Greg Shields
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Greg Shields | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Falkirk, Scotland | ||
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| Position(s) | Defender | ||
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Current team
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Carolina RailHawks | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gairdoch United | |||
| –1993 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1997 | Rangers | 7 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Dunfermline Athletic | 75 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | Charlton Athletic | 25 | (2) |
| 2002 | → Walsall (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Kilmarnock (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Kilmarnock | 53 | (2) |
| 2004–2009 | Dunfermline Athletic | 129 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Carolina RailHawks | 30 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2012– | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1996 | Scotland U21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2013 | |||
Greg Shields (born 21 August 1976 in Falkirk) is a former Scottish footballer who is currently assistant coach with Carolina RailHawks in the North American Soccer League.
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Career
Early career
Shields started his career with Gairdoch United boys club. Shields made his debut in 1996 in UEFA Champions League tie against Ajax. He went on to make only a handful of appearances for the Glasgow club before a £200,000 move to Dunfermline Athletic.
England and Scotland
After 86 consecutive appearances for the 'Pars' he swapped west Fife for south London in a £600,000 move to Alan Curbishley's Charlton Athletic. After an impressive start at The Valley, Shields ran into some injury problems which eventually ruined his Charlton career. After a brief spell on loan at Walsall, Jim Jefferies brought him back home to Scotland at SPL side Kilmarnock. He quickly established himself in the Rugby Park side becoming captain in season 2002–03. This alerted his former employers Dunfermline Athletic who swooped to take him back during the January 2004 transfer window.
Dunfermline played in the Scottish Cup final that season but Shields was cup-tied after playing in an earlier round for Kilmarnock. Injury again wrecked most of the 2004–05 season.
United States
On 26 May 2009, Shields was poised to join Carolina RailHawks in the USA.[1] Carolina RailHawks announced on 16 July 2009 that they had signed Shields.[2]
Shields is now assistant coach with the RailHawks.
See also
References
External links
- Carolina RailHawks bio
- Greg Shields career statistics at Soccerbase
- Scotland U21 stats at Fitbastats
- EngvarB from July 2013
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- Living people
- 1976 births
- Sportspeople from Falkirk
- Scottish footballers
- Scottish Premier League players
- Scottish Football League players
- Premier League players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
- Carolina RailHawks players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Scotland B international footballers
- USL First Division players
- USSF Division 2 Professional League players
- North American Soccer League players
- Scottish expatriates in the United States
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Scotland under-21 international footballers
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
