Kieran McKechnie
{{short description|Scottish association football player}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Kieran McKechnie
|fullname =
|birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
| height =
|image =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|04|04|df=y}}
|position = Midfielder
|currentclub = Arbroath F.C.
|clubnumber = 24
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2020
|youthclubs1 = Rangers
|years1 = 2020-
|clubs1 = Queen of the South
|caps1 = 73
|goals1 = 6
|club-update = 17:00, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
}}
Kieran McKechnie (born 4 April 2001) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{Scottish football updater|Arbroath}} club Arbroath.{{cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/kieran-mckechnie/563470/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=18 July 2023|title=Kieran McKenchie}}
Career
McKechnie spent eleven years as a youth player at Rangers, before signing a one-year contract with Queen of the South in the summer of 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.rangersnews.uk/transfer-news/mckechnie-appears-to-make-dig-at-rangers-treatment-after-queen-of-the-south-move/|website=Rangers News|accessdate=18 July 2023|title= McKechnie appears to make dig at Rangers treatment after Queen of the South move|date=25 September 2020|first=Jordan|last=Carlisle}}
McKechnie debuted for Queen of the South in the Scottish Championship on the 7 November 2020 versus Arbroath in a 1-1 draw.{{cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2020/11/07/scotland/first-division/arbroath-fc/queen-of-the-south-fc/3318458/|title=ARBROATH VS. QUEEN OF THE SOUTH 1-1|website=Soccerway|date=7 November 2020|accessdate=18 July 2023}} A knee injury caused him to have surgery in March 2021, which kept him out of action until April 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/queen-south-midfielder-looking-put-26316410|website=Daily Record|accessdate=18 July 2023|date=25 February 2022|title=Queen of the South midfielder looking to put injury hell behind him and keep club in the Championship|first=Stephen|last=Temlett}} McKechnie scored his first league goal for the club on 4 March 2023 against Airdrieonians in a 3-2 victory.{{cite web|url= https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/queen-south-3-airdrie-2-29374409.amp|website=Daily Record|date=4 March 2023|title= Queen of the South 3 Airdrie 2: Diamonds weren't at the races, says Callum Fordyce as side slump to third defeat in four games|first=Paul|last=Thomson}}
McKechnie started the 2023-24 season, with goals in his first two games versus Scottish Premiership club Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup, then again the following week versus Elgin City.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66191470|website=BBC Sport|accessdate=18 July 2023|date=15 July 2023|title=Queen of the South 3-3 Motherwell}}{{cite web|date=22 July 2023|accessdate=22 July 2023|website=BBC Sport|title=
Elgin City v Queen of the South|url=
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66191937}}
References
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{{Queen of the South F.C. squad}}
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Category:Footballers from Glasgow
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Queen of the South F.C. players
Category:Scottish Professional Football League players