts,[8] and it was Gretna's £50,000 offer that saw Shields move to the Scottish Borders club in January 2005.[9] Making only three substitute appearances in the remainder Gretna's title-winning season.He played in Gretna's historic Scottish cup run playing in the Scottish cup semi final at Hampden park against Dundee FC http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/4865198.stm.Gretna fc are the only club in history from the 2nd division to reach the Scottish cup final.Shields was loaned up to the 1st division to Stranraer in the first few weeks of the 2005–06 season.[10] On his return to Raydale Park, Shields played nine matches of Gretna's second successive title win, missing out on a winner's medal by one match. Shields was loaned out again at the start of the following season, this time to Stirling Albion,[11] Scoring 9 goals in 18 games,and although he played one match for Gretna on his return in January 2007, it was to be his last before a January 2007 move to Ross County.[12] Shields spending 2 and half years in Dingwall winning the Scottish 2 division scoring 14 goals in 36 appearances.
In September 2008, Shields made East Fife his eleventh club when he joined on loan for the rest of the year,[13] failing to score in ten appearances for the Methil side. On 19 February 2010 after being a free agent he re-signed for Raith Rovers.[14] Shields signed for hamrun Spartans in Malta top flight league in August 2010 spending 2 seasons with the Maltese club http://www.maltafootball.com/2010/07/29/mid-way-through-the-transfer-market/ playing 28 games scoring 18 goals. Shields then signed for Xewkija Tigers in gozo's first league http://xewkijatigersfc.com/jm2/index.php/news/723-official-tigers-sign-dene-shields Shields won the 2012-2013 honour of leagues top scorer with 18 goals in 14 games http://xewkijatigersfc.com/jm2/index.php/news/847-shields-wins-top-scorer-award then going to win the 2013-2014 leagues top scorer with 18 goals in 18 games helping them win the gozo 2013-2014 league title and picking up the award of best foreign player of the league of the 2013/2014 season.
Statistics
Correct after 1 January 2009
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||||
| 1999-00 | Raith Rovers | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2000–01 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||||
| 2000–01 | Sunderland | Premier League | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2001–02 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Scarborough (loan) | Conference | 9 | 2 | - | - | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 2002–03 | Sunderland | Premier League | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Doncaster Rovers (loan) | Conference | 4 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||||
| 2002–03 | Raith Rovers | Scottish Second Division | 13 | 2 | - | - | 13 | 2 | ||||
| 2003–04 | Brechin City | Scottish First Division | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Cowdenbeath | Scottish Third Division | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 15 | |||
| 2004–05 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | ||||
| Gretna | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2005–06 | Scottish Second Division | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | 12 | 3 | ||||
| Stranraer (loan) | Scottish First Division | 10 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| 2006–07 | Stirling Albion (loan) | Scottish Second Division | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 9 | ||
| Ross County | Scottish First Division | 14 | 0 | - | - | 14 | 0 | |||||
| 2007–08 | Scottish Second Division | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 8 | |||
| 2008–09 | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||||
| East Fife | Scottish Second Division | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Hamrun Spartans 2010-2012 |28 | 18 | Career total | 170 | 42 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 217 | 86 | ||
References
- ↑ "Raith Rovers 1–1 Airdrieonians". BBC Sport. 21 October 2000. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ↑ "Shields signs for Sunderland". BBC Sport. 22 December 2000. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ↑ "Doncaster snap up Shields". BBC Sport. 2 September 2002. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ↑ "Shields back at Raith". BBC Sport. 11 January 2003. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ↑ "Moore stays at Stirling". BBC Sport. 13 May 2003. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ↑ "Clyde sign Villa youth". BBC Sport. 30 August 2003. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ↑ "Cowden in striker deals". BBC Sport. 8 January 2004. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ↑ "Cowden deny Shields sale reports". BBC Sport. 26 January 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ↑ "Gretna sign Shields and Collins". BBC Sport. 31 January 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ↑ "Shields joins Stranraer on loan". BBC Sport. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ↑ "Stirling snap up Gretna's Shields". BBC Sport. 11 July 2006. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ↑ "Gretna's Shields moves to County". BBC Sport. 14 January 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ↑ "Shields goes on loan to East Fife". BBC Sport. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ↑ "Shields re-signs for Raith". Raith Rovers FC. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-19.