Kirk Broadfoot

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Kirk Broadfoot
Personal information
Full name Kirk Broadfoot
Date of birth August 8, 1984 (1984-08-08) (age 23)
Place of birth    Irvine, Scotland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Rangers
Number 21
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002–2007
2007–		 St Mirren
Rangers		 154 (13)
015 0(1)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of June 10, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Kirk Broadfoot (born August 8, 1984 in Irvine, North Ayrshire) is a Scottish professional footballer. He currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Rangers. He played mainly as a centre-back during his career but has been deployed on the right side of defence for Rangers, he can also play on the left side.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

Broadfoot formerly played at boys club level for Ayr Valspar with many young players who are now plying their trade in the lower regions of Scottish football. He joined the Buddies from Scottish Premier League side Hibernian in 2002 aged seventeen. He went on to make 174 appearances for the club and was team captain for the 2006-07 season, replacing team-mate Kevin McGowne.

He was convicted of assault in December 2004 and was sentenced to twelve months probation, two hundred hours of community service and ordered to pay £750 in compensation. This was the result of an incident that took place at an amateur football match in Drongan.[1]

He was part of the St Mirren team which gained promotion to the Scottish Premier League for the 2006-07 season and the side that won the Scottish Challenge Cup on the 6 November 2005.[2]

[edit] Rangers career

In March 2007, Broadfoot signed a pre-contract agreement to sign for Rangers in the summer.[3] Broadfoot officially joined Rangers in June that year. He made his Rangers debut against FK Zeta in a UEFA Champions League qualifier, on the 31 July 2007[4] and scored his first Rangers goal in a 7-2 victory against Falkirk in the Scottish Premier League.[5]

After making an appearance in the Scottish Cup against Hibernian early in 2008, he made only his second league start against Falkirk during a 2-0 win on February 9 and Rangers awarded him the Man of the Match award. He did not play often before then but since has been a regular in the side.

[edit] International career

In November 2006, Broadfoot was called up to the Scotland B squad and played in the 0-0 draw with Republic of Ireland B.[6] He made his second B team appearance in a 1-1 draw, also against the Republic of Ireland a year later.[7] He has also won Scotland under-21 international caps.

[edit] Honours

With St Mirren

With Rangers

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Kirk's enterprise knows no bounds", Scotland on Sunday website, 29 April 2007. 
  2. ^ "St Mirren 2-1 Hamilton Accies", BBC Sport website, 6 November 2005. 
  3. ^ "Rangers sign Buddies' Broadfoot", BBC Sport website, 6 March 2007. 
  4. ^ "Rangers 2-0 FK Zeta", BBC Sport website, 31 July 2007. 
  5. ^ "Rangers 7-2 Falkirk", BBC Sport website, 18 August 2007. 
  6. ^ "Rep of Ireland B 0-0 Scotland B", BBC Sport website, 14 November 2006. 
  7. ^ "Scotland B 1-1 Rep of Ireland B", BBC Sport website, 20 November 2007. 

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