David Syme (born 23 June 1997) is a Scottish
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
currently playing as a
centre-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Darvel.
Career
Syme made his
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...
debut on 4 April 2015, in s 2–1 defeat to
Motherwell
Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...
, scoring the
Rugby Park's club's only goal of the game.
On 16 June 2016, Syme signed a one-year-contract with Firhill side
Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...
. The defender left Kilmarnock after three years he broke through the youth development team and into the first team and left after 11 games and just only one goal to his name, his manager
Lee Clark described him as a highly rated young defender with bags of ability and wished him well on his move to Partick Thistle.
On 21 January 2017, Syme was released by Thistle after only featuring twice for the club in cup fixtures and predominantly spending his time with the under 20s squad. On 31 January 2017 he signed for
Scottish Championship side
Raith Rovers until the end of the 2016–17 season. On 14 March 2017, it was announced that Syme had joined
Cowdenbeath on loan. Syme was released by Rovers at the end of the season, and subsequently signed for Cowdenbeath on 9 June 2017. In Syme's first game for the club he bagged a double in a Betfred cup fixture and also went onto score in his league debut for the side.
He moved on to join West Region side Troon in March 2018 under Jimmy Kirkwood & his former Kilmarnock Coach Matt Maley, where he won promotion to the Premier Division. After a successful period, he suddenly joined Premier Division rivals
Kilwinning Rangers for an undisclosed fee, where he spent four seasons at Buffs Park, much of that period as Captain. He became the subject of a record transfer between WOSFL clubs in March 2022 when he signed for
Darvel for a reported £12,000.
On 23 February 2023, Syme returned to
Troon on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.
Career statistics
Honours
Kilwinning Rangers
*Eglinton Cup: Winner 2021-22
*
West of Scotland Football League Cup: Runner-up 2021-22
Darvel
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West of Scotland Football League Premier Division: Champions 2021-22
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
Scottish men's footballers
Kilmarnock F.C. players
Partick Thistle F.C. players
Raith Rovers F.C. players
Cowdenbeath F.C. players
Troon F.C. players
Kilwinning Rangers F.C. players
Darvel F.C. players
Scottish Professional Football League players
Men's association football central defenders
West of Scotland Football League players
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