Steven Steel Kinniburgh (born 13 June 1989) is a Scottish former professional

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who played as a defender. He is the Academy Manager at

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club is a professional football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The chairman is Grant Ferguson, the manager is Karl Robinson and th ...

Career

Born in

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, Kinniburgh began his career with

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, and in December 2008 he joined Queen of the South on

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for two months. He made his debut against

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on 20 December. He then joined

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...

on loan in March 2009, until the end of the season. In August 2009, he joined

on loan along with fellow Rangers reserve player

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. He returned to Rangers early, on 4 December, after picking up a knee injury that would rule him out until February. Kinniburgh was then released by Rangers at the end of the season. A couple of days later, he signed for Oxford United on a permanent basis. On 5 August 2011, Kinniburgh joined Cambridge United on loan. He returned to his parent club after the loan ended, but on 27 January 2012, it was announced that his contract with Oxford would be cancelled by mutual agreement. Kinniburgh then joined AFC Telford United on 16 March 2012. On 17 August 2012, he signed for

Bedford Town Bedford Town Football Club is a football club based in the Borough of Bedford, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Eyrie in Cardington, a village on the outskirts of Bedford. They are full members of the Football As ...

. On 6 June 2013, Kinniburgh moved to

Kettering Town Kettering Town Football Club is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of and play at Latimer Park in Burton Latimer. Kettering were the first club to wear sponsorship on their shirts in ...

where he finished the 2013/14 season as club captain and appeared in all 42 league matches.

Coaching career

On 17 December 2016 it was announced, that Kinniburgh had signed for

Corby Town Corby Town Football Club is a football club based in Corby, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Steel Park. History The club was established in 1948, taking over from Stewarts & Lloyds as the main team i ...

as a player-coach for the first team under manager Gary Mills.Steve Kinniburgh
�� ketteringtownfc.com, 17 December 2016 As well as being a player-coach for the first team, he also took the director of academy at the club. After manager, Gary Mills, got fired on 9 April 2017, Kinniburgh was appointed as caretaker until they had signed a new manager, and was later given the job permanently. He resigned from the role in July 2019. On 25 September 2019, Kinniburgh was named joint caretaker manager for

together with Kettering player Luke Graham. Kinniburgh and Graham was replaced on 25 October 2019.OUR NEW MANAGER IS – PAUL COX
ketteringtownfc.com, 25 October 2019 On 2 November 2022, Kinniburgh returned to

by replacing Dan Harris as the club's Academy Manager.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of fellow footballer

William Kinniburgh William Daniel Kinniburgh (born 8 September 1984, in Glasgow) is a retired footballer who was the manager with Gartcairn F. A. Juniors in the West of Scotland Football League. He has played in the Scottish Premier League for Motherwell and th ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinniburgh, Steven 1989 births Living people Footballers from East Kilbride Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Rangers F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players AFC Telford United players Bedford Town F.C. players Kettering Town F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players National League (English football) players Southern Football League players Scottish football managers Corby Town F.C. managers Kettering Town F.C. managers