Paul Kane (footballer)

Paul Kane

Personal information
Full name	Paul James Kane[1]
Date of birth	(1965-08-20) 20 August 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Salvesen Boys' Club
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1990	Hibernian	247	(34)
1990–1991	Oldham Athletic	21	(0)
1991–1996	Aberdeen	119	(11)
1995–1996	→ Barnsley (loan)	4	(0)
1996	Viking[3]	15	(3)
1997–2002	St Johnstone	138	(6)
2002–2003	Clyde	20	(1)
Total		564	(55)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul James Kane (born 20 June 1965) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played mainly for Hibernian, Aberdeen and St Johnstone.

Club career

A midfielder, Kane began his career with Hibernian in 1982. In eight years at Easter Road he made 292 total appearances and scored 42 goals,^[4] and played on the losing side in the 1985 Scottish League Cup Final, aged 20.^[5] In January 1991 he joined Oldham Athletic and went on to make 21 appearances for the Boundary Park club.

His next move, in November 1991, was to Aberdeen. In four years with the Dons he made 141 total appearances, finding the net on 13 occasions. He played in three major cup semi-finals, losing two and beating former club Hibs in the other (in the 1992–93 Scottish Cup), but was then not selected for the final.^[2] After a loan spell at Barnsley, Kane joined Norwegian club Viking in 1996 under the Bosman ruling.^[6] He became the first British footballer to move under freedom of contract without incurring a transfer fee.^[6]

In 1997, Kane returned to Scotland to join St Johnstone, playing in the Scottish Premier League until the age of 36.^[7] In five years with the Saints, he made 138 league appearances and scored six goals. His final club was Clyde, who he played for from 2002 until his retirement twelve months later.^[8]

After retirement

Since retiring from football, Kane has been running a pub business, while attending Hibernian games regularly.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[10][11][12]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hibernian	1983-84	Scottish Premier Division	13	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	19	1
	1984-85		34	9	1	0	2	0	0	0	37	9
	1985-86		32	5	2	0	4	0	0	0	38	5
	1986-87		37	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	41	3
	1987-88		44	10	4	0	3	2	0	0	51	12
	1988-89		35	5	4	1	3	3	0	0	42	9
	1989-90		31	3	3	0	3	0	4	0	41	3
	1990-91		21	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	23	0
	Total		247	34	17	2	24	6	4	0	292	42
Oldham Athletic	1990-91	Second Division	21	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	21+	0+
	Total		21	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	21+	0+
Aberdeen	1991–92	Scottish Premier Division	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	2
	1992–93		27	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	30	4
	1993–94		39	3	5	0	3	0	4	0	51	3
	1994–95		28	2	2	0	3	1	1	1	34	4
	1995-96		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		119	11	10	0	7	1	5	1	141	13
Barnsley (loan)	1995-96	First Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	4	0
Viking FK	1996	Tippeligaen	15	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	15+	3+
	Total		15	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	15+	3+
St Johnstone	1997-98	Scottish Premier Division	27	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	32	1
	1998-99	SPL	34	3	4	0	4	1	0	0	42	4
	1999-00		34	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	40	1
	2000-01		28	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	31	1
	2001-02		15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
	Total		138	6	11	0	8	1	4	0	161	7
Clyde	2001-02	Scottish First Division	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	5	0
	2002-03		15	1	2	0	0	0	-	-	17	1
	Total		20	1	2	0	0	0	-	-	22	1
Career total			564	55	40+	2+	39+	8+	13	1	656+	66+

See also

• List of footballers in Scotland by number of league appearances (500+)
• List of Hibernian F.C. players

References

1. "Paul Kane". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
2. Paul Kane, AFC Heritage Trust
3. PAUL KANE Archived 10 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Viking FK
4. (Hibernian player) Kane, Paul, FitbaStats
5. Stylish Dons complete Fergie's set, The Glasgow Herald, 28 October 1985
6. "Bosman transfer ruling stunted Scottish game - Paul Kane". BBC Sport. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
7. "Gough inspires re-signed Kane". BBC Sport. 2 May 2001.
8. "Halliwell doubt for Clyde". BBC Sport. 1 April 2003.
9. McGuigan, Thomas (23 June 2009). "May backed to hit ground running". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
10. "Hibernian Player Paul Kane Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
11. "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
12. "Paul Kane | Football Stats | No Club | Season 2002/2003 | 1982-2003 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

External links

• Paul Kane at Soccerbase
• Paul Kane at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database