Ian Black (footballer, born 1985)

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Ian Black
Personal information
Full name Ian Black
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Central Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Heart of Midlothian
Number 8
Youth career
2003–2004 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Inverness CT 132 (8)
2009– Heart of Midlothian 81 (4)
International career‡
2005–2009 Scotland B 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 May 2009

Ian Black (born 14 March 1985 in Tranent) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Scottish Premier League side Heart of Midlothian. He previously played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle and is a Scotland B internationalist.

Club career

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Black began as a youth player with Tranent Boys Club and was a trainee of Premier League club Blackburn Rovers.[1] He joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle in July 2004.[2] Black made his debut as a substitute on 7 August 2004 against Livingston,[3] with his first start coming on 9 April 2005 against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.[4] In his first season he made 13 appearances.[5]

He scored his first goal for the club on 5 November 2005 with a 5th minute strike against Dunfermline.[6] The following season on 30 December 2006 he was sent off for a second bookable offence against Falkirk.[7]

He made 132 league appearances for Caley, and scored 8 goals.[8] His last game for Inverness was against Falkirk in a 1–0 loss for Inverness, which saw them relegated to the Scottish First Division.[9]

Hearts

It was reported in The Scotsman newspaper on 24 December 2008 that Black had agreed in principle to sign a pre-contract agreement to join boyhood heroes[10] Heart of Midlothian in the summer of 2009.[11] Hearts confirmed that he had signed the agreement on 28 December and would join up with the club for the 2009–10 season.[12] On 2 July 2009, Black finally signed for Hearts after signing a pre-contract agreement in December 2008[13] marking a return to the club he has once been a ball boy for.[14] He made his debut on 17 August 2009 as a substitute against Dundee United at Tannadice,[15] with his first start coming on 23 August against Rangers.[16] He scored his first goal for Hearts on 13 February 2010 with a long range effort against Falkirk in a 3–2 win.[17] In his first season with the club he made 32 appearances in all competitions scoring once.[18]

Early in the 2010–11 season, Black was criticised by Rangers player Nikica Jelavic, who claimed that Black had intentionally injured him during a match.[19] Black apologised for injuring Jelavic.[19] On 7 August 2011, he was sent off for challenge on Keith Lasley, who was also sent off later in the same match. Hearts eventually lost 1-0 to Lasley's club Motherwell.[20] He was sent off again against Kilmarnock on the 29th of October 2011 [21] On 14 January 2012 he was given a yellow card for an attempted trip on Paul McGowan,[22] invoking a ban because he went over the points threshold. This prompted his manager to comment that he was being booked because of his reputation rather than the incidents.[23]

In December 2011 with Hearts having problems paying wages it was reported that Black had taken a part time job as a painter.[24][25] At half time in the match against Dunfermline on 17 December the stadium announcer played Paint it black[26] and after the Edinburgh Derby at Easter Road on 2 January 2012 he revealed a t shirt with the message I'll paint this place maroon in reference to his part time job.[27]

International career

Black represented Scotland B once in the 2005 Future Cup, in a 3–2 defeat by Turkey B.[28] After a four year absence he was included in the Scotland B squad for their game against Northern Ireland.

Career statistics

As of 15 March 2012.[8][29]
Club statistics
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2004–05 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2005–06 26 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 1
2006–07 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
2007–08 33 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 35 3
2008–09 34 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 38 4
Hearts 2009–10 26 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 32 1
2010–11 32 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 1
2011–12 23 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 2
Total 208 11 12 0 9 0 5 0 0 0 234 11

Personal life

Ian's Black father, also named Ian, was a professional footballer who also played for Hearts and city rivals Hibernian. Peter Black, Ian's grandfather, was also footballer; he is the only one in the family to be a keeper.[13]

On 17 May 2011, it was extensively reported that Black, along with his Hearts team mate Robert Ogleby, had been arrested and charged with possession of a class A drug in an Edinburgh night club.[30][31] On 17 February 2012 the case was thrown out due to failure of witnesses to attend court.[32] It was the seventh time the case has been called.[33]

Notes

  1. ^ "BROCKHALL BOY: IAN BLACK". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 17 November 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Ian Black Hearts Profile". Hearts News. Heart of Midlothian F.C. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Livingston 3-0 Inverness". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Kilmarnock 0-1 Inverness CT". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 April 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  5. ^ "2004-05 stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2-1 Dunfermline". Football.co.uk. 5 November 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Falkirk 3-1 Inverness CT". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 December 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Ian Black Stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Inverness CT 0-1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  10. ^ "Ian Black's T-shirt pokes fun at himself while riling up Hearts' rivals". The Scotsman. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  11. ^ Hearts sign Black on pre-contract, The Scotsman, 24 December 2008.
  12. ^ inewsDetail/0,,10289~1501707,00.html Ian Black to join Hearts, Heart of Midlothian F.C., 28 December 2008.
  13. ^ a b "Black finally arrives at Hearts". BBC Sport. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  14. ^ "Hearts agree return for former Tynecastle ball boy Ian Black". Daily Record. 26 December 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  15. ^ "Dundee Utd 2 - 0 Hearts". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  16. ^ "Hearts 1 - 2 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  17. ^ "Hearts 3 - 2 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 February 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  18. ^ "2009-10 stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  19. ^ a b "Ian Black to atone for Nikica Jelavic injury". BBC Sport. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  20. ^ "Motherwell 1 - 0 Hearts". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  21. ^ "Hearts 0-1 Kilmarnock". BBC News. 29 October 2011.
  22. ^ "Hearts 5 - 2 St Mirren". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  23. ^ "Hearts' Paulo Sergio bemoans refs' treatment of Ian Black". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  24. ^ "Gary backs Black's job". The Sun. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  25. ^ "Wages row takes gloss off for Black". The Sun. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  26. ^ "SPL as it happened". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  27. ^ "Ian Black took Hearts' derby penalty so he could show off T-shirt message.. then missed, reveals Jamie Hamill". Daily Record. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  28. ^ FUTURE CUP 2005, Scottish Football Association.
  29. ^ "Ian Black Stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  30. ^ "O'Connor, Black and Ogleby held over drugs BBC News". 17 May 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  31. ^ "STV News Stars arrested for 'possessing cocaine'". Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  32. ^ "Hearts player Ian Black cleared of cocaine charge". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  33. ^ "Ian Black cleared of cocaine charge". The Scotsman. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.

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