Stevie May
May with Preston North End in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Steven May | ||
| Date of birth | 3 November 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Perth, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Preston North End | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2009 | St Johnstone | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2014 | St Johnstone | 78 | (34) |
| 2011–2012 | → Alloa Athletic (loan) | 22 | (19) |
| 2012–2013 | → Hamilton Academical (loan) | 33 | (25) |
| 2014–2015 | Sheffield Wednesday | 39 | (7) |
| 2015– | Preston North End | 7 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2012 | Scotland U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Scotland U21 | 8 | (2) |
| 2014 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:31, 16 May 2015 (UTC). |
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Steven "Stevie" May (born 3 November 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for English club Preston North End as a striker. May has previously played in the Scottish leagues for St Johnstone, Alloa Athletic and Hamilton Academical, and in the English leagues for Sheffield Wednesday. He has been capped once internationally by Scotland.
May began playing football aged ten and started his career as a member of St Johnstone's youth squad. Aged 16, May made his first team debut on 11 May 2009 as a substitute against Airdrie United in the Scottish First Division scoring his first senior goal. May later recalled on his debut, quoting: "Derek McInnes gave me my first taste of first team football. He gave my SPL debut at 16. He believed in me. He taught me how important it was to keep possession when I had the ball and make the opposition work to get it back." In 2009, he signed a new contract that tied him to the club until 2012.
May had to wait another season for his next appearance, coming on as a substitute on 13 November 2010 against Hearts in the Scottish Premier League. With his first start coming on 26 January 2011 against Motherwell. He scored two goals on 1 February 2011 in their 2–0 win over Hamilton. In all he made 22 appearances that season scoring twice.
May's only appearance of the 2011–12 season for St Johnstone came as a substitute on the opening day of the season against Aberdeen at Pittodrie. With appearances limited he was loaned to Alloa Athletic until the end of January. He made his league debut for Alloa on 10 December against Queen's Park, going on to score his first goals on 2 January 2012, netting a hat-trick for The Wasps in a 3–1 win against East Stirlingshire. After one month at the club, May had his loan spell with Alloa extended until the end of the season. May was awarded the SFL Player of the Month, Young Player of the Month and Irn-Bru Ginger Boot awards for January; the first time that one player has won all three player awards in a month. He scored four goals in the 8–1 victory against Elgin City that clinched the Third Division championship. At the end of the season, May won the Irn-Bru SFL Phenomenal Third Division Player of the Season. May signed a new one-year contract with St Johnstone.
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