Dylan McGeouch

Dylan McGeouch (born 15 January 1993) is a Scottish footballer, who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Carlisle United. McGeouch, who has previously played for Celtic, Coventry City, Hibernian, Sunderland, Aberdeen and Forest Green Rovers, made his first full international appearance for Scotland in May 2018.

Dylan McGeouch

Personal information
Full name	Dylan McGeouch[1]
Date of birth	(1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Carlisle United
Number	21
Youth career
2005–2008	Celtic
2008–2011	Rangers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2015	Celtic	20	(2)
2014	→ Coventry City (loan)	8	(0)
2014–2015	→ Hibernian (loan)	20	(2)
2015–2018	Hibernian	72	(0)
2018–2020	Sunderland	30	(0)
2020–2022	Aberdeen	36	(0)
2022–2023	Forest Green Rovers	21	(0)
2023–	Carlisle United	14	(0)
International career‡
2008–2009	Scotland U16	6	(0)
2009–2010	Scotland U17	8	(1)
2010–2011	Scotland U19	5	(1)
2012–2013	Scotland U21	10	(0)
2018–	Scotland	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:56, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Celtic

McGeouch grew up in the Milton area of Glasgow, supporting Celtic.^[3][4] McGeouch started his career with the Celtic youth system, frequently playing alongside Callum McGregor^[5] who was also a teammate in youth Victory Shield internationals at Under-16 level; at that time McGeouch was a pupil at Bishopbriggs Academy.^[6] He was often a ball boy for first team matches during his time there.^[7] He left Celtic in 2008 after his older brother Darren, who was also playing for the club's youth teams, fell out of favour.^[4]

McGeouch went to Rangers in 2008, but he returned to Celtic in 2011^[4] after Neil Lennon visited his house and asked him to come back.^[8] Rangers manager Walter Smith had appealed to McGeouch to stay at Rangers.^[3] Rangers were later awarded £100,000 by a transfer tribunal regarding the McGeouch transfer.^[9]

McGeouch made his Celtic debut on 6 November 2011, when he came on as a late substitute in a 2–1 win over Motherwell.^[10] On 26 November, he made his second appearance for Celtic, coming on as a 64th-minute substitute against St Mirren. Eight minutes later he scored his first goal for the club after collecting the ball deep inside his own half and running 70 yards, dribbling past several St Mirren players, before striking a low left foot shot into the net to seal a 5–0 victory.^[8][11][12]

On 30 January 2014, McGeouch was loaned to Coventry City for the remainder of the 2013–14 season.^[13] He returned to Celtic in the summer of 2014.

Hibernian

After making one appearance for Celtic in August 2014, he was loaned to Hibernian until the end of the season.^[14] He made his first appearance against Cowdenbeath on 13 September. He received a red card in the League Cup fixture against Ross County for a heavy tackle on Joe Cardle. He scored his first goal for Hibernian in a 4–0 victory over Livingston at Almondvale Stadium.

On 21 August 2015, McGeouch signed permanently for Hibernian on a three-year deal.^[15] He suffered a series of injury problems during the 2015–16 season and was restricted to 19 league appearances. McGeouch came back into the team for the promotion playoffs, in which Hibs lost 5–4 on aggregate to Falkirk. He then played the full game as Hibs defeated Rangers in the 2016 Scottish Cup final, their first victory in the competition for 114 years.^[16]

McGeouch was restricted to 18 league appearances in 2016–17, as Hibs won promotion to the Scottish Premiership.^[17] He scored one goal during the season, the second Hibs goal in the 2016–17 Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by Aberdeen.^[18]

McGeouch produced impressive performances during the 2017–18 season, as he was able to stay relatively free of injury problems.^[19] He earned a selection for the international squad in March 2018,^[20] but then had to withdraw due to an abductor injury.^[21] With his contract due to expire at the end of the season, head coach Neil Lennon confirmed during May 2018 that McGeouch would leave under freedom of contract.^[22]

Later career

McGeouch signed for EFL League One club Sunderland in July 2018.^[23]

On 7 January 2020, McGeouch signed for Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen on a permanent deal until 2022.^[24] In August 2020 he was one of eight Aberdeen players who received a suspended three-match ban from the Scottish Football Association after they breached coronavirus-related restrictions by visiting a bar earlier in the month.^[25]

In October 2022, McGeouch had an unsuccessful trial with Scottish side Livingston before joining EFL League One club Forest Green Rovers on a deal until the end of the 2022–23 season.^[26][27] He became club captain and won the Player of the Year award but chose to leave following the club's relegation to League Two.^[28]

On 7 July 2023, McGeouch joined Carlisle United on a two-year deal.^[29]

International career

McGeouch was called up to the Scotland under-21 squad on 17 April 2012, to face Italy eight days later.^[30]

He was selected for the full Scotland squad in March 2018,^[20] but he had to withdraw due to injury.^[21] He was again selected for the squad in May 2018, for friendly matches in Peru and Mexico.^[31] McGeouch made his full Scotland debut on 29 May 2018, in a 2–0 defeat to Peru.^[32][33]

Style of play

McGeouch's primary position was as an attacking midfielder but used to also play on the wings.^[7] He has developed as a central midfield player during his time at Hibernian.

Career statistics

As of match played 5 September 2023^[34]

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other[A]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celtic	2011–12[35]	Scottish Premier League	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
	2012–13[36]	Scottish Premier League	12	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	15	1
	2013–14[35]	Scottish Premiership	1	0	0	0	1	0	1[a]	0	3	0
	2014–15[35]	Scottish Premiership	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		20	2	4	0	2	0	1	0	27	2
Coventry City (loan)	2013–14[35]	League One	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Hibernian (loan)	2014–15[35]	Scottish Championship	20	2	3	1	1	0	2[b]	0	26	3
Hibernian	2015–16[37]	Scottish Championship	19	0	4	0	3	0	4[b]	0	30	0
	2016–17[38][39]	Scottish Championship	18	0	1	1	0	0	4[c]	0	23	1
	2017–18[40]	Scottish Premiership	35	0	1	0	6	0	—		42	0
	Total		72	0	6	1	9	0	8	0	95	1
Sunderland	2018–19[41]	League One	22	0	2	0	0	0	6[d]	0	30	0
	2019–20[42]	League One	8	0	0	0	2	0	1[d]	0	11	0
	Total		30	0	2	0	2	0	7	0	41	0
Aberdeen	2019–20[42]	Scottish Premiership	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	2020–21[43]	Scottish Premiership	15	0	1	0	0	0	3[e]	0	19	0
	2021–22[44]	Scottish Premiership	14	0	0	0	1	0	2[f]	0	17	0
	Total		36	0	3	0	1	0	5	0	45	0
Forest Green Rovers	2022–23[45]	League One	24	0	1	0	0	0	1[d]	0	26	0
Carlisle United	2023–24[46]	League One	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
Career total			201	4	19	2	16	0	25	0	271	6

1. Appearance in the UEFA Champions League
2. Appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
3. Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two appearances in the UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in the EFL Trophy
5. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
6. Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Celtic

• Scottish Premier League: 2011–12,^[47] 2012–13^[48]

Hibernian

• Scottish Cup: 2015–16^[16]
• Scottish Championship: 2016–17^[17]

Sunderland

• EFL Trophy runner-up: 2018–19^[49]

Individual

• Celtic Goal of the Season: 2011–12^[12]
• Hibernian Player of the Year: 2018
• Hibernian Players' Player of the Year: 2018
• Forest Green Rovers Supporters' Player of the Season: 2022–23^[50]

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Sunderland" (PDF). English Football League. p. 70. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
2. "Dylan McGeouch – Latest breaking news, rumours and gossip from Forest Green Rovers". Sports Mole. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
3. "Celtic lure too big for youngster Dylan McGeouch". BBC Sport. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
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5. "Double celebrations looms for Callum McGregor". Evening Times. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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20. "Six new faces in Alex McLeish's Scotland squad for March friendlies". BBC Sport. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
21. Lamont, Alasdair (19 March 2018). "Scotland: Dylan McGeouch withdraws from squad after training session". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
22. "Hibernian 5–5 Rangers: Neil Lennon pledges future to Hibs after outburst". BBC Sport. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
23. "Dylan McGeouch: Sunderland sign Scotland international midfielder". BBC Sport. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
24. "Dylan McGeouch: Aberdeen sign Sunderland midfielder until summer 2022". BBC Sport. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
25. "Celtic's Boli Bolingoli gets three-game ban; 'Aberdeen eight' receive three-match suspended ban". BBC Sport. 28 August 2020.
26. "Dylan McGeouch training with Livingston as ex-Celtic and Aberdeen ace looks to maintain fitness". The National. 19 October 2022.
27. "Dylan McGeouch: Forest Green Rovers sign former Aberdeen midfielder". BBC Sport. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
28. "Dylan McGeouch leaves Forest Green Rovers as transfer interest mounts on ex Hibs and Celtic midfielder". footballscotland. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
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30. "Celtic youngster earns first Scotland U21 call-up". Celtic FC. 17 April 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
31. "Scotland pick Johnny Russell plus seven uncapped players including Lewis Stevenson & Lewis Morgan". BBC Sport. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
32. Lamont, Alasdair (30 May 2018). "Peru 2–0 Scotland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
33. Lamont, Alasdair (30 May 2018). "Peru 2–0 Scotland: Hibs' Dylan McGeouch eyes more caps despite debut defeat". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
34. Dylan McGeouch at Soccerbase
35. "Games played by Dylan McGeouch in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
36. "Games played by Dylan McGeouch in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
37. "Games played by Dylan McGeouch in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
38. "Games played by Dylan McGeouch in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
39. Dylan McGeouch at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
40. "Games played by Dylan McGeouch in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
41. "Games played by Dylan McGeouch in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
42. "Games played by Dylan McGeouch in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
43. "Games played by Dylan McGeouch in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
44. "Games played by Dylan McGeouch in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
45. "Games played by Dylan McGeouch in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
46. "Games played by Dylan McGeouch in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
47. 2012 SPL Trophy Presentation, Celtic FC via YouTube, 22 November 2012
48. Celtic Champions SPL Trophy Presentation, Scottish Professional Football League via YouTube, 11 May 2013
49. Williams, Adam (31 March 2019). "Portsmouth 2–2 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
50. "McGeouch wins Player of the Season". Forest Green Rovers. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

External links

• Dylan McGeouch at the Scottish Football Association
• Dylan McGeouch at Celtic FC (archived)