Adam_King_(footballer)
Adam King (footballer)
Scottish footballer
Adam King (born 11 October 1995)[3] is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Alloa Athletic as a midfielder.[4] King has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Swansea City and Dundee United, and represented Scotland at Under-U18, -19 and -21 levels.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alloa Athletic | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2013 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Heart of Midlothian | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2019 | Swansea City | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 24 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | → Southend United (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Mansfield Town (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Dundee United | 9 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Queen's Park (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Raith Rovers (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2021– | Alloa Athletic | 42 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013[2] | Scotland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Scotland U19 | 4 | (1) |
| 2014 | Scotland U21 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:33, 23 December 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2014 | |||
Heart of Midlothian
A member of the club's under-20 squad,[5] King was predominantly a midfielder, however could also play right back[6] and centre back.[7] Having yet to feature for the first team in September 2013, with the transfer window coming to a close, Premier League outfit Swansea City made an offer believed to be a five-figure sum of money for King.[8] However, Hearts administrators BDO rejected the offer.[9] Having been included in the match day squad for every game so far that season,[6] yet not featured, he made his first team debut for Heart of Midlothian (Hearts)[10] as a substitute in a friendly against German Bundesliga side Wolfsburg[11] on 13 November 2013.[12] He made his full professional debut in a Scottish Cup tie against Celtic on 1 December 2013, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute replacing Jamie Hamill.[13] He went on to make his first Scottish Premiership appearance on 21 December, playing from the start against Celtic at Celtic Park.[14]
In January, Swansea renewed their interest in King and a further bid was accepted by the club.[15] In all he made three appearances for Hearts.[16] He has featured at both under-18[2] and under-19 levels for Scotland.[17] King was nominated by STV Sport as one of 14 young players in Scottish football to watch in 2014.[4]
Swansea City
On 28 January 2014, King joined Premier League side Swansea City on a three-and-a-half-year contract,[18] for an undisclosed fee.[19] He initially joined up with the club's under-21 squad.[20] On 3 January 2015, King made his Swansea City debut in a 6–2 FA Cup win over Tranmere Rovers.[21] In May 2015, King won the 2014–15 Professional U21 Development League 2 title as part of the Swansea Under-21 team.[22]
In July 2015, King joined League One team Crewe Alexandra on loan until 6 January 2016.[23] King returned to Swansea on 5 January 2016. On 5 August of the same year he signed a season-long loan deal with League One side Southend United,[24] but this was cut short in January 2017, with the player returning to Swansea City.[25] On 29 January 2018 King signed on loan for League Two side Mansfield Town for the rest of the season.[26] On 2 July 2018, he joined Peterborough United on another loan deal set to last until January 2019,[27] but he returned to Swansea City the following month after his loan was terminated because of injury.
Dundee United
King left Swansea to join Scottish Championship club Dundee United on a three-year contract in July 2019. His brother Billy had left United the previous season.[28] In February 2020, he joined Queen's Park of Scottish League Two on loan for the rest of the 2019–20 season.[29] On 29 January 2021, King joined Raith Rovers on loan until the end of the season.[30]
Alloa Athletic
King was released by Dundee United at the end of the 2020/21 season, he went on trial at Falkirk but was offered an immediate deal by Alloa Athletic and instead accepted the guaranteed deal and signed for The Wasps in June 2021.[31]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Heart of Midlothian | 2013–14 | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Swansea City | 2013–14 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2018–19 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 2015–16 | League One | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| Southend United (loan) | 2016–17 | League One | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mansfield Town (loan) | 2016–17 | League Two | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Peterborough United (loan) | 2018–19 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dundee United | 2019–20 | Scottish Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Queens Park (loan) | 2019–20 | Scottish League Two | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Raith Rovers (loan) | 2020–21 | Scottish Championship | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Career total | 65 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 83 | 7 | ||
- Appearances for Swansea City under-21s in the EFL Trophy in which age-restricted sides from Premier League clubs compete against senior clubs
- Appearances in the EFL Trophy
- Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
- Appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
Born in Edinburgh King grew up in the Portobello area of the city a Hearts fan[34] and attended Portobello High School. His older brother Billy is also a footballer, who plays for St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland Premier Division.[35] He has two other younger brothers, Ross and Robbie.[7]
Swansea City U23
- "Premier League Player Profile Adam King". Premier League. Barclays Premier League. 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.[permanent dead link]
- "Adam King Scotland Under 18". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- "Adam King Profile". skysports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- "Fourteen for '14: Introducing rising Hearts central midfielder Adam King". sport.stv.tv. Scottish Television. 23 December 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- "New-look young Hearts side go down to Kilmarnock". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- "Gary Locke wants Adam King to seize big chance". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- "Billy King playing for the Hearts badge". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- Anderson, Barry (5 September 2013). "BDO rejected Swansea bid for Hearts' Adam King". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- "Hearts reject bid from Swansea for highly-rated starlet Adam King". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- "Hearts keeper MacDonald to return for County crunch". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- "Little entertainment but plenty of value in fundraising Tynecastle friendly". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- "Hearts settled for a share of the spoils against Bundesliga side Wolfsburg at Tynecastle on Wednesday night". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian F.C. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- "Kris Commons' hat-trick helped Celtic trounce Hearts to progress to the last 16 of the Scottish Cup". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- "Kris Commons and James Forrest were on target as Celtic overcame a Hearts side inspired by goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- "Swansea complete Adam deal". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian. 28 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- "Games played by Adam King in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- "Hearts youngster Adam King completes transfer to Swansea City". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- "Hearts teenage midfielder Adam King joins Swansea City". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- "Swans sign King of Hearts". swanseacity.com. Swansea City. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- "King: It's brilliant to be here". swanseacity.com. Swansea City. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- "Tranmere 2 Swansea 6". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- "Llewellyn delighted to end season on a high". Swansea City A.F.C. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- "Crewe Alexandra sign Swansea midfielder Adam King on loan". Swansea City AFC. 6 July 2015.
- "King joins Southend on loan". www.swanseacity.com. Swansea City A.F.C. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- "King returns to Swansea as Blues loan spell is cut short". Echo. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- Bird, Jeorge (29 January 2018). "Mansfield sign Adam King on loan from Swansea". Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- "Posh Secure King Loan Deal". theposh.com. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- "Adam King: Dundee United sign winger from Swansea City". 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- "Adam King loaned to Queen's Park". Dundee United F.C. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- "Adam King". raithrovers.net. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- McPartlin, Patrick (30 June 2021). "Former Hearts midfielder joins Alloa after Scottish Premiership exit". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- "Games played by Adam King". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- "Adam King Stats". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- "Family Fortunes tied up with Hearts as Jambos' King siblings begin to prosper". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- "Adam King Profile". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- "It's a perfect end to the season, says King". www.premierleague.com. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2023.