Kieran Duffie (born 4 March 1992) is a Scottish professional
footballer
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, who plays as a
defender for
Clyde Clyde may refer to:
People
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Places
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Australia
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. Duffie started his career with
Falkirk, spending 10 years with the side, starting with the youth development system before playing over 160 matches for the first-team before signing for
East Fife on 31 March 2017 until the end of the season.
Career
Falkirk
Duffie made his
Falkirk first team debut against
Aberdeen
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in the
SPL
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* Scottish Premier League
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on 2 February 2010. He quickly established himself as first choice right-back and has gone on to make over 100 league appearances for Falkirk in the SPL,
SFL and in the combined
SPFL
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.
Duffie has become renowned for being an attacking full-back who likes to break forward at pace and overlap the midfield to get crosses into the box. In season 2011–12, he was a frequent supplier for striker
Farid El Alagui
Farid El Alagui (born 28 August 1985) is a retired French footballer who played as a striker. He began his career in the lower leagues in France and made his breakthrough as a professional player at Scottish First Division club Falkirk, where he ...
and the 28 goals he scored, and it was mainly down to this that he was included in the
PFA Scotland Team of the Year
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for Division One for that year. He was also in the Falkirk side that won the
Scottish Challenge Cup during that season as they beat
Hamilton Academical
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1–0 in the final. After suffering a number of injuries that restricted his playing time, Duffie was released by Falkirk in January 2016.
East Fife
Duffie signed for
East Fife in March 2017.
International career
Duffie has represented Scotland at
under-17,
under-19 and
under-21 level.
Career statistics
Honours
Falkirk
*
Scottish Challenge Cup:
2011–12
References
External links
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Falkirk F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
1992 births
Living people
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from Clydebank
Scotland men's youth international footballers
Scottish Premier League players
Scotland men's under-21 international footballers
Scottish Professional Football League players
East Fife F.C. players
Clyde F.C. players
Scottish men's footballers