Billy Gilmour

For other people with similar names, see Bill Gilmour (disambiguation).

Billy Gilmour
Gilmour playing for Norwich City in 2021
Personal information
Full name Billy Clifford Gilmour[1]
Date of birth (2001-06-11) 11 June 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Irvine, Scotland[2]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 6
Youth career
2009–2017 Rangers
2017–2019 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Chelsea 11 (0)
2021–2022 → Norwich City (loan) 24 (0)
2022–2024 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 (0)
2024– Napoli 3 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Scotland U15 1 (0)
2016–2017 Scotland U16 1 (0)
2017–2018 Scotland U17 7 (2)
2017–2019 Scotland U19 7 (3)
2018–2021 Scotland U21 12 (1)
2019– Scotland 32 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:59, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2024

Billy John Gilmour (born 12 June 2001) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Napoli and the Scotland national team.

Gilmour spent three months at a young age with Celtic before moving to Rangers,[3] where he developed in the club's academy and trained with the first-team squad at the age of 15. He joined Chelsea in 2017 after turning down a professional contract with Rangers, made 22 appearances, and was on the bench for their UEFA Champions League and FA Cup finals in 2021. He spent a season on loan at Norwich City where the club were relegated, before he signed with Brighton & Hove Albion on a permanent basis in September 2022. Gilmour signed for Italian side Napoli on a permanent deal on deadline day in August 2024.

Gilmour represented Scotland at all youth level from under-15, under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels before making his senior debut in 2021. He was selected for their Euro 2020 squad later that year.

  1. ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Billy Gilmour". Chelsea F.C.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference nat1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).