Alexander Walker (born 25 April 1984) is a Scottish former professional

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. Walker has previously played for

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and

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the . The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greenock Morton in 1994 to celebr ...

, as well as having loan spells at Clyde and

Brechin City Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the townDespite the name of the football club, Brechin is not an official city. Brechin was historically known as a city because it has a cathedral. of Brechin in Angus. The club w ...

. He played mainly as a defender, although he also played in

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Career

He began his career at

, where he made 2 appearances. Walker made his senior league début in a 1–0 win over

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, coming off the bench to replace Hamed Namouchi. Walker had a six-month loan spell at Clyde in which he made his ''Bully Wee'' début in a 1–0 victory at

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against Ross County. During this time, Walker won the SFL young player of the month award for September 2004. After his short-term deal at Broadwood, Walker went to Sweden for a couple of months but decided to come back home. he joined Morton in July 2005. Walker made his Morton début in a 3–2 (AET)

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win over Gretna, in which assistant boss at Morton,

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, and later-to-be teammate

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played for the opposition. His senior league debut was the following week against

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, in which Morton triumphed 2–0 in front of 3,222 fans. He signed a new contract in May 2009, for another year at Morton. Being out of contract in the summer, and struggling for fitness, Walker was loaned to

for three months in January 2010. Walker suffered a recurrence of a groin injury, where he underwent surgery but remained at Brechin until April. He was released at the end of the 2009–10 season. After his release from Morton, Walker decided to go part-time and was signed up by ex-manager

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for the 2010–11 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Alex Living people 1984 births Footballers from Bellshill Scottish men's footballers Rangers F.C. players Clyde F.C. players East Stirlingshire F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Men's association football utility players Scottish Football League players Scottish Premier League players Brechin City F.C. players Men's association football defenders 21st-century Scottish sportsmen