Ray Grant

Raymond Michael Grant (born 1 September 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Clyde. Grant began his career as a youth player for Norwich City, before progressing to the first team in 2015. He has since played for Dagenham & Redbridge, Clyde, Alloa Athletic and Stirling Albion. Grant has also played for the Scotland U19s.

For the curler, see Ray Grant (curler).

Ray Grant
Personal information
Full name Raymond Michael Grant[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-01) 1 September 1996[2]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Clyde
Number 8
Youth career
2010–2015 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Norwich City 0 (0)
2017 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 3 (0)
2018–2020 Clyde 99 (3)
2020–2021 Alloa Athletic 24 (0)
2021–2022 Stirling Albion 23 (1)
2022– Clyde 19 (0)
International career
2014 Scotland U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 August 2023

Club career

Grant was raised in Morningthorpe, Norfolk, and started his career with local side Norwich City, joining them at under-15 level in 2010.[3] He progressed through the various youth teams to go on and sign his first professional contract in April 2015.[3] He became a regular in the under-21 squad and signed a one-year contract extension in June 2016 as Norwich were relegated from the Premier League to the EFL Championship.[3] During the 2016–17 season he featured for the under-23 side in the newly formed Premier League 2 development competition and also featured in four EFL Trophy fixtures.[4] In January 2017, he made his first-team debut in the FA Cup third-round replay 1–0 defeat to Southampton, replacing Ben Godfrey as a late substitute.[4] In February 2017, he was sent out on loan to National League challengers Dagenham & Redbridge on a youth loan until the end of the season.[3] He made his debut a couple of days later, playing the first half in the 2–1 home defeat to Guiseley.[4] He struggled to break into the starting line-up and only made three appearances during his loan spell before he was recalled by Norwich in late March.[5] Grant was released by Norwich at the end of the 2016–17 season.[6][7]

Grant signed for Scottish League Two club Clyde in February 2018.[8] In August 2020, Grant signed for Scottish Championship side Alloa Athletic, the club managed by his father Peter.[9] Both Grants left Alloa at the end of the 2020–21 season, and Ray signed for Stirling Albion in May 2021.[10] On 6 May 2022, Grant rejoined former club Clyde on a one-year contract.[11]

International career

Grant received his first call-up to Scotland in August 2014 for the under-19 side for a friendly against Belgium.[12] He started the match in the 2–0 defeat, which later proved to be his only international appearance.[12] He also received a call-up to the friendly against Czech Republic in September, but failed to make an appearance.[13]

Personal life

Grant comes from a footballing family with his father, Peter Grant, a former Scotland international who played for Celtic and Norwich, and also managed the latter.[3] His older brother, Peter Grant Jr. plays alongside Raymond at Clyde FC

Career statistics
As of match played 30 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norwich City 2015–16[4] Premier League 000000—00
2016–17[4] Championship 001000—10
Total 001000—10
Norwich City U23 2016–17[4] ———4[lower-alpha 1]040
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2016–17[4] National League 3000—0030
Clyde 2017–18[4] Scottish League Two 160000000160
2018–19[4] 36210305[lower-alpha 2]0452
2019–20[4] Scottish League One 28130304[lower-alpha 3]0381
Total 803406090993
Alloa Athletic 2020–21[4][14] Scottish Championship 240105000300
Stirling Albion 2021–22[15] Scottish League Two 23120101[lower-alpha 3]0271
Career total 1304901201401644
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup, four in Scottish League Two play-offs
  3. Appearance(s) in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References
  1. "Retained and released lists submitted by Premier League clubs". Premier League. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. "Raymond Grant". 11v11. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  3. "Raymond Grant - Ex Canaries". Flown from the Nest. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  4. "R. Grant". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  5. "Ray Grant recalled from Dagenham loan". Norwich City FC. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  6. "Norwich City release five more players". 5 May 2017.
  7. Jack, Christopher (15 June 2017). "Jack Ross takes aim at the top with the St Mirren magnificent seven". Evening Times. Newsquest. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  8. "Clyde sign Steve Kipre, brother of Motherwell's Cedric". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  9. "Ray Grant signs for Alloa". alloaathleticfootball.club. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  10. "Ray Grant is first new signing for 2021/22". 15 May 2021.
  11. "New Signing: Ray Grant". Clyde FC. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  12. "Sbragia upbeat despite defeat". Scottish FA. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  13. "Sbragia announces Under-19 squad for Czech visit". Scottish FA. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  14. "Games played by Ray Grant in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  15. "Games played by Ray Grant in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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