Ally Gilchrist

Ally Gilchrist
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-03-03) 3 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
2011–2014 St Johnstone
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 St Johnstone 2 (0)
2014–2015 → Elgin City (loan) 21 (3)
2015–2016 → Peterhead (loan) 28 (2)
2018 Shamrock Rovers 13 (0)
2019–2020 Derry City 35 (0)
2021 Shelbourne 26 (3)
2022–2023 Cork City 47 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:20, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Ally Gilchrist (born 3 March 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender most recently for Cork City. He has previously played for St Johnstone, Elgin City, Peterhead, Shamrock Rovers, Derry City and Shelbourne.

Career

Ally has been in the St Johnstone youth ranks since 2011. During this time he has spent the majority of his career on loan in Scotland's lower leagues, firstly with Elgin City and then with Peterhead.[1] He made his St Johnstone debut in a 2017–18 UEFA Europa League match against FK Trakai.[2] Gilchrist was released by St Johnstone in December 2017.[3] He signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Shamrock Rovers soon after his release for the year of 2018 and was transferred to Derry City for 2019, where he played for two seasons.[4] In December 2020, he left Derry to join recently relegated Shelbourne in the League of Ireland First Division.[5]

After winning the 2021 First Division title with Shelbourne, Gilchrist signed for Cork City for the 2022 season to win it again.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played on 25 September 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
St Johnstone 2011–12 Scottish Premiership 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2012–13 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2013–14 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2014–15 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Elgin City (loan) 2014–15 Scottish League Two 21 3 — — — — 21 3
St Johnstone 2015–16 Scottish Premiership 0 0 — — 0[a] 0 — 0 0
Peterhead (loan) 2015–16 Scottish League One 28 2 0 0 0 0 — 4[b] 0 32 2
St Johnstone 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2017–18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 1[b] 0 3 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0
Shamrock Rovers 2018 LOI Premier Division 11 0 0 0 1 0 0[a] 0 1[c] 0 13 0
Derry City 2019 LOI Premier Division 29 0 1 0 3 0 — — 33 0
2020 6 0 0 0 — 0[a] 0 — 6 0
Total 35 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 — 39 0
Shelbourne 2021 LOI First Division 26 3 1 0 — — — 27 3
Cork City 2022 LOI First Division 26 2 0 0 — — 0 0 26 2
2023 LOI Premier Division 21 0 2 0 — — 0 0 23 0
Total 47 2 2 0 — — 0 0 29 2
Career Total 168 10 4 0 4 0 2 0 6 0 194 10
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup

Honours

Shelbourne

Cork City

References

  1. ^ Profile in soccerway
  2. ^ Sutherland, Jonathan (29 June 2017). "St Johnstone 1–2 FK Trakai". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Cummins & Gilchrist leave the club". St Johnstone FC. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Hoops swoop for St Johnstone defender Ally Gilchrist". rte.ie. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Gilchrist joins Shelbourne just days after leaving Derry City". www.derrynow.com. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  6. ^ "We can confirm Scottish defender Ally Gilchrist has joined @CorkCityFC for the 2022 season". twitter.com. Shelbourne FC. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Scotland – A.Gilchrist". Ie.soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.


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