Alex Walker (footballer, born 1984)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Walker | ||
| Date of birth | 25 April 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2003 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2005 | Rangers | 2 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Clyde (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2005–2010 | Greenock Morton | 84 | (4) |
| 2010 | → Brechin City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | East Stirlingshire | 18 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2011 | |||
Alexander Walker (born 25 April 1984) is a Scottish former professional footballer.
Walker has previously played for Rangers and Greenock Morton, as well as having loan spells at Clyde and Brechin City. He played mainly as a defender, although he also played in midfield.
Career
[edit]He began his career at Rangers, where he made 2 appearances. Walker made his senior league début in a 1–0 win over Motherwell at Fir Park, coming off the bench to replace Hamed Namouchi.[1] Walker had a six-month loan spell at Clyde in which he made his Bully Wee début in a 1–0 victory at Broadwood Stadium against Ross County. During this time, Walker won the SFL young player of the month award for September 2004.[2] After his short-term deal at Broadwood, Walker went to Sweden for a couple of months but decided to come back home. he joined Morton in July 2005.[3] Walker made his Morton début in a 3–2 (AET) Challenge Cup win over Gretna, in which assistant boss at Morton, Derek Collins, and later-to-be teammate Ryan McGuffie played for the opposition.[4] His senior league debut was the following week against Raith Rovers, in which Morton triumphed 2–0 in front of 3,222 fans.[5] He signed a new contract in May 2009, for another year at Morton.[6] Being out of contract in the summer, and struggling for fitness, Walker was loaned to Brechin City for three months in January 2010.[7] Walker suffered a recurrence of a groin injury, where he underwent surgery but remained at Brechin until April.[8] He was released at the end of the 2009–10 season.[9] After his release from Morton, Walker decided to go part-time and was signed up by ex-manager Jim McInally at East Stirlingshire for the 2010–11 season.[10]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Greenock Morton
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Motherwell 0–1 Rangers". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
- ^ "Walker gets September award". BBC Sport. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ "Morton bring in former SPL pair". BBC Sport. 10 July 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ "Morton 3–2 Gretna". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
- ^ "Morton 2–0 Raith". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ^ Graham, Roger (18 May 2009). "Walker, Wake get new deals for a season". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
- ^ "Grady rates game 50–50". Greenock Telegraph. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- ^ Mitchell, Steve (25 February 2010). "Duffy: "Look after fans and play in the summer"". Brechin Advertiser. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
- ^ Graham, Roger (18 May 2010). "Brian Graham signs new Ton deal". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "Kean for Morton, Walker for Shire". BBC Sport. 30 June 2010.
External links
[edit]- Alex Walker at Soccerbase
- Living people
- 1984 births
- Footballers from Bellshill
- Scottish men's footballers
- Rangers F.C. players
- Clyde F.C. players
- East Stirlingshire F.C. players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Men's association football utility players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Brechin City F.C. players
- Men's association football defenders
- 21st-century Scottish sportsmen