Iain Wilson

Iain Wilson (born 15 December 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greenock Morton, on loan from Queen of the South. Wilson has previously played for Kilmarnock, Dunfermline Athletic. Wilson also had two previous loan spells at the Doonhamers and has also represented Scotland from under-17 to under-21 levels.

Iain Wilson
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-12-15) 15 December 1998
Place of birth Irvine, Scotland[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Greenock Morton
(on loan from Queen of the South)
Youth career
Kilmarnock
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Kilmarnock 43 (1)
2019 → Queen of the South (loan) 14 (1)
2020 → Queen of the South (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2022 Dunfermline Athletic 23 (0)
2022 Greenock Morton 13 (1)
2022– Queen of the South 25 (1)
2023– → Greenock Morton (loan) 6 (0)
International career‡
2015 Scotland U17 5 (0)
2015 Scotland U19 4 (0)
2017 Scotland U20 4 (0)
2017–2018 Scotland U21 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:41, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:00, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Club career

On 6 December 2016, Wilson debuted for Kilmarnock as a half-time in a match versus Aberdeen in a 5-1 defeat.[2] On 29 January 2019, Wilson was loaned out to Queen of the South for the remainder of the 2018-19 season.[3] In January 2020, Wilson returned to the Dumfries club for a second loan spell.[4]

In July 2020, Wilson departed Killie and signed for Dunfermline Athletic on a two-year deal.[5] On 30 January 2022, Wilson departed the Pars by mutual consent [6] and the following day signed for Greenock Morton until the end of the 2021-22 season.[7]

On 2 June 2022, Wilson signed a two-year contract for Queen of the South, having previously had two loan spells at Palmerston.[8]

On 16 August 2023, Wilson rejoined Greenock Morton on a season-long loan from the Dumfries club.[9]

International career

Selected for the Scotland under-20 squad in the 2017 Toulon Tournament,[10] Wilson played as Scotland beat Brazil under-20s 1–0, which was the nations first ever win against Brazil at any level.[11] The team went on to claim the bronze medal.[12] It was the nations first ever medal at the competition.[13]

Selected for the under-21 squad in the 2018 Toulon Tournament.[14] They lost to Turkey under-21s in a penalty-out and finished fourth.[15]

Career statistics
As of 7 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Kilmarnock 2016–17[16] Scottish Premiership 20000001[lower-alpha 1]0210
2017–18[17] 131005000181
2018–19[18] 6010200090
2019–20[19] 4000000040
Total 431107010521
Queen of the South (loan) 2018–19[18] Scottish Championship 14100004[lower-alpha 2]0181
2019–20[19] 8000000080
Total 221000040261
Dunfermline Athletic 2020–21[20] Scottish Championship 200106100271
2021-22 3000000030
Total 230106100301
Greenock Morton (loan) 2021-22 Scottish Championship 131000000131
Queen of the South 2022-23 Scottish League One 251101020291
Greenock Morton (loan) 2023-24 Scottish Championship 0000000000
Career total 126430141701505
  1. Appearance for Kilmarnock under-20s in the Scottish Challenge Cup in which age-restricted sides from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs
  2. Appearances in the Scottish Championship play-offs

References
  1. "Iain Wilson Soccer Stats - Season & Career Statistics".
  2. "Aberdeen 5, Kilmarnock 1: Killie hit for five by rampant Dons". Glasgow Times. Newsquest. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. "Scotland U21 Midfielder Joins". Queen of the South FC. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. "QosFC: Iain Returns". Queen of the South FC. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. "Iain Wilson signs for Dunfermline". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. "Player Update". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  7. Temple, Alan (31 January 2022). "Released Dunfermline midfielder Iain Wilson joins relegation rivals". The Courier. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  8. "QosFC: Return of the 'Shug'".
  9. Steele, Russell (16 August 2023). "Iain Wilson rejoins Morton as Dougie Imrie adds to squad". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  10. "Scotland squad for Toulon announced". Scottish FA. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  11. "The West Kilbride teen who helped Scotland beat Brazil at football". Largs & Millport Weekly News. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  12. "Scotland finish third at Toulon Tournament with 3-0 win". Scottish FA. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  13. "JULES AND HOLSGROVE TAKE BRONZE WITH SCOTLAND IN TOULON". Reading FC. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  14. "Scotland Under-21 squad announced for Toulon tournament". Scottish FA. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  15. "Scotland finish fourth at the Toulon tournament after shoot-out defeat to Turkey". Scottish FA. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  16. "Games played by Iain Wilson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  17. "Games played by Iain Wilson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  18. "Games played by Iain Wilson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  19. "Games played by Iain Wilson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  20. "Games played by Iain Wilson in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
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