Greg Shields

Greg Shields
Personal information
Full name Greg Shields[1]
Date of birth (1976-08-21) 21 August 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Falkirk, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Dunfermline Athletic
(head of academy – football)
Youth career
Gairdoch United
0000–1995 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Rangers 7 (0)
1997–1999 Dunfermline Athletic 75 (0)
1999–2002 Charlton Athletic 25 (2)
2002Walsall (loan) 7 (0)
2002Kilmarnock (loan) 5 (0)
2002–2004 Kilmarnock 53 (2)
2004–2009 Dunfermline Athletic 129 (4)
2009–2010 Carolina RailHawks 11 (0)
2010Partick Thistle (loan) 5 (0)
2010–2013 Carolina RailHawks 33 (0)
Total 350 (8)
International career
1996[2] Scotland U21 2 (0)
2003[3] Scotland B 1 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2019 North Carolina FC (assistant)
2019–2022 Dunfermline Athletic (assistant)
2021 Dunfermline Athletic (interim manager)
2022- Dunfermline Athletic (head of academy – football)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Greg Shields (born 21 August 1976) is a Scottish football player and coach, who is currently head of academy – football with Dunfermline Athletic. His playing career was most closely associated with Dunfermline Athletic, as he played for the club over 200 times across two spells and was their captain in two national cup finals. Shields also played for Rangers, Charlton Athletic, Walsall, Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle and the Carolina RailHawks. He represented Scotland in under-21 and B internationals.

  1. ^ "Greg Shields". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Scotland U21 player Greg Shields". FitbaStats. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Scotland B player Greg Shields". FitbaStats. Retrieved 13 September 2018.