Ryan Smillie
{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ryan Smillie
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|05|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bellshill, Scotland
| height =
| position = Striker
| clubnumber =
| currentclub = Petershill
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2010
| youthclubs1 = Queen of the South
| years1 = 2010–2011
| clubs1 = Queen of the South
| caps1 = 13
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2012–2013
| clubs2 = Kilbirnie Ladeside
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2013–
| clubs3 = Petershill
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| club-update = 19:30, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
}}
Ryan Smillie (born 30 May 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Petershill in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region. He has previously played in the Scottish Football League First Division for Queen of the South.
Club career
Smillie came through the youth system at Queen of the South. He was promoted from the under-19s to the first team in August 2010 after agreeing a full-time contract with the club. His current contract, which expires at the end of May 2012, is supported by an apprenticeship scheme.{{cite news|url=http://www.qosfc.com/players|title=The Squad – Season 11/12|publisher=Queen of the South F.C.|accessdate=22 August 2011}}
He was first included in the matchday squad in the 2010–11 season, in a September 2010 league match away to Stirling Albion. On that occasion he was an unused substitute.{{cite news|url=http://www.qosfc.com/new_report.aspx?fixtureid=141|title=Stirling Albion 0–0 Queen of the South|publisher=Queen of the South F.C.|date=25 September 2010|accessdate=22 August 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114174747/http://qosfc.com/new_report.aspx?fixtureid=141|archivedate=14 January 2011}} He made his first league appearance towards the end of the season, as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 win away to Raith Rovers in April 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/football/first/results/3285187/|title=Raith Rovers 0–1 Queen of the South: Saturday, 30th April 2011|publisher=Scottish Football League|date=30 April 2011|accessdate=22 August 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826090304/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/football/first/results/3285187/|archivedate=26 August 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/04/30/scotland/first-division/raith-rovers-fc/queen-of-the-south-fc/944594/|title=Match report: Raith Rovers 0–1 Queen of the South|publisher=soccerway.com|date=30 April 2011|accessdate=22 August 2011}} He went on to make a further four Scottish First Division appearances for the season.{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ryan-smylie/155731/|title=Player profile: Ryan Smillie|publisher=soccerway.com|accessdate=22 August 2011}} He was an unused substitute in the final of the 2010–11 Scottish Challenge Cup, in which Queen of the South were defeated 2–0 by Ross County.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/9450656.stm|title=Queen of the South 0–2 Ross County|publisher=BBC Sport|date=10 April 2011|accessdate=22 August 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/match-centre/Queen-of-South-vs-Ross-County-article700613.html|title=Queen of the South vs Ross County|work=Daily Mirror|date=10 April 2011|accessdate=22 August 2011}}
Smillie continued to make a contribution to the first team in the 2011–12 season. He played in Queen of the South's first league match of the season against Livingston in a 2–2 draw and in their first 2011–12 Scottish League Cup fixture against Stranraer in a 2–1 victory.{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/152640/ryan-smylie?cc=5739|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102043228/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/152640/ryan-smylie?cc=5739|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 November 2012|title=Ryan Smillie 2011–12 statistics|publisher=ESPN Soccernet|accessdate=22 August 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14430729.stm|title=Livingston 2–2 Queen of the South|publisher=BBC Sport|date=6 August 2011|accessdate=22 August 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/match_facts/0,19762,11065_3405337,00.html|title=Scottish Communities League Cup: Match Facts, Queen of the South 2–1 Stranraer|publisher=Sky Sports|date=30 July 2011|accessdate=22 August 2011}}
Smillie signed for Junior side Kilbirnie Ladeside on 10 July 2012 before moving to Petershill in August 2013.{{cite news|last=O'Donnell|first=Jim|title=Petershill title bid boosted by new boy Smillie|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/juniors/petershill-title-bid-boosted-by-new-boy-smillie-134259n.21943408|accessdate=1 September 2013|newspaper=Evening Times|date=24 August 2013}}
External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
References
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Category:Queen of the South F.C. players
Category:Kilbirnie Ladeside F.C. players
Category:Petershill F.C. players
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:Scottish Junior Football Association players
Category:Men's association football forwards