Personal information | |||
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Full name | Greg Shields[1] | ||
Date of birth | 21 August 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Falkirk, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Dunfermline Athletic (head of academy – football) | ||
Youth career | |||
Gairdoch United | |||
–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) |
2002 | → Walsall (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2002 | → Kilmarnock (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2002–2004 | Kilmarnock | 53 | (2) |
2004–2009 | Dunfermline Athletic | 129 | (4) |
2009–2010 | Carolina RailHawks | 11 | (0) |
2010 | → Partick 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.