Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kal Alexander Naismith[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 February 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Utility player – (left-back / right-back) | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bristol City | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
Rangers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Rangers | 17 | (1) |
2011 | → Cowdenbeath (loan) | 9 | (2) |
2012 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Accrington Stanley | 73 | (14) |
2015–2018 | Portsmouth | 82 | (18) |
2015–2016 | → Hartlepool United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2018–2021 | Wigan Athletic | 79 | (6) |
2021–2022 | Luton Town | 64 | (3) |
2022– | Bristol City | 35 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2007–2008 | Scotland U16 | 4 | (1) |
2008–2009 | Scotland U17 | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:54, 14 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 January 2012 |
Kal Alexander Naismith (born 18 February 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays a versatile role for EFL Championship club Bristol City.
A Rangers youth graduate, Naismith made his breakthrough into the first team in the 2012–13 season, after loan spells at Cowdenbeath and Partick Thistle. He has represented Scotland at under-16 and under-17 level. He can play as an out and out striker, as a winger, in midfield, and in defence as a left back or centre back. His main attributes are his ball control and versatility.