Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kirk John Broadfoot | ||
Date of birth | 8 August 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Irvine, Scotland | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Rotherham United | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2002 | Hibernian | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2007 | St Mirren | 154 | (13) |
2007–2012 | Rangers | 80 | (1) |
2012–2014 | Blackpool | 65 | (2) |
2014– | Rotherham United | 63 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2006 | Scotland U21 | 5 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Scotland B | 3 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Scotland | 4 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:42, 8 May 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 August 2010 |
Kirk John Broadfoot (born 8 August 1984 in Irvine, North Ayrshire) is a Scottish football player who plays as a defender for Rotherham United.
Broadfoot started his senior career with St Mirren and he helped the club gain promotion to the Scottish Premier League by winning the 2005–06 Scottish First Division. He moved to Rangers as a free agent in 2007 and enjoyed success with the Ibrox club until he left Rangers by mutual consent in August 2012. Broadfoot then joined English club Blackpool, but was released by them in May 2014, moving on to Rotherham.
He made his debut for the Scotland national team on 10 September 2008 against Iceland, a game in which he scored.
Broadfoot was brought up in the Ayrshire village of Drongan. He formerly played at boys club level for Coyle Thistle, Ayr Valspar,Auchinleck Talbot and Queen of the South.
Broadfoot initially signed for Scottish Premier League side Hibernian as a sixteen-year-old apprentice, but he was released and signed for St Mirren on 1 July 2002. He went on to make 174 appearances for the club and was team captain for the 2006–07 season, replacing team-mate Kevin McGowne. Broadfoot was part of the St Mirren side which gained promotion to the Scottish Premier League for the 2006–07 season, and the team that won the 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup Final in November 2005.