Steven Naismith

Naismith in the Rangers jersey ( 2010)

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

Career

Clubs

Naismith's first professional club was FC Kilmarnock, where he came in 2003 from the U-19 section of the club to the professionals. In the 2003/2004 season he made when he came off the bench in the match against Hibernian FC, ​​his league debut at Kilmarnock. In February 2005, he scored in a 2-2 draw against Heart of Midlothian his first league goal. In the same year Naismith was elected by the Scottish football journalists as Scotland's young player of the season. He had scored 13 goals in the season. In 2007 he moved finally, for a transfer fee of about £ 1.9 million to Scotland's top club Glasgow Rangers. Naismith was injured in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup against FC St. Johnstone and fell the rest of the season, including the UEFA Cup final, which was lost 0-2 against Zenit St. Petersburg, from.

2012 Naismith eventually switched to the Premier League for Everton FC.

National

Naismith is Scottish U- 21 team captain. Overall, he ran six times and scored two goals. His senior team debut in the Scotsman with a Substitutes 83 minutes in the 2-0 victory of his team in the European Championship qualifier against the Faroe Islands. His second international match he was two years after his debut against the Netherlands.