Adam King (footballer)

Adam King
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Alloa Athletic
Youth career
2005–2013 Heart of Midlothian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Heart of Midlothian 2 (0)
2014–2019 Swansea City 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 24 (4)
2016–2017 → Southend United (loan) 7 (0)
2018 → Mansfield Town (loan) 7 (0)
2018 → Peterborough United (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2021 Dundee United 9 (0)
2020 → Queen's Park (loan) 6 (0)
2021 → Raith Rovers (loan) 10 (0)
2021– Alloa Athletic 42 (3)
International career‡
2013[2] Scotland U18 2 (0)
2013–2014 Scotland U19 4 (1)
2014 Scotland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:33, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2014

Adam King (born 11 October 1995)[3] is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Alloa Athletic as a midfielder.[4] King has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Swansea City and Dundee United, and represented Scotland at Under-U18, -19 and -21 levels.

Career

Heart of Midlothian

A member of the club's under-20 squad,[5] King was predominantly a midfielder, however could also play right back[6] and centre back.[7] Having yet to feature for the first team in September 2013, with the transfer window coming to a close, Premier League outfit Swansea City made an offer believed to be a five-figure sum of money for King.[8] However, Hearts administrators BDO rejected the offer.[9] Having been included in the match day squad for every game so far that season,[6] yet not featured, he made his first team debut for Heart of Midlothian (Hearts)[10] as a substitute in a friendly against German Bundesliga side Wolfsburg[11] on 13 November 2013.[12] He made his full professional debut in a Scottish Cup tie against Celtic on 1 December 2013, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute replacing Jamie Hamill.[13] He went on to make his first Scottish Premiership appearance on 21 December, playing from the start against Celtic at Celtic Park.[14]

In January, Swansea renewed their interest in King and a further bid was accepted by the club.[15] In all he made three appearances for Hearts.[16] He has featured at both under-18[2] and under-19 levels for Scotland.[17] King was nominated by STV Sport as one of 14 young players in Scottish football to watch in 2014.[4]

Swansea City

On 28 January 2014, King joined Premier League side Swansea City on a three-and-a-half-year contract,[18] for an undisclosed fee.[19] He initially joined up with the club's under-21 squad.[20] On 3 January 2015, King made his Swansea City debut in a 6–2 FA Cup win over Tranmere Rovers.[21] In May 2015, King won the 2014–15 Professional U21 Development League 2 title as part of the Swansea Under-21 team.[22]

In July 2015, King joined League One team Crewe Alexandra on loan until 6 January 2016.[23] King returned to Swansea on 5 January 2016. On 5 August of the same year he signed a season-long loan deal with League One side Southend United,[24] but this was cut short in January 2017, with the player returning to Swansea City.[25] On 29 January 2018 King signed on loan for League Two side Mansfield Town for the rest of the season.[26] On 2 July 2018, he joined Peterborough United on another loan deal set to last until January 2019,[27] but he returned to Swansea City the following month after his loan was terminated because of injury.

Dundee United

King left Swansea to join Scottish Championship club Dundee United on a three-year contract in July 2019. His brother Billy had left United the previous season.[28] In February 2020, he joined Queen's Park of Scottish League Two on loan for the rest of the 2019–20 season.[29] On 29 January 2021, King joined Raith Rovers on loan until the end of the season.[30]

Alloa Athletic

King was released by Dundee United at the end of the 2020/21 season, he went on trial at Falkirk but was offered an immediate deal by Alloa Athletic and instead accepted the guaranteed deal and signed for The Wasps in June 2021.[31]

Career statistics

As of 15 May 2021[32][33]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Heart of Midlothian 2013–14 Scottish Premiership 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Swansea City 2013–14 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Premier League 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2015–16 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017–18 Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 4[a] 2 5 2
2018–19 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 6 2
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2015–16 League One 24 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 4
Southend United (loan) 2016–17 League One 7 0 0 0 1 0 3[b] 0 11 0
Mansfield Town (loan) 2016–17 League Two 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Peterborough United (loan) 2018–19 League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dundee United 2019–20 Scottish Championship 9 0 0 0 1 0 1[c] 0 11 0
2020–21 Scottish Premiership 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 0
Queens Park (loan) 2019–20 Scottish League Two 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Raith Rovers (loan) 2020–21 Scottish Championship 10 0 2 0 0 0 1[d] 0 13 0
Career total 65 4 5 0 4 1 9 2 83 7
  1. ^ Appearances for Swansea City under-21s in the EFL Trophy in which age-restricted sides from Premier League clubs compete against senior clubs
  2. ^ Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  3. ^ Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs

Personal life

Born in Edinburgh King grew up in the Portobello area of the city a Hearts fan[34] and attended Portobello High School. His older brother Billy is also a footballer, who plays for St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland Premier Division.[35] He has two other younger brothers, Ross and Robbie.[7]

Honours

Swansea City U23

References

  1. ^ "Premier League Player Profile Adam King". Premier League. Barclays Premier League. 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b "Adam King Scotland Under 18". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Adam King Profile". skysports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Fourteen for '14: Introducing rising Hearts central midfielder Adam King". sport.stv.tv. Scottish Television. 23 December 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  5. ^ "New-look young Hearts side go down to Kilmarnock". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Gary Locke wants Adam King to seize big chance". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Billy King playing for the Hearts badge". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  8. ^ Anderson, Barry (5 September 2013). "BDO rejected Swansea bid for Hearts' Adam King". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Hearts reject bid from Swansea for highly-rated starlet Adam King". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Hearts keeper MacDonald to return for County crunch". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Little entertainment but plenty of value in fundraising Tynecastle friendly". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Hearts settled for a share of the spoils against Bundesliga side Wolfsburg at Tynecastle on Wednesday night". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian F.C. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  13. ^ "Kris Commons' hat-trick helped Celtic trounce Hearts to progress to the last 16 of the Scottish Cup". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  14. ^ "Kris Commons and James Forrest were on target as Celtic overcame a Hearts side inspired by goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  15. ^ "Swansea complete Adam deal". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian. 28 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  16. ^ "Games played by Adam King in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  17. ^ "Hearts youngster Adam King completes transfer to Swansea City". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  18. ^ "Hearts teenage midfielder Adam King joins Swansea City". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  19. ^ "Swans sign King of Hearts". swanseacity.com. Swansea City. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  20. ^ "King: It's brilliant to be here". swanseacity.com. Swansea City. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  21. ^ "Tranmere 2 Swansea 6". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  22. ^ "Llewellyn delighted to end season on a high". Swansea City A.F.C. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  23. ^ "Crewe Alexandra sign Swansea midfielder Adam King on loan". Swansea City AFC. 6 July 2015.
  24. ^ "King joins Southend on loan". www.swanseacity.com. Swansea City A.F.C. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  25. ^ "King returns to Swansea as Blues loan spell is cut short". Echo. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  26. ^ Bird, Jeorge (29 January 2018). "Mansfield sign Adam King on loan from Swansea". Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  27. ^ "Posh Secure King Loan Deal". theposh.com. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  28. ^ "Adam King: Dundee United sign winger from Swansea City". 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  29. ^ "Adam King loaned to Queen's Park". Dundee United F.C. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  30. ^ "Adam King". raithrovers.net. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  31. ^ McPartlin, Patrick (30 June 2021). "Former Hearts midfielder joins Alloa after Scottish Premiership exit". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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  33. ^ "Adam King Stats". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  34. ^ "Family Fortunes tied up with Hearts as Jambos' King siblings begin to prosper". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  35. ^ "Adam King Profile". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  36. ^ "It's a perfect end to the season, says King". www.premierleague.com. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2023.