Born: 22 October 1988, Corby (England)
Height: 5.09 ft / 1.75 m
Weight:
Position: Forward
Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full (2013-date), 7 Under-21 Caps (2008-2010), Under-20, Under-18.
Honours: (with Inverness) Scottish League Cup Runner-Up 2013/14; (with Ross County) SPFL Challenge Cup Winner 2018/19; SPFL Championship 2018/19
Awards: SPL Player of the Month November 2012; SPFL Premiership Player of the Month September 2013, February 2020; SPFL Championship Player of the Month October 2018.
Club Career:
Teams ...... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- --League-- -FACup- FL Cup -Other-
Leicester C. 07/8-08/9 ..2005 Youth ..0 (0)/ 0
Hinckley Utd 07/8 .... Jan-08 .Loan (Conference North)
Northampton. 09/0-10/1 Jul-09 .Free .53(21)/13 .2(1)/1 5(0)/2 .0(2)/0
Inverness CT 11/2-14/5 Jul-11 .Free 110(11)/54 11(0)/6 9(0)/2
Wigan Ath. . 14/5-16/7 Jan-15 £150k ..1 (8)/ 0 ....... 0(1)/0
Dundee Utd . 15/6 .... Aug-15 .Loan .28 (1)/12 .4(0)/1 2(0)/0
Oldham Ath.. 16/7 .... Jul-16 .Loan .20 (6)/ 0 .1(1)/2 ....... 4(1)/2
Inverness CT 16/7 .... Jan-17 .Loan .14 (0)/ 4 .1(0)/0
Ross Co. ... 17/8-20/1 Jul-17 Undis .72(30)/32 .4(2)/1 11(4)/6 2(1)/2
Wigan Ath. . 14/5-16/7 Jan-15 £150k ..1 (8)/ 0 ....... 0(1)/0
Dundee Utd . 15/6 .... Aug-15 .Loan .28 (1)/12 .4(0)/1 2(0)/0
Oldham Ath.. 16/7 .... Jul-16 .Loan .20 (6)/ 0 .1(1)/2 ....... 4(1)/2
Inverness CT 16/7 .... Jan-17 .Loan .14 (0)/ 4 .1(0)/0
Ross Co. ... 17/8-20/1 Jul-17 Undis .72(30)/32 .4(2)/1 11(4)/6 2(1)/2
Ross Co. U20 17/8 .... Aug-17 ................................ 2(0)/1
Inverness CT 21/2-date Jul-21 .Free
Seasonal Record:
SCC - SPFL Challenge Cup
Biography:
Young striker who came through the ranks at Leicester, impressing for their academy and reserve teams. Promoted to the Foxes' firstteam squad in April 2008 he never made a senior appearance and was released at the end of the 2008/09 season. He joined Northampton that summer after a successful trial and made his league debut on the opening day of the season, starting in a 0-0 home draw against Macclesfield. He scored his first goal in a 3-0 win after coming on as a substitute at Accrington Stanley on 18th August and became a regular starter and goalscorer from Christmas onwards. On 22nd September 2010 he scored against Liverpool at Anfield as Northampton won a Carling Cup tie on penalties. On his release by Northampton in the summer of 2011 he joined SPL side, Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Capped seven times at Under-21 level, he made his debut during a mini tournament in Ukraine in August 2008.
A rich vein of form early in the 2012/13 season saw McKay called up to the senior squad for the first time against Azerbaijan in November 2012, though he remained an unused sub. His goals for Inverness, including a winner against Celtic, earned him the SPL Player of the Month award for November. He earned his first cap as a substitute in a low-key friendly draw with Malta in February 2013. By mid-March he had become the first Northern Ireland player to score twenty goals in an SPL season.
McKay continued his good form into the 2013/14 season, claiming the September SPFL Player of the Month award. That season he aided Caley to their first major final, only to suffer the disappointment of seeing his penalty saved in a shoot-out defeat by Aberdeen in the League Cup. Mid-way through 2014/15, with his contract set to expire at the end of the campaign, Caley cashed in on McKay, selling him to Wigan for a fee of around £150,000.
Seasonal Record:
Season
|
Club
|
TOTAL
|
League
|
FA Cup
|
League Cup
|
Other
|
Div
|
||||||||||
St
|
Sb
|
Gl
|
St
|
Sb
|
Gl
|
St
|
Sb
|
Gl
|
St
|
Sb
|
Gl
|
St
|
Sb
|
Gl
|
|||
09/10
10/11
11/12
12/13
13/14 14/15 14/15 15/16 15/16 16/17 16/17 17/18 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24
|
Northampton
Northampton
Inverness
Inverness
Inverness Inverness Wigan Ath. Wigan Ath. Dundee Utd Oldham Ath. Inverness Ross Co. Ross Co U20 Ross Co. Ross Co. Ross Co. Inverness Inverness Inverness
|
30
30
19
40
46 25 1 0 34 21 15 15 2 29 26 19 27 41 -
|
(13)
(11)
(5)
(5)
(0) (1) (8) (2) (1) (7) (0) (9) (0) (5) (7) (16) (7) (5) -
|
8
8
3
27
22 10 0 0 13 2 4 3 1 20 11 7 10 19 -
|
29
24
17
33
38 22 1 0 28 20 14 14 - 22 22 14 25 32 -
|
(11)
(10)
(5)
(5)
(0) (1) (8) (1) (1) (6) (0) (9) - (2) (5) (14) (7) (2) -
|
8
5
3
23
18 10 0 0 12 0 4 3 - 17 7 5 9 13 -
|
0
2
2
3
4 2 - - 4 1 1 1 - 2 0 1 2 6 -
|
(1)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0) - - (0) (1) (0) (0) - (1) (1) (0) (0) (0) -
|
0
1
0
3
3 0 - - 1 2 0 0 - 0 0 1 1 5 -
|
1
4
-
4
4 1 - 0 2 - - - - 3 4 4 - 3 -
|
(0)
(0)
-
(0)
(0) (0) - (1) (0) - - - - (1) (1) (2) - (2) -
|
0
2
-
1
1 0 - 0 0 - - - - 1 4 1 - 1 -
|
0
0
- - - - - - - - -
- 2
2
- - 8 0 - |
(1)
(1)
- - - - - - - - -
- (0)
(1) - - (1)
(1) - |
0
0
- - - - - - - - -
- 1
2 - -
5
0 - |
FL2
FL2
SPL
SPL
SPFLP SPFLP FLC FL1 SPFLP EFL SPFLP SPFLP SCC SPFLC SPFLP SPFLP SPFLC SPFLC SPFLC
|
TOTAL
|
428
|
(103)
|
173
|
355
|
(87)
|
137
|
31
|
(4)
|
17
|
30
|
(7)
|
11
|
12
|
(5)
|
8
|
-
|
|
Biography:
Young striker who came through the ranks at Leicester, impressing for their academy and reserve teams. Promoted to the Foxes' firstteam squad in April 2008 he never made a senior appearance and was released at the end of the 2008/09 season. He joined Northampton that summer after a successful trial and made his league debut on the opening day of the season, starting in a 0-0 home draw against Macclesfield. He scored his first goal in a 3-0 win after coming on as a substitute at Accrington Stanley on 18th August and became a regular starter and goalscorer from Christmas onwards. On 22nd September 2010 he scored against Liverpool at Anfield as Northampton won a Carling Cup tie on penalties. On his release by Northampton in the summer of 2011 he joined SPL side, Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Capped seven times at Under-21 level, he made his debut during a mini tournament in Ukraine in August 2008.
A rich vein of form early in the 2012/13 season saw McKay called up to the senior squad for the first time against Azerbaijan in November 2012, though he remained an unused sub. His goals for Inverness, including a winner against Celtic, earned him the SPL Player of the Month award for November. He earned his first cap as a substitute in a low-key friendly draw with Malta in February 2013. By mid-March he had become the first Northern Ireland player to score twenty goals in an SPL season.
McKay continued his good form into the 2013/14 season, claiming the September SPFL Player of the Month award. That season he aided Caley to their first major final, only to suffer the disappointment of seeing his penalty saved in a shoot-out defeat by Aberdeen in the League Cup. Mid-way through 2014/15, with his contract set to expire at the end of the campaign, Caley cashed in on McKay, selling him to Wigan for a fee of around £150,000.
...
In July 2023 McKay scored for Inverness in a 2-3 League Cup defeat by Airdrie. It was his 102nd goal for the club, making him the top scorer in the club's history.
06-02-2013 Malta..... A D 0-0 FR. sub
10-09-2013 Luxembourg A L 2-3 WCQ sub
11-10-2013 Azerbaijan A L 0-2 WCQ sub
10-09-2013 Luxembourg A L 2-3 WCQ sub
11-10-2013 Azerbaijan A L 0-2 WCQ sub
15-11-2013 Turkey.... A L 0-1 FR. sub
05-03-2014 Cyprus.... A D 0-0 FR. sub
30-05-2014 Uruguay... A L 0-1 FR
04-06-2014 Chile..... A L 0-2 FR
07-09-2014 Hungary... A W 2-1 ECQ sub
14-11-2014 Romania... A L 0-2 ECQ sub
25-03-2015 Scotland.. A L 0-1 FR. sub
24-03-2016 Wales..... A D 1-1 FR. sub
Summary: 9(2)/0. Won 1, Drew 3, Lost 7.
Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
19-08-2008 Poland.... N L 0-1 MT. sub
20-08-2008 Ukraine... A L 1-4 MT
05-09-2008 Germany... A L 0-3 ECQ sub
08-09-2009 Iceland... H L 2-6 ECQ
13-10-2009 Iceland... A L 1-2 ECQ sub
02-03-2010 San Marino A W 3-0 ECQ
07-09-2010 Germany .. A L 0-3 ECQ
Summary: 4(3)/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 6.
Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
19-08-2008 Poland.... N L 0-1 MT. sub
20-08-2008 Ukraine... A L 1-4 MT
05-09-2008 Germany... A L 0-3 ECQ sub
08-09-2009 Iceland... H L 2-6 ECQ
13-10-2009 Iceland... A L 1-2 ECQ sub
02-03-2010 San Marino A W 3-0 ECQ
07-09-2010 Germany .. A L 0-3 ECQ
Summary: 4(3)/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 6.
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