Paul Kane (footballer)

Paul Kane

Personal information
Full name	Paul Kane
Date of birth	(1965-06-20) 20 June 1965
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Salvesen Boys' Club
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1990	Hibernian	247	(33)
1990–1991	Oldham Athletic	21	(0)
1991–1995	Aberdeen	118	(11)
1995–1996	→ Barnsley (loan)	4	(0)
1996	Viking	15	(3)
1997–2002	St. Johnstone	138	(6)
2002–2003	Clyde	20	(1)
Total		563	(54)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Kane (born 20 June 1965 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former professional footballer.

Career

A midfielder, Kane began his career with Hibernian in 1982. In eight years at Easter Road, he made 247 league appearances and scored 33 goals. 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 118 appearances, finding the net on eleven occasions. After a loan spell at Barnsley, Kane joined Norwegian club Viking in 1996 under the Bosman ruling. Kane became the first British footballer to move under freedom of contract without incurring a transfer fee.

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

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

External links

• Paul Kane career statistics at Soccerbase
• Neil Brown's statistics site