{{Short description|Scottish footballer (born 1980)}} {{Use British English|date=February 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kenny Deuchar | image = | fullname = Kenneth Robert John Deuchar<ref>{{Hugman|22811|access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref> | height = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|7|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Stirling, Scotland | currentclub = | position = Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Camelon | years1 = 1999–2002 | years2 = 2002–2004 | years3 = 2004–2008 | years4 = 2007 | years5 = 2007 | years6 = 2008 | years7 = 2009 | years8 = 2009–2010 | years9 = 2010–2011 | years10 = 2011–2012 | years11 = 2012 | years12 = 2014 | clubs1 = Falkirk | clubs2 = East Fife | clubs3 = Gretna | clubs4 = → Northampton Town (loan) | clubs5 = → St Johnstone (loan) | clubs6 = Real Salt Lake | clubs7 = Hamilton Academical | clubs8 = St Johnstone | clubs9 = Falkirk | clubs10 = Livingston | clubs11 = → Stenhousemuir (loan) | clubs12 = Arbroath | caps1 = 24 | goals1 = 1 | caps2 = 66 | goals2 = 31 | caps3 = 93 | goals3 = 63 | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 3 | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 6 | caps6 = 29 | goals6 = 3 | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 0 | caps8 = 35 | goals8 = 5 | caps9 = 15 | goals9 = 3 | caps10 = 38 | goals10 = 12 | caps11 = 9 | goals11 = 0 | caps12 = 9 | goals12 = 2 | totalcaps = 354 | totalgoals = 129 }}
'''Kenneth Robert John Deuchar''' (born 6 July 1980) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is also a practising medical doctor.
In his professional footballing career he played for Falkirk (two spells), East Fife, Gretna, Northampton Town, St Johnstone (two spells), Real Salt Lake, Hamilton Academical, Livingston and Stenhousemuir, when he initially retired for two years before returning to play for Arbroath for a further year.
==Footballing career==
===Youth career=== During his youth career, Kenny played for Denny BC, Deanburn BC (Bo'ness), Stenhousemuir Pro Youth, Aberforth Rangers Amateurs (Saturday Amateurs League), Dundee University Medical School AFC, Bonnybridge Juniors, Falkirk Pro Youth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youthfootballscotland.co.uk/news-a-media/my-youth-career/1027-kenny-deuchar|title=Kenny Deuchar|access-date=2011-02-22|publisher=Youth Football Scotland|archive-date=8 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408141353/http://youthfootballscotland.co.uk/news-a-media/my-youth-career/1027-kenny-deuchar|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Falkirk=== Deuchar was born in Stirling and began his part-time footballing career at Falkirk, where he made his debut on 10 August 1999 in a Scottish League Challenge Cup match against Stranraer. He scored his first career goal against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/1822944.stm |title=Inverness CT 3–2 Falkirk |publisher=BBC |date=15 February 2002 |access-date=16 February 2010}}</ref>
===East Fife=== After suffering a string of injuries at Falkirk, including two broken legs, he left to join East Fife. He made his debut for the club on 3 August 2002 against Peterhead, and scored his first goals, a brace on 7 September, against Gretna in a Scottish League Cup match. He led East Fife to promotion, whilst also working as a full-time doctor. During his two seasons with the club he scored thirty four goals in seventy seven appearances.
===Gretna=== He was offered a place at big-spending Scottish Third Division club Gretna, and signed immediately. In his first season, he led Gretna to the Second Division, smashing records along the way. He shattered the record for most league goals in a season of 24 with 38 goals in only 30 games.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} During a friendly against Threave Rovers in 2006 he managed to score eleven goals in an 18–0 thrashing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gretnafootballclub.co.uk/news/?p=27|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011002335/http://www.gretnafootballclub.co.uk/news/?p=27|url-status=dead|title=Domain parking page|archivedate=11 October 2007|website=www.gretnafootballclub.co.uk}}</ref> He did not leave medicine behind completely, as he continued to work one day a week at a Scottish hospital while at Gretna<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gretnafootballclub.co.uk/news/?p=179 |title=Deuchar requests transfer |publisher=Gretna F.C. |date=1 December 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006135023/http://www.gretnafootballclub.co.uk/news/?p=179 |archive-date=6 October 2007 }}</ref> and worked one day a week at Wishaw General Infirmary before his move to the US<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gretnafootballclub.co.uk/news/?p=323 |title=Deuchar nets TV role |publisher=Gretna F.C. |date=1 April 2007 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In the 2005–06 season, he equalled Jimmy Greaves' British football record of six league hat-tricks in one season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2020/04/14/how-gretna-rose-to-scottish-footballs-pinnacle-and-collapsed-in-six-short-years/|title=How Gretna rose to Scottish football's pinnacle and collapsed in six short years|first=John|last=Sands|date=13 April 2020|work=These Football Times|access-date=10 November 2025}}</ref>
Jeff Stelling, host of Sky Sports' ''Soccer Saturday'' programme, always made reference to "The Good Doctor" having scored a goal whenever Deuchar's name appeared on the vidiprinter.<ref>{{cite web|title=Northampton's good doctor|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/6597461.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|last=Stevenson|first=Jonathan|date=27 April 2007|access-date=19 February 2014}}</ref>
During the 2006–07 season, he fell out of favour, but still managed to score 4 goals in 9 matches. On 1 December 2006, Gretna officially announced that Deuchar had requested a transfer.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/gretna/6199844.stm |title=Deuchar asks for exit from Gretna |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 December 2006 }}</ref>
On 31 January 2007, he joined Northampton Town on loan until the end of the season<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/6318723.stm |title="Northampton sign Deuchar on loan" – BBC Sport |publisher=BBC News |date=31 January 2007 |access-date=2009-05-27}}</ref> and on 24 February 2007, Deuchar scored his first goal for Northampton in their 3–0 victory over Rotherham, which was his first goal in English football.
On 5 May 2007, Deuchar's final game for Northampton Town away at Doncaster Rovers, the Northampton fans' held a "Doctor's Day" in his honour and donned white doctors' jackets for the game. Deuchar came on after 63 minutes as a substitute and immediately the Cobblers equalised to draw the game 2–2.
On 30 August 2007, Deuchar joined St Johnstone on emergency loan until 3 December 2007. During this three-month period he scored ten goals in fourteen games and helped the Saints to a Challenge Cup win, their first cup success in their history. He scored one of the goals as St Johnstone won the 2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final against Dunfermline Athletic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7110899.stm |title=Dunfermline Ath 2-3 St Johnstone |publisher=BBC |date=25 November 2007 |accessdate=31 March 2021}}</ref> On 3 December, he returned to Gretna and scored six goals in his eleven SPL games for the bottom club.
===Real Salt Lake=== On 26 February 2008, Deuchar signed with Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake.<ref name="Gretna's Deuchar signs MLS deal">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gretna/7266475.stm|title=Gretna's Deuchar signs MLS deal|publisher=BBC Sport|date=27 February 2008|access-date=2008-02-27}}</ref> His final game with Gretna saw him score 2 goals against Rangers, but Gretna lost 4–2. He made his debut for his new club as a 70th-minute substitute for Real Salt Lake in their 1–1 draw with Chicago Fire on 29 March 2008. He went on to score his first goal in a 3–1 defeat away at the hands of CD Chivas USA on 5 April 2008. Deuchar helped RSL to their first playoff appearance in their history and on to the Western Conference Final appearing in 30 of the team's 33 games that season.
===Hamilton Academical=== On 19 January 2009, Deuchar joined SPL side Hamilton Academical on a short-term contract.<ref name="Deuchar agrees Hamilton transfer">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hamilton_academical/7838543.stm|title=Deuchar agrees Hamilton transfer|publisher=BBC Sport|date=19 January 2009|access-date=19 January 2011}}</ref> He made his debut for the club on 7 February in a Scottish FA Cup victory against Dundee United. He went on to appear ten times for the club, but without scoring.
===St Johnstone (second spell)=== On 4 June 2009, Deuchar signed for SPL newcomers St Johnstone, eighteen months after being on loan to the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=406|title=SAINTS GET SECOND VISIT FROM THE DOC|publisher=St Johnstone FC|access-date=2009-06-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727104807/http://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=406|archive-date=27 July 2011}}</ref> He scored the first goals during his second spell at St Johnstone when he bagged a brace against Stenhousemuir in the League Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/8177211.stm|title=Stenhousemuir 0–5 St Johnstone |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 August 2009 |access-date=16 February 2010}}</ref> He scored a further goal against Forfar in the Scottish Cup<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/8464443.stm|title=Forfar 0 – 3 St Johnstone|publisher=BBC Sport |date=18 January 2010 |access-date=16 February 2010}}</ref> before scoring his first league goal of the season in a 1–0 win over Hearts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8485464.stm|title=St Johnstone 1 – 0 Hearts|publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 January 2010 |access-date=16 February 2010}}</ref> In total he made forty appearances, scoring ten goals making him joint top scorer for the club that season with Liam Craig.
===Falkirk (second spell)=== Deuchar returned to his original club, Falkirk, on 1 July 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4760&Itemid=320|title=Falkirk FC Capture Deuchar Signature|publisher=Falkirk FC|date=1 July 2010}}</ref> He made his second debut for the club on 7 August against Dunfermline, and scored his first goal on 11 September in a 3–1 win against Queen of the South. He made only five starts for the club and scored three times.
===Livingston=== He joined Livingston on 18 January 2011 after being released by Falkirk<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/9365689.stm|title=Kenny Deuchar makes move to Livingston|publisher= BBC Sport|date=18 January 2011 |access-date=18 January 2011}}</ref> and scored a hat-trick on his debut the same day in a 4–2 win over East Fife.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/9364670.stm|title=East Fife 2–4 Livingston|publisher= BBC Sport|date=18 January 2011 |access-date=19 January 2011}}</ref> On 9 August 2011, he became the first Livingston player to score two hat-tricks for the club in the emphatic 5–0 victory over Stirling Albion in the second round of the Challenge Cup.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14459148.stm|title=Livingston 5–0 Stirling|publisher= BBC Sport|date=9 August 2011 |access-date=9 August 2011}}</ref>
===Stenhousemuir=== He joined Stenhousemuir in February 2012 on loan until the end of the season.
===Arbroath=== On 11 February 2014, Deuchar came out of footballing retirement to join Arbroath until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/TyroneSTV/status/433004900772225025|title=Deuchar joins Arbroath|publisher=STV |first=Tyrone |last=Smith |date=11 February 2014 |access-date=11 February 2014}}</ref>
==Outside football==
In 2009 Deuchar was a company director in Town House Restaurants Ltd which owned and operated the Wheelhouse restaurant, located close to the Falkirk Wheel in Falkirk and the Boathouse restaurant at Auchinstary basin, in Kilsyth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/Soccer-star-kicks-off-hotel.1497094.jp |title=Soccer star kicks off hotel plan |work=The Falkirk Herald |access-date=2009-05-27 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> In 2018 the company went into liquidation<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/boathouse-bar-restaurant-firm-goes-into-liquidation-560831|title=Boathouse Bar Restaurant Firm Goes Into Liquidation |work=The Falkirk Herald|date=14 October 2018 |access-date=2018-10-14}}</ref> and the restaurants were sold.
==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup, Open Cup.}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Scottish League Cup, EFL Cup.}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Falkirk |1999–2000<ref>{{Soccerbase season|16932|1999}}</ref> |rowspan="3"|Scottish First Division |0||0||0||0||0||0||||||1{{efn|name=slcc|Appearance(s) in Scottish League Challenge Cup}}||0||1||0 |- |2000–01<ref>{{Soccerbase season|16932|2000}}</ref> |11||0||0||0||0||0||||||colspan="2"|–||11||0 |- |2001–02<ref>{{Soccerbase season|16932|2001}}</ref> |13||1||2||0||1||0||||||1{{efn|name=slcc}}||0||17||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !24!!1!!2!!0!!1!!0!!!!!!2!!0!!29!!1 |- |rowspan="3"|East Fife |2002–03 |Scottish Third Division |32||21||2||0||2||2||colspan="2"|–||1{{efn|name=slcc}}||0||37||23 |- |2003–04 |Scottish Second Division |34||10||4||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||1{{efn|name=slcc}}||0||40||11 |- !colspan="2"|Total !66!!31!!6!!1!!3!!2!!0!!0!!2!!0!!77!!34 |- |rowspan="5"|Gretna |2004–05 |Scottish Third Division |36||38||2||3||1||0||||||2{{efn|name=slcc}}||0||41||41 |- |2005–06 |Scottish Second Division |34||18||7||4||1||0||||||1{{efn|name=slcc}}||1||43||23 |- |2006–07 |Scottish First Division |8||1||0||0||0||0||2||0||1{{efn|name=slcc}}||0||11||1 |- |2007–08 |Scottish Premier League |15||6||2||0||0||0||||||colspan="2"|–||17||6 |- !colspan="2"|Total !93!!63!!11!!7!!2!!0!!2!!0!!4!!1!!112!!71 |- |Northampton (loan) |2006–07 |Football League One |17||3||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||17||3 |- |St Johnstone (loan) |2007–08 |Scottish First Division |10||6||0||0||0||0||||||4{{efn|name=slcc|Appearance(s) in Scottish League Challenge Cup}}||2||14||8 |- |Real Salt Lake |2008<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenny Deuchar |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/kenny-deuchar/stats/ |website=mlssoccer.com |access-date=25 January 2023}}</ref> |Major League Soccer |29||3||0||0||||||||||1{{efn|Appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs}}||0||30||3 |- |Hamilton Academical |2008–09<ref>{{Soccerbase season|16932|2008}}</ref> |Scottish Premier League |9||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||10||0 |- |St Johnstone |2009–10<ref>{{Soccerbase season|16932|2009}}</ref> |Scottish Premier League |35||5||2||1||3||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||40||8 |- |Falkirk |2010–11<ref name="sb2010">{{Soccerbase season|16932|2010}}</ref> |Scottish First Division |15||3||0||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||16||3 |- |rowspan="3"|Livingston |2010–11<ref name="sb2010"/> |Scottish Second Division |19||8||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||19||8 |- |2011–12<ref name="sb2011">{{Soccerbase season|16932|2011}}</ref> |Scottish First Division |19||4||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||1{{efn|name=slcc}}||0||23||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !38!!12!!0!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!42!!12 |- |Stenhousemuir (loan) |2011–12<ref name="sb2011"/> |Scottish First Division |9||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||9||0 |- |Arbroath |2013–14<ref>{{Soccerbase season|16932|2013}}</ref> |Scottish League One |9||2||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||9||2 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !354!!129!!22!!9!!13!!4!!2!!0!!14!!3!!405!!145 |}
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==Honours==
;East Fife * Scottish Third Division promotion (1): 2002–03
;Gretna * Scottish Third Division (1): 2004–05 * Scottish Second Division (1): 2005–06 * Scottish Cup Runner- up (1): 2006 * Scottish First Division (1): 2006–07
;St Johnstone * Scottish Challenge Cup (1): 2007–08
;Livingston * Scottish Second Division (1): 2010–11
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}
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