Steven Naismith

Steven Naismith
Steven Naismith, 2015
Personnel
Surname	Steven John Naismith
birthday	September 14, 1986
place of birth	Irvine ,  Scotland
size	178 cm
position	Center Forward
Juniors
Years	station
	FC Kilmarnock
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2003-2007	FC Kilmarnock	101 (29)
2007–2012	Glasgow Rangers	98 (28)
2012-2016	Everton FC	103 (18)
2016-2019	Norwich City	44 0(6)
2018-2019	→  Heart of Midlothian  (loan)	33 (14)
2019–	Heart of Midlothian	0 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2006-2008	Scotland U-21	6 0(2)
2007–	Scotland	49 0(9)
1 Only league games are given. As of August 2, 2019 2 As of October 14, 2018

Steven John Naismith (born September 14, 1986 in Irvine ) is a Scottish football player. He's a classic striker .

Career

societies

Naismith's first professional club was FC Kilmarnock , where he joined the pros from the club's U-19 division in 2003. In the 2003/2004 season he made his league debut at Kilmarnock when he was substituted on in the game against FC Hibernian . In February 2005, he scored his first league goal in a 2-2 draw against Heart of Midlothian . In the same year, Naismith was voted Scotland's Young Player of the Season by Scottish football journalists . He had scored 13 goals in the season. In 2007 he finally moved to Scottish top club Glasgow Rangers for a transfer fee of around £ 1,900,000. Naismith was injured in the Scottish Cup semi-finals against FC St. Johnstone and was out the rest of the season, including the UEFA Cup final , which was lost 2-0 to Zenit St. Petersburg .

In 2012 Naismith finally moved to the Premier League for Everton FC. He has been playing for Norwich City since January 2016 . In his first Premier League game for Norwich, Naismith also scored his first goal: In the 4-5 home defeat against Liverpool FC , he ensured the interim 2-1 lead. During the 2017/18 winter break, he moved to Heart of Midlothian in his native Scotland on loan until the end of the season . The loan was later extended for a season. In August 2019 he finally switched to Hearts.

National team

Naismith is the Scottish U-21 national team captain. He ran a total of six times and scored two goals. The Scotsman made his senior national team debut on June 6, 2007 with a substitution in the 83rd minute in his team's 2-0 win in the European Championship qualifying against the Faroe Islands . His second international match was two years after his debut against the Netherlands .

Web links

• Steven Naismith in the database of weltfussball.de
• Steven Naismith in the transfermarkt.de database
• Steven Naismith in the soccerbase.com database
• Steven Naismith , profile on the homepage of the Scottish Football Association (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Transfer News: Norwich City signs Steven Naismith , Norwich City website, accessed January 19, 2016
2. ↑ Norwich City - Liverpool 4: 5 , kicker.de, accessed on January 24, 2016