Kris Renton

Kris Joseph Renton (born 12 July 1990) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Musselburgh Athletic. He was the youngest Norwich City player in the club's history.[2]

Kris Renton
Personal information
Full name Kris Joseph Renton[1]
Date of birth (1990-07-12) 12 July 1990
Place of birth Musselburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Musselburgh Athletic
Youth career
0000–2006 Musselburgh Windsor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Norwich City 3 (0)
2009 → King's Lynn (loan) 10 (0)
2009 → Brechin City (loan) 11 (0)
2010–2012 Musselburgh Athletic
2012–2014 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
2014–2016 Newtongrange Star
2016–2017 Cowdenbeath 32 (10)
2017–2018 Alloa Athletic 31 (6)
2018–2022 Cowdenbeath 79 (11)
2022–2023 Tranent Juniors
2023– Musselburgh Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:40, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Norwich City

Youth team at Norwich

Having been spotted playing in the summer of 2006 in Scotland playing for Musselburgh Windsor by Academy scout Karl Brady, Renton began the 2006–07 season in the youth team. He spent some time away though, being named in the Ireland Under 17s for a European Under 17 Championship qualifying tournament in Baku in Autumn 2006, but made his debut at that level for Scotland Under 17s in February 2007 against Northern Ireland.[3]

Towards the end of the campaign, he progressed into the Reserves at Norwich, making his debut on 21 February 2007 against local rivals Ipswich. He scored his first goal for the second string on 24 April 2007 against Southend.[4]

Early senior appearances

He was named on the bench for the first time on 31 March 2007 against Colchester United. Should he have played, he would have broken Ryan Jarvis' record as Norwich's youngest ever player, at just 16 years and 262 days. Norwich Academy manager Ricky Martin said that Renton's call up to the first team provided a massive incentive to other players in the youth side.[5] City manager Peter Grant told the club's website that Renton was due to make his debut as a second-half substitute in the Colchester game, but Grant was unwilling to throw on a debutant with the side struggling in the course of a 3–0 defeat.

He did however make his debut in the 2–1 win at Leicester City coming on in injury time at the end of the second half, on 14 April 2007, making him the youngest ever player to appear for Norwich City, beating Jarvis' record by 6 days, aged 16 years 276 days. Renton made his full debut three days later at Burnley replacing the injured Darren Huckerby, who had hurt his back in the warm up.

For the start of the 2007–08 season, Renton was back playing with the Reserves and the Under 18s, and was scoring regularly.[6] But against Chelsea Under 18s on 6 October he suffered a broken leg, which kept him out for the rest of the season.[7]

On 16 July 2008, having recovered from the broken leg which kept him out for most of the previous campaign, Renton signed his first professional contract with Norwich City, lasting two years.[8] He joined King's Lynn on loan on 6 March 2009, to gain more first-team experience,[9] but failed to score in ten appearances.

Scottish junior football

In January 2010, he was released by Norwich City and returned to his hometown, joining Scottish junior club Musselburgh Athletic.[10][11] Renton helped Musselburgh to the Scottish Junior Cup final in 2010–11 before joining East Superleague champions Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic in June 2012.[12][13] He moved on to local rivals Newtongrange Star in July 2014.[14]

Scottish lower divisions

In June 2016, Renton signed for recently relegated Scottish League Two side Cowdenbeath.[15]

After impressing in his performances for Cowdenbeath, Renton was signed by Scottish League One club Alloa Athletic on 1 June 2017.[16] He left the club in May 2018 following their promotion to the Scottish Championship.[17]

In May 2018, Renton once again signed for Cowdenbeath.[18] On 24 February 2022, Renton left the club after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.[19]

On 25 February 2022, Renton signed for East of Scotland League Premier Division side Tranent Juniors.[20]

References
  1. "Kris Renton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. "Leicester City 1–2 Norwich City". Norwich City F.C. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2007.
  3. "Renton call is boost for youngsters". EDP News. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
  4. "Southend Res 0, Norwich City Res 3". EDP News. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
  5. "Renton call is boost for youngsters". EDP News. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
  6. "Renton bags brace as City win". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  7. "Injury blow for Renton". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  8. "Renton signs two-year deal". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
  9. "Renton to Linnets on loan". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  10. "Teenager Kris Renton quits Norwich City for Musselburgh Athletic". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  11. Dempster, Martin (10 September 2010). "Renton hoping to give his career a Kris of life". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  12. Kevin McGoldrick (28 May 2011). "Emirates Scottish Junior Cup Final: Musselburgh v Talbot preview". Daily Record. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  13. "Bonnyrigg continue foray into transfer market with signing of Renton". Edinburgh Evening News. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  14. "Newtongrange Star swoop for rival striker". Midlothian Advertiser. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  15. "Kris for Cowden". Cowdenbeath FC. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  16. "Kris Renton signs". Alloa Athletic FC. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  17. "Contract talks begin". Alloa Athletic. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  18. "Cowdenbeath pip Montrose to sign striker Chris Renton". The Courier. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  19. "Kris Renton departs". Cowdenbeath FC. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  20. @TranentJRs_FC (25 February 2022). "New Signing!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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