- Allan Russell (footballer)
Football player infobox
playername = Allan Russell
fullname = Allan Russell
height = height|ft=6|in=1
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|12|13
cityofbirth =Glasgow
countryofbirth =Scotland
currentclub = Kilmarnock
clubnumber = 9
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1999–2003
2003–2005
2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Hamilton Academical
St. Mirren
Macclesfield Town
Mansfield Town
Forest Green Rovers Partick Thistle
Airdrie United
Kilmarnock
caps(goals) = 65 (13)
51 0(9)
13 0(2)
18 0(2)
19 0(5)
14 0(1)
32 (19)
00 0(0)
pcupdate = 22:20, 8 August 2008 (UTC)Allan Russell (born
December 13 1980 , inGlasgow ) is a Scottish professional football player currently playing for Kilmarnock in theScottish Premier League as astriker .Russell began his career in 1999 with Hamilton Academical, making over sixty league appearances over a four-year period. In 2003, Russell began a two-year spell with St. Mirren before moving to English side Macclesfield Town in early 2005. Russell's stay at Macclesfield lasted only a few months and he moved on to Mansfield Town at the start of the 2005-06 season.
A short spell with Forest Green Rovers followed before Russell's return to Scotland with Partick Thistle in January 2007. Russell began the 2007-08 season with Airdrie, where a December 2007 "Player of the Month" award and his goalscoring form - by February 2008 he had already scored more than any previous season - attracted interest from
Scottish Premier League sides Kilmarnock and Dundee United.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/7221396.stm|title=Killie fail in deadline-day bids|accessdate=2008|accessyear=1 February|publisher=BBC Sport] [cite news|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Russell-catches-Levein39s-eye-with.3834809.jp|title=Russell catches Levein's eye with two-goal display|author=Marwick, Bill|accessdate=3 March|accessyear=2008|publisher=The Scotsman]In May 2008, Russell netted the Scottish Football League Second Division Player of the Year award and was eventually signed by Scottish Premier League side Kilmarnock signing a two-year deal. [citeweb|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/7401013.stm|title=Kilmarnock seal Russell transfer|accessdate=May 14|accessyear=2008]
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