Graeme MacGregor (born 14 June 1993) is a Scottish

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who plays primarily as a defender. MacGregor was with

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

as a youth and played for Scotland under-19. He was released by Bolton Wanderers in June 2012 and signed for St Mirren in September 2012. He then played for

East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish association football club based in the town of Falkirk. The club was founded in 1881 and competes in the , in the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. The club's origins ca ...

for two years, before signing for East Fife in July 2015.

Career

MacGregor began his career as a youth player for

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

, before joining

aged 16 in 2009. He progressed through the youth teams before becoming a member of Bolton's

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. He made 12 appearances for the reserves during the 2011–12 season. On 31 January 2012, MacGregor joined Scottish First Division team Hamilton Academical on loan until the end of the 2011–12 season, after impressing on trial. He was included in the squad for the first time on 7 April 2012, where he was an unused substitute in Hamilton's defeat to Raith Rovers. On 5 May 2012, he made his début on the last day of the season in a 2–2 draw with

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. ...

. At the end of the season his loan ended and he returned to Bolton, but was released by the club. On 10 September 2012, MacGregor signed for

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side St Mirren until the end of the 2012–13 season. In March 2013 MacGregor signed for

; he was then released by them at the end of the 2014–15 season. He signed for East Fife in July 2015, making his competitive debut in a cup victory over Dumbarton. After six months with the Fifers, MacGregor moved to Linlithgow Rose where he stayed until the end of the 2015–16 season, subsequently returning to East Stirlingshire in June 2016 following their relegation to the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macgregor, Graeme 1993 births Living people Footballers from Falkirk Scottish footballers Scotland youth international footballers Association football defenders Falkirk F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players East Stirlingshire F.C. players East Fife F.C. players Linlithgow Rose F.C. players