Kyle Magennis (born 26 August 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian.[2] He has also represented Scotland at under-17 and under-21 level.
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Hibernian | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2016 | St Mirren | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2020 | St Mirren | 88 | (8) |
2020– | Hibernian | 23 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2017 | Scotland U20 | 4 | (0) |
2018 | Scotland U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 9 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2018 |
Born in Glasgow, Magennis attended Paisley Grammar School.[3] Magennis joined St Mirren's youth academy at the age of five[2] 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.[2][4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
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,[7] and after clinching the 2017–18 Scottish Championship title, he further extended his contract with St Mirren to 2021.[8][9] He was in the side which secured their status in the Scottish Premiership via the relegation playoff in May 2019.[10]
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.[11] In September 2020, St Mirren stated they had rejected a "substantial" offer for Magennis from Hibernian.[12] A few days later another offer from the same club was accepted.[13]
Magennis signed a five-year deal with Hibernian on 5 October 2020.[13][14]
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.[15] Magennis had a good start to the 2021–22 season, but then missed most of it due to groin and knee injuries.[16]
Selected for the Scotland under-20 squad in the 2017 Toulon Tournament.[17] The team went to claim the bronze medal.[18] It was the nations first ever medal at the competition.[1]
Having played at the 2017 Toulon Tournament,[19] Magennis made his debut for the Scotland under-21 team in a 2–1 win against the Netherlands in September 2018.[20]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
St Mirren | 2016–17[21] | Scottish Championship | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 32 | 3 |
2017–18[22] | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
2018–19[23] | Scottish Premiership | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
2019–20[24] | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
2020–21[25] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 88 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 107 | 8 | ||
Hibernian | 2020–21[25] | Scottish Premiership | 14 | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
2021–22[26] | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 13 | 4 | ||
2022–23[27] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 5 | ||
Career total | 111 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 145 | 13 |
Hibernian F.C. – current squad | |
---|---|
|