Adam King (footballer)

Adam King (born 11 October 1995)[3] is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Alloa Athletic as a midfielder.[4] King has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Swansea City and Dundee United, and represented Scotland at Under-U18, -19 and -21 levels.

Adam King
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Alloa Athletic
Youth career
2005–2013 Heart of Midlothian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Heart of Midlothian 2 (0)
2014–2019 Swansea City 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 24 (4)
2016–2017 → Southend United (loan) 7 (0)
2018 → Mansfield Town (loan) 7 (0)
2018 → Peterborough United (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2021 Dundee United 9 (0)
2020 → Queen's Park (loan) 6 (0)
2021 → Raith Rovers (loan) 10 (0)
2021– Alloa Athletic 42 (3)
International career‡
2013[2] Scotland U18 2 (0)
2013–2014 Scotland U19 4 (1)
2014 Scotland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:33, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2014

Career

Heart of Midlothian

A member of the club's under-20 squad,[5] King was predominantly a midfielder, however could also play right back[6] and centre back.[7] Having yet to feature for the first team in September 2013, with the transfer window coming to a close, Premier League outfit Swansea City made an offer believed to be a five-figure sum of money for King.[8] However, Hearts administrators BDO rejected the offer.[9] Having been included in the match day squad for every game so far that season,[6] yet not featured, he made his first team debut for Heart of Midlothian (Hearts)[10] as a substitute in a friendly against German Bundesliga side Wolfsburg[11] on 13 November 2013.[12] He made his full professional debut in a Scottish Cup tie against Celtic on 1 December 2013, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute replacing Jamie Hamill.[13] He went on to make his first Scottish Premiership appearance on 21 December, playing from the start against Celtic at Celtic Park.[14]

In January, Swansea renewed their interest in King and a further bid was accepted by the club.[15] In all he made three appearances for Hearts.[16] He has featured at both under-18[2] and under-19 levels for Scotland.[17] King was nominated by STV Sport as one of 14 young players in Scottish football to watch in 2014.[4]

Swansea City

On 28 January 2014, King joined Premier League side Swansea City on a three-and-a-half-year contract,[18] for an undisclosed fee.[19] He initially joined up with the club's under-21 squad.[20] On 3 January 2015, King made his Swansea City debut in a 6–2 FA Cup win over Tranmere Rovers.[21] In May 2015, King won the 2014–15 Professional U21 Development League 2 title as part of the Swansea Under-21 team.[22]

In July 2015, King joined League One team Crewe Alexandra on loan until 6 January 2016.[23] King returned to Swansea on 5 January 2016. On 5 August of the same year he signed a season-long loan deal with League One side Southend United,[24] but this was cut short in January 2017, with the player returning to Swansea City.[25] On 29 January 2018 King signed on loan for League Two side Mansfield Town for the rest of the season.[26] On 2 July 2018, he joined Peterborough United on another loan deal set to last until January 2019,[27] but he returned to Swansea City the following month after his loan was terminated because of injury.

Dundee United

King left Swansea to join Scottish Championship club Dundee United on a three-year contract in July 2019. His brother Billy had left United the previous season.[28] In February 2020, he joined Queen's Park of Scottish League Two on loan for the rest of the 2019–20 season.[29] On 29 January 2021, King joined Raith Rovers on loan until the end of the season.[30]

Alloa Athletic

King was released by Dundee United at the end of the 2020/21 season, he went on trial at Falkirk but was offered an immediate deal by Alloa Athletic and instead accepted the guaranteed deal and signed for The Wasps in June 2021.[31]

Career statistics
As of 15 May 2021[32][33]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Heart of Midlothian 2013–14 Scottish Premiership 2010000030
Swansea City 2013–14 Premier League 0000000000
2014–15 Premier League 0010000010
2015–16 Premier League 0000000000
2016–17 Premier League 0000000000
2017–18 Premier League 0000104[lower-alpha 1]252
2018–19 Championship 0000000000
Total 0010104262
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2015–16 League One 244101000264
Southend United (loan) 2016–17 League One 7000103[lower-alpha 2]0110
Mansfield Town (loan) 2016–17 League Two 7000000070
Peterborough United (loan) 2018–19 League One 0000000000
Dundee United 2019–20 Scottish Championship 9000101[lower-alpha 3]0110
2020–21 Scottish Premiership 000000—00
Total 90001010110
Queens Park (loan) 2019–20 Scottish League Two 6000000060
Raith Rovers (loan) 2020–21 Scottish Championship 10020001[lower-alpha 4]0130
Career total 654504192837
  1. Appearances for Swansea City under-21s in the EFL Trophy in which age-restricted sides from Premier League clubs compete against senior clubs
  2. Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  3. Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  4. Appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs

Personal life

Born in Edinburgh King grew up in the Portobello area of the city a Hearts fan[34] and attended Portobello High School. His older brother Billy is also a footballer, who plays for St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland Premier Division.[35] He has two other younger brothers, Ross and Robbie.[7]

Honours

Swansea City U23

References
  1. "Premier League Player Profile Adam King". Premier League. Barclays Premier League. 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. "Adam King Scotland Under 18". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  3. "Adam King Profile". skysports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  4. "Fourteen for '14: Introducing rising Hearts central midfielder Adam King". sport.stv.tv. Scottish Television. 23 December 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  5. "New-look young Hearts side go down to Kilmarnock". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  6. "Gary Locke wants Adam King to seize big chance". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  7. "Billy King playing for the Hearts badge". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  8. Anderson, Barry (5 September 2013). "BDO rejected Swansea bid for Hearts' Adam King". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  9. "Hearts reject bid from Swansea for highly-rated starlet Adam King". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  10. "Hearts keeper MacDonald to return for County crunch". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  11. "Little entertainment but plenty of value in fundraising Tynecastle friendly". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  12. "Hearts settled for a share of the spoils against Bundesliga side Wolfsburg at Tynecastle on Wednesday night". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian F.C. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  13. "Kris Commons' hat-trick helped Celtic trounce Hearts to progress to the last 16 of the Scottish Cup". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  14. "Kris Commons and James Forrest were on target as Celtic overcame a Hearts side inspired by goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  15. "Swansea complete Adam deal". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian. 28 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  16. "Games played by Adam King in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  17. "Hearts youngster Adam King completes transfer to Swansea City". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  18. "Hearts teenage midfielder Adam King joins Swansea City". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  19. "Swans sign King of Hearts". swanseacity.com. Swansea City. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  20. "King: It's brilliant to be here". swanseacity.com. Swansea City. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  21. "Tranmere 2 Swansea 6". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  22. "Llewellyn delighted to end season on a high". Swansea City A.F.C. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  23. "Crewe Alexandra sign Swansea midfielder Adam King on loan". Swansea City AFC. 6 July 2015.
  24. "King joins Southend on loan". www.swanseacity.com. Swansea City A.F.C. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  25. "King returns to Swansea as Blues loan spell is cut short". Echo. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  26. Bird, Jeorge (29 January 2018). "Mansfield sign Adam King on loan from Swansea". Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  27. "Posh Secure King Loan Deal". theposh.com. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  28. "Adam King: Dundee United sign winger from Swansea City". 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  29. "Adam King loaned to Queen's Park". Dundee United F.C. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  30. "Adam King". raithrovers.net. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  31. McPartlin, Patrick (30 June 2021). "Former Hearts midfielder joins Alloa after Scottish Premiership exit". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  32. "Games played by Adam King". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  33. "Adam King Stats". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  34. "Family Fortunes tied up with Hearts as Jambos' King siblings begin to prosper". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  35. "Adam King Profile". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  36. "It's a perfect end to the season, says King". www.premierleague.com. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
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