Kyle Magennis
Personal information
Full name Kyle Martin Magennis[1]
Date of birth (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Kilmarnock
Number 16
Youth career
2004–2016 St Mirren
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 St Mirren 88 (8)
2020–2023 Hibernian 34 (5)
2023– Kilmarnock 7 (0)
International career‡
2017 Scotland U20 4 (0)
2018–2019 Scotland U21 5 (0)
Medal record
 Scotland
Toulon Tournament[2]
Bronze medal – third place2017 ToulonU–20 Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:48, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:17, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

Kyle Martin Magennis (born 26 August 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock.[3] He has previously played for St Mirren and Hibernian, and also represented Scotland at under-17 and under-21 level.

Club career

St Mirren

Born in Glasgow, Magennis attended Paisley Grammar School.[4] Magennis joined St Mirren's youth academy at the age of five[3] and remained there throughout his youth career until making his debut for the senior team against Hibernian in October 2016, aged 18, in the Scottish Championship.[3][5] He continued to appear for the club throughout the season, scoring his first goal for the club in a narrow win over Queen of the South.[6] Having impressed manager Jack Ross with his performances, he was offered a new contract with St Mirren in December 2016 which extended his contract with the club until summer 2019.[7]

Now established as a first team player in the Saints squad, Magennis signed a new contract committing him to the club until the summer of 2020,[8] and after clinching the 2017–18 Scottish Championship title, he further extended his contract with St Mirren to 2021.[9][10] He was in the side which secured their status in the Scottish Premiership via the relegation playoff in May 2019.[11]

Magennis and Saints suffered a major blow in January 2020, when he injured his knee during a 1–0 defeat to Rangers, ending his season after having appeared in every match of the campaign until suffering the injury.[12] In September 2020, St Mirren stated they had rejected a "substantial" offer for Magennis from Hibernian.[13] A few days later another offer from the same club was accepted.[14]

Hibernian

Magennis signed a five-year deal with Hibernian on 5 October 2020.[14][15]

On 1 August 2021, Magennis scored Hibernian’s opening Scottish Premiership goal for the 2021–22 season against Motherwell which ended in a 3–2 victory for Hibs.[16] Magennis had a good start to the 2021–22 season, but then missed most of it due to groin and knee injuries.[17]

After he suffered from more injury problems during the 2022–23 season, Magennis was allowed to leave Hibs in June 2023.[18]

Kilmarnock

Following his release by Hibs, Magennis signed a two-year contract with Kilmarnock on 21 June 2023.[18]

International career

Magennis was selected for the Scotland under-20 squad in the 2017 Toulon Tournament,[19] in which they won the bronze medal.[20] It was the nation's first ever medal at the competition.[2][21] He then played for the Scotland under-21 team, making his debut in a 2–1 win against the Netherlands in September 2018.[22]

Career statistics

As of 16:17, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Mirren 2016–17[23] Scottish Championship 25340003[lower-alpha 1]0323
2017–18[24] 272200000292
2018–19[25] Scottish Premiership 14200302[lower-alpha 2]0192
2019–20[26] 221104000271
2020–21[27] 0000000000
Total 8887070501078
Hibernian 2020–21[27] Scottish Premiership 1414[lower-alpha 3]05000231
2021–22[28] 7200214[lower-alpha 4]1134
2022–23[29] 132000000132
Total 345407141497
Career total 122131101419115615
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ↑ Two appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
  3. ↑ One appearance in the previous season’s Scottish Cup which was rescheduled to October due to COVID-19
  4. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Conference League

References

  1. ↑ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. 1 2 "JULES AND HOLSGROVE TAKE BRONZE WITH SCOTLAND IN TOULON". Reading FC. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kyle Magennis". St Mirren FC. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Coaching masterclass for Paisley Grammar's prize guys". 27 June 2011.
  5. ↑ McLauchlin, Brian (29 October 2016). "Hibernian 2–0 St Mirren". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Queen of the South 2–3 St Mirren". Sky Sports. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Kyle Magennis signs new contract". St Mirren FC. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Delight as Kyle Magennis signs till 2020". St Mirren FC. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "St Mirren extend Kyle Magennis contract as Brian Rice becomes assistant to Stubbs". BBC Sport. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Delight for Saints as Kyle Magennis agrees contract extension". St Mirren FC. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "St Mirren 1–1 Dundee United". BBC Sport. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Kyle Magennis: St Mirren midfielder will miss rest of season". BBC Sport. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "St Mirren: Paisley club say Hibs' Magennis bid rejected". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  14. 1 2 "Kyle Magennis: Hibernian sign midfielder on five-year deal from St Mirren". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  15. ↑ "Kyle Magennis Is A Hibee". www.hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian FC. 5 October 2020. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  16. ↑ Watt, Martin (1 August 2021). "Motherwell 2–3 Hibernian". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  17. ↑ "Hibs: Kyle Magennis ruled out after surgery". BBC Sport. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  18. 1 2 "Hibs annul Magennis contract to allow him to join Killie". BBC Sport. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  19. ↑ "Scotland squad for Toulon announced". Scottish Football Association. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  20. ↑ "Scotland finish third at Toulon Tournament with 3-0 win". Scottish Football Association. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  21. ↑ "Paisley 2021 stadium to host European Under-21 Championship qualifier".
  22. ↑ "Scotland seal Dutch double in dramatic style". Scottish Football Association. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Magennis in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Magennis in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Magennis in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Magennis in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  27. 1 2 "Games played by Kyle Magennis in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Magennis in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Magennis in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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