Steven Naismith
Naismith playing for Everton in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Steven John Naismith | ||
| Date of birth | 14 September 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Irvine, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Norwich City | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2002 | Rangers | ||
| 2002–2004 | Kilmarnock | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2007 | Kilmarnock | 102 | (29) |
| 2007–2012 | Rangers | 98 | (28) |
| 2012–2016 | Everton | 103 | (18) |
| 2016– | Norwich City | 32 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2008 | Scotland U21 | 15 | (5) |
| 2006–2009 | Scotland B | 3 | (1) |
| 2007– | Scotland | 45 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:14, 28 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 March 2017 (UTC) |
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Steven John Naismith (born 14 September 1986) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Championship club Norwich City and the Scotland national team.
Naismith began his career with Kilmarnock in 2004. He spent four years with the Ayrshire side where he won the SFWA Young Player of the Year award in 2006 and the SPFA Young Player of the Year award the following season. Naismith joined Rangers in the summer of 2007 for £1.9 million. While with the club he won three consecutive league titles, the Scottish Cup in 2008 and the League Cup twice in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, he signed for Premier League side Everton.
Naismith has 45 caps for Scotland since his senior international début in 2007, scoring seven goals.
Naismith grew up in a working-class family: his father is a social worker and his mother works at a supermarket. A resident of Stewarton, Naismith attended Lainshaw Primary School and Stewarton Academy, while his footballing education took place with local boys club team Stewarton Annick. Naismith was also on the books at Rangers as a youngster. Naismith overcame dyslexia and has since become an ambassador for the Dyslexia Scotland charity.
Naismith played several years in the Kilmarnock youth team before signing professionally in August 2002. He made his senior debut in the 2003–04 season as a substitute against Hibernian on 24 April 2004, but still continued to play for the under-19s side, with whom he won the Scottish Youth Cup, beating Rangers 1–0 at Rugby Park. He scored his first senior goal for the club in a 2–2 draw with Heart of Midlothian in February 2005.
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