Michael Coulson (footballer)

Michael Coulson

Coulson playing for York City in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Michael James Coulson
Date of birth	(1988-04-04) 4 April 1988 (age 28)
Place of birth	Scarborough, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Winger / Striker
Club information
Current team	St Johnstone
Number	17
Youth career
0000–2004	Scarborough
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2006	Scarborough	44	(9)
2006–2010	Barnsley	16	(0)
2007	→ Northwich Victoria (loan)	6	(2)
2009	→ Chester City (loan)	0	(0)
2009–2010	→ Grimsby Town (loan)	29	(5)
2010–2012	Grimsby Town	72	(16)
2012–2016	York City	117	(20)
2016–	St Johnstone	9	(0)
National team
2012	England C	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:20, 17 December 2016 (UTC).

Michael James Coulson (born 4 April 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.

Coulson started his career with hometown club Scarborough, making his first-team debut in a Conference National match in 2004. His first goal for the club, scored later that year, made him the youngest goalscorer in the club's history. He signed for Championship club Barnsley in 2006, before making a return to Conference Premier football with a loan at Northwich Victoria in 2007. Coulson suffered two cruciate ligament injuries in the space of a year before being loaned to Chester City of the Conference Premier in 2009. Coulson joined League Two club Grimsby Town on loan later that year, signing for the club permanently in 2010 after their relegation into the Conference Premier. He left Grimsby in 2012, signing for newly promoted League Two team York City. In 2016, after four years with York, Coulson signed for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.

Born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Coulson started his career in the youth system of his hometown club Scarborough at the age of nine. In April 2004, he went on trial with Premier League club Everton, playing in a youth academy match against Liverpool. Coulson captained the Scarborough under-19 team that won the Northern Alliance League title in the 2003–04 season. He made his first-team debut as a 16-year-old after coming on as a 79th-minute substitute at home to Accrington Stanley in a 4–0 Conference National victory on 23 October 2004, making him the second youngest player in Scarborough's history. Coulson became Scarborough's youngest goalscorer after he scored an equalising goal against Tamworth in a 2–2 home draw on 15 March 2005 with 10 minutes of the match remaining. He signed a one-year professional contract with Scarborough on 5 April 2005 and finished 2004–05, his first in senior football, with two goals in 14 appearances.