Ian Black (footballer born 1985)
Black playing for Heart of Midlothian in 2010
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| Full name | Ian Keith Black | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1985 | |||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | |||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Blackpool | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2003–2004 | Blackburn Rovers | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | Inverness CT | 132 | (8) | |||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Heart of Midlothian | 87 | (4) | |||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Rangers | 83 | (5) | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Shrewsbury Town | 49 | (4) | |||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Blackpool | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Scotland B | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Scotland | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:13, 9 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 August 2012 |
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Ian Black (born 14 March 1985) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays for Football League Two side Blackpool. He plays as a central midfielder.
Black has previously played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Heart of Midlothian and Rangers. Black made one appearance for Scotland in August 2012, despite playing at that time in the Scottish Third Division (for Rangers).
Black began as a youth player with Tranent Boys Club. He was also a youth player at Hibernian, where he played alongside Scott Brown. Black first signed a professional contract with English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers F.C. He never played in the Blackburn first team and was subsequently freed with two other Scottish youth players. All three players went to the north of Scotland, Black to Inverness CT, and the other two to Elgin City. In his early days at Inverness, Black also played for Elgin City on loan from Inverness. He joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle in July 2004. Black made his debut as a substitute on 7 August 2004 against Livingston, with his first start coming on 9 April 2005 against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. In his first season, he made 13 appearances.
He scored his first goal for the club on 5 November 2005 with a fifth-minute strike against Dunfermline. The following season on 30 December 2006 he was sent off for a second bookable offence against Falkirk.
He made 132 league appearances for Caley, and scored eight goals. His last game for Inverness was against Falkirk in a 1–0 loss for Inverness, which saw them relegated to the Scottish First Division.
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