Barrie McKay

Club

_Free Agent Soccer

Position

Left Wing

Nationality

Scotland

Date of birth

1994-12-30

Birthplace

Paisley, Scotland

Height

175 cm

Weight

148 lbs

Barrie McKay (born 30 December 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker or as a winger. McKay has previously played for Rangers, Greenock Morton, Raith Rovers, Nottingham Forest, Swansea City and Fleetwood Town. He has also appeared once for the Scotland national team, in 2016.

McKay was raised in Barrhead and began his career as a youth player for Kilmarnock, where he spent seven years. He was released by Kilmarnock due to a hip problem which their medical staff feared would cause him long-term problems. McKay was then signed by Rangers in the summer of 2011. He played regularly in their under-19 side at the age of 16 and ended the season as top goalscorer.

McKay was a youth international, representing the Scotland national team at under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels.

McKay received his first call-up to the senior Scotland squad in May 2016, along with Rangers teammate Lee Wallace, for friendlies against Italy and France and made his Scotland debut as an 84th-minute substitute during a 3–0 defeat to the latter on 4 June 2016.

Six years later, he received his second call-up for the UEFA Nations League match against Ukraine after Scott McTominay was suspended for picking up a booking against the Republic of Ireland.

He is the younger brother of fellow footballer Daniel McKay, and has two other brothers.