David Goodwillie

David Goodwillie (born 28 March, 1989 in Stirling) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays for Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League.

Club career

Goodwillie was playing as a youth for Carse Thistle in his native Stirling before joining Dundee United as a fourteen-year old in 2003, being spotted playing in a Scottish Youth FA trial in Dundee. In signing from Carse Thistle, Goodwillie followed in the footsteps of Duncan Ferguson who also played for the Stirling-based boys club. In July 2004, Goodwillie played for the first team in the pre-season City of Discovery Cup, appearing as a 77th-minute substitute in the tournament win. Appearing for Scotland under-16 earlier that year, he went on to feature in the under-17 national side in 2005, and signed professional forms with United in March of that year. In December 2005, Goodwillie made his competitive debut for United, appearing as a late substitute in the defeat to Rangers at Ibrox. On 4 March 2006, in his fifth appearance for United, Goodwillie became the youngest ever player to score a Scottish Premier League goal when he came off the bench to score for United against Hibernian at Easter Road. During the 2005-06 season, Goodwillie made ten substitute appearances for the first team, with the majority coming in the final few minutes of each match. Indeed, the total time spent on the pitch amounted to less than 90 minutes.

In October 2006, Goodwilie signed a new contract until May 2010 and days later, started his first match for the club against Falkirk, although it proved to be manager Craig Brewster's last match in charge for the club. Goodwillie started twice more under Craig Levein in the following two months, due the injuries of other strikers, but following signings in the January transfer window, found himself largely an unused substitute for the remainder of the season, featuring just six times after New Year. Goodwillie made two substitute appearances at the start of 2007-08 season, then joined Scottish Second Division side Raith Rovers on a two-month loan in November 2007, which was subsequently extended until the end of the season. After hitting nine goals in 21 league appearances for the Kirkcaldy side, Goodwillie featured in the early rounds of the 2008-09 League Cup, scoring three times against lower league sides. Despite featuring again in the Premier League, he has failed to add to his solitary SPL goal, although his last start was in late 2006.

International career

Goodwillie has represented Scotland at all youth international levels, appearing for Scotland under-16 at the age of 15 and is currently a member of the national under-21 team, making his debut in November 2008.

Personal life

In June 2008, Goodwillie was arrested after assaulting a man in a Stirling nightclub, which resulted in a £250 fine.

Statistics

As of 9 November 2008:

Vorlage:Football player statistics 1 Vorlage:Football player statistics 2 |- |2005-06 |rowspan="3"|Dundee United |rowspan="3"|Scottish Premier League |10||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||10||1 |- |2006-07 |17||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||17||0 |- |rowspan="2"|2007-08 |2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||2||0 |- |Raith Rovers (loan) |Scottish Second Division |21||9||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||21||9 |- |2008-09||Dundee United||Scottish Premier League||5||0||colspan="2"|-||2||3||7||3 Vorlage:Football player statistics 555||10||0||0||2||3||57||13 |}

External links

• Official website profile
• David Goodwillie in der Datenbank von soccerbase.com (englisch)
• David Goodwillie in der Datenbank von soccerbase.com (englisch) (First spell at Raith - Soccerbase error)

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