Billy King (footballer, born 1994)


Billy King is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a Winger for St Patrick's Athletic. He has also previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Rangers, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Gillingham and Greenock Morton and has represented Scotland up to under-21 level.

Club career

A member of the club's under-20 squad on 27 October 2012, King was promoted to the first team for their match against Ross County where he was an unused substitute. He remained an unused substitute on three further occasions before on 30 January 2013, King aged 18, made his first team debut playing from the start in a 1–0 victory over Dundee in the Scottish Premier League.
In January 2016, King moved on loan to Scottish Championship side Rangers until the end of the season, with the move taking place to allow King to get first-team games in order to continue his recovery from injury. He made his first appearance for Rangers against Falkirk on 30 January 2016, coming on as a substitute for Kenny Miller, scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute.
In July 2016, King moved on a season-long loan to Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
King signed a pre-contract agreement with Dundee United in May 2017.
On 30 January 2019, he joined Gillingham on loan for the remainder of the season.
On 19 September 2019, King joined Greenock Morton until January 2020. It was confirmed on 30 December that he had left the club.
On 8 January 2020 King signed for League of Ireland Premier Division side St Patrick's Athletic. He started pre-season off well, scoring a hat-trick on his first start for the club in a friendly against Fermoy as his side won 6–0. He was voted as St Patrick's Athletic Player of the Month by the club's fans for the month of February, receiving his award before the home game against Cork City on 6 March, a game in which he scored his first competitive goal for the club in a 1–0 win.

International career

He has represented Scotland at under-15 and at under-16 level. King was called up to the under-19 team in August 2012, for an international challenge match against Norway but had to withdraw. He then took part in their Dutch training camp in January, playing in a friendly against Dutch team Telstar.
He was called up to the Scotland under-21 squad on 31 August 2014.

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Club

;Heart of Midlothian
;Rangers
Born in Edinburgh, King grew up in the Portobello area of the city a Hearts fan and attended Portobello High School. He has three younger brothers Adam, who plays for Dundee United and Ross and Robbie.