Euan East
{{short description|Scottish Catholic footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Euan East
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2000|7|5}}
| birth_place = Paisley, Scotland{{cite web|title=Player Profile|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=115314|publisher=Soccerbase|accessdate=21 October 2020}}{{cite web|title=Player Description|url=http://qosfc.com/players|publisher=Queen of the South|accessdate=21 October 2020}}
| height = {{convert|1.83|m|order=flip}}
| position = Centre Back
| currentclub = Linfield
| clubnumber = 3
| youthyears1 = 2010–2017
| youthclubs1 = St Mirren
| years1 = 2017–2018
| clubs1 = Johnstone Burgh
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2018–2019
| clubs2 = Queen's Park
| caps2 = 22
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2019–2020
| clubs3 = Albion Rovers
| caps3 = 26
| goals3 = 7
| years4 = 2020–2023
| clubs4 = Queen of the South
| caps4 = 77
| goals4 = 9
| years5 = 2023–
| clubs5 = Linfield
| caps5 = 24
| goals5 = 2
|club-update = 1 June 2024
}}
Euan East (born 5 July 2000) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Linfield in NIFL Premiership. East has previously played for Queen's Park, Albion Rovers and Queen of the South.
Club career
= Queen's Park =
East started his senior career at Queen's Park, where he was primarily used as a substitute, scoring one goal in the 2018–19 season.
= Albion Rovers =
On 11 July 2019, East signed for Albion Rovers.{{cite web|title=Euan East joins Albion Rovers|url=https://albionroversfc.com/euan-east-joins/|publisher=Albion Rovers|accessdate=21 October 2020}} East scored seven league goals during his solitary season for the Coatbridge club. At the end of that season, East rejected a contract offer from the Wee Rovers, instead preferring to chase a full-time contract elsewhere.{{cite web|title=Euan East rejects Albion Rovers contract|date=14 August 2020|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/albion-rovers-door-still-open-22510737|publisher=The Daily Record|accessdate=21 October 2020}}
= Queen of the South =
On 25 September 2020, East signed a full-time contract with Queen of the South before the start of the 2020–21 season.{{cite web|title=Euan East joins Queen of the South|url=https://www.qosfc.com/news-5232|publisher=Queen of the South|accessdate=21 October 2020}} On 17 October 2020, East's league debut for the Doonhamers was in a 2–1 defeat versus Ayr United at Somerset Park.{{cite web|title=Euan East Queen of the South debut|url=https://www.qosfc.com/match-2211|publisher=Queen of the South|accessdate=21 October 2020}} East had already played in two Betfred League Cup matches versus Greenock Morton and St Mirren earlier in October 2020.{{Cite web|url=http://www.qosfc.com/match-2239|title=QoS : Report - Greenock Morton 6.10.20}}{{Cite web|url=http://qosfc.com/match-2240|title = QoS : Report - St Mirren 10.10.20}}
On 10 November 2020, East scored his first goal for the Doonhamers versus Queen's Park, his first club, at Hampden Park in a 3-1 victory in the League Cup.{{Cite web|url=http://www.qosfc.com/match-2242|title=QoS : Report - Queens Park 10.11.20}}
On 9 June 2021, East signed a one-year extension to his contract to remain at the Doonhamers for the 2021-22 season,{{Cite web|url=http://www.qosfc.com/news-5426|title = QosFC: East Stays South}} where he has reverted from playing as a striker to a centre back.{{Cite web|url=http://www.qosfc.com/match-2360|title=QoS : Report - Queens Park 10.7.21}}
On 8 April 2022, East was the captain versus Partick Thistle at Palmerston in a 1-0 defeat, in the absence of club captain Josh Todd due to injury.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/60903994|title = Watch: Queen of the South v Partick Thistle|work = BBC Sport|date = 8 April 2022}}
On 16 April 2022, East once again captain versus Arbroath at Gayfield in a 5-1 defeat.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60903627|title = Arbroath move within point of Kilmarnock with win|work = BBC Sport}}
On 19 April 2022, East scored the winning goal in the 40th minute, as Queens won 2-1 versus Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Palmerston.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60927985|title = Queen of the South earn crucial win over Inverness|work = BBC Sport}}
On 23 April 2022, East scored for Queens in the 80th minute, then scored an own goal in the 87th minute versus Ayr United in a 1-1 draw at Palmerston, that ultimately relegated the Doonhamers to League One.{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61125156 | title=QoS relegated from Championship as Ayr boost hopes | work=BBC Sport }}
On 15 June 2022, East signed a one-year extension to his existing contract to remain with the Doonhamers.{{cite web | url=http://www.qosfc.com/news-5785 | title=QosFC: East Returns to South }}
On 31 May 2023, East departed Queen of the South after three seasons with the Dumfries club.
=Linfield=
On 1 September 2023, East signed with Linfield on a contract until the end of the 23/24 season. He scored two goals for the club, against Larne and in the dying moments of their league against Crusaders. On 15 January 2024, Linfield announced that East had signed a new contract with the club, keeping him at Windsor Park until the conclusion of the 2024/25 campaign.{{cite web|url=https://www.linfieldfc.com/interview.aspx?id=3508|title= David Healy - welcome to Euan East|website=linfieldfc.com}}
Career Statistics
=Club=
{{updated|7 August 2024}}{{Soccerway|566835|access-date=7 August 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Queen's Park
|22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|name="SCC"|Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup}} | 1 | 26 | 2 | |||
| Albion Rovers
|Scottish League Two |26 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name="SCC"}} | 0 | 34 | 8 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Queen of the South
|rowspan="2"|Scottish Championship |23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2021-22
|26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4{{efn|name="SCC"}} | 0 | 35 | 4 | ||
| 2022-23
|28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|name="SCC"}} | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!77 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | 95 | 10 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Linfield
|rowspan="2"|NIFL Premiership |24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 3 | |||
| 2024-25
|colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 3 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career Total
!149 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 185 | 23 |
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References
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Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Queen of the South F.C. players
Category:Scottish Professional Football League players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Queen's Park F.C. players
Category:Albion Rovers F.C. players
Category:St Mirren F.C. players
Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen