{{short description|Scottish footballer (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use British English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Kyle Magennis |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1998|8|26}} |birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland |position = Midfielder |currentclub = Kilmarnock |clubnumber = 16 |youthyears1 = 2004–2016 |youthclubs1 = St Mirren |years1 = 2016–2020 |clubs1 = St Mirren |caps1 = 88 |goals1 = 8 |years2 = 2020–2023 |clubs2 = Hibernian |caps2 = 34 |goals2 = 5 |years3 = 2023– |clubs3 = Kilmarnock |caps3 = 26 |goals3 = 0 |club-update = 20 May 2026 |nationalyears1 = 2017 |nationalteam1 = Scotland U20 |nationalcaps1 = 4 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |nationalyears2 = 2018–2019 |nationalteam2 = Scotland U21 |nationalcaps2 = 5 |nationalgoals2 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|{{fb|SCO}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Toulon Tournament<ref name = "bronze">{{ cite web | title = JULES AND HOLSGROVE TAKE BRONZE WITH SCOTLAND IN TOULON | url = https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2017/june/jules-and-holsgrove-take-bronze-with-scotland-in-toulon/ | publisher = Reading FC | date = 11 June 2017 | access-date = 1 July 2022 }}</ref>}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Toulon|U–20 Competition}} |ntupdate = 16:17, 27 May 2023 (UTC) }} '''Kyle Magennis''' (born 26 August 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{Scottish football updater|Kilmarno}} club Kilmarnock.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.stmirren.com/kyle-magennis|title=Kyle Magennis|publisher=St Mirren FC|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-date=13 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813075002/https://www.stmirren.com/kyle-magennis|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has previously played for St Mirren and Hibernian, and also represented Scotland at under-17 and under-21 level.
==Club career==
=== St Mirren === Born in Glasgow, Magennis attended Paisley Grammar School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/coaching-masterclass-paisley-grammars-prize-2569559|title=Coaching masterclass for Paisley Grammar's prize guys|date=27 June 2011}}</ref> Magennis joined St Mirren's youth academy at the age of five<ref name="bio"/> and remained there throughout his youth career until making his debut for the senior team against Hibernian in October 2016, aged 18, in the Scottish Championship.<ref name="bio" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37737901|title=Hibernian 2–0 St Mirren|website=BBC Sport |date=29 October 2016|first=Brian |last=McLauchlin |access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref> He continued to appear for the club throughout the season, scoring his first goal for the club in a narrow win over Queen of the South.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/q-of-south-vs-st-mirren/357282|title=Queen of the South 2–3 St Mirren|website=Sky Sports|date=6 December 2016|access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref> Having impressed manager Jack Ross with his performances, he was offered a new contract with St Mirren in December 2016 which extended his contract with the club until summer 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stmirren.com/club-news/417-kyle-magennis-signs-new-contract|title=Kyle Magennis signs new contract|publisher=St Mirren FC|date=9 December 2016 |access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref>
Now established as a first team player in the ''Saints'' squad, Magennis signed a new contract committing him to the club until the summer of 2020,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stmirren.com/all-news/904-delight-as-kyle-magennis-signs-till-2020 |title=Delight as Kyle Magennis signs till 2020|publisher=St Mirren FC|date=24 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref> and after clinching the 2017–18 Scottish Championship title, he further extended his contract with St Mirren to 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44589117 |title=St Mirren extend Kyle Magennis contract as Brian Rice becomes assistant to Stubbs |website=BBC Sport |date=23 June 2018 |accessdate=24 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stmirren.com/all-news/1943-delight-for-saints-as-kyle-magennis-agrees-contract-extension |title=Delight for Saints as Kyle Magennis agrees contract extension |publisher=St Mirren FC|date=23 June 2018|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref> He was in the side which secured their status in the Scottish Premiership via the relegation playoff in May 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48324854|title=St Mirren 1–1 Dundee United|website=BBC Sport |date=26 May 2019|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>
Magennis and Saints suffered a major blow in January 2020, when he injured his knee during a 1–0 defeat to Rangers, ending his season after having appeared in every match of the campaign until suffering the injury.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51216504 |title=Kyle Magennis: St Mirren midfielder will miss rest of season |website=BBC Sport |date=24 January 2020 |accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref> In September 2020, St Mirren stated they had rejected a "substantial" offer for Magennis from Hibernian.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54333352 |title=St Mirren: Paisley club say Hibs' Magennis bid rejected |website=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=28 September 2020 |accessdate=28 September 2020}}</ref> A few days later another offer from the same club was accepted.<ref name = "BBC hibs">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54391305 |title=Kyle Magennis: Hibernian sign midfielder on five-year deal from St Mirren |website=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=5 October 2020 |accessdate=5 October 2020}}</ref>
=== Hibernian === Magennis signed a five-year deal with Hibernian on 5 October 2020.<ref name = "BBC hibs"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/10763 |title=Kyle Magennis Is A Hibee |website=www.hibernianfc.co.uk |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=5 October 2020 |accessdate=5 October 2020 |archive-date=9 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009113746/http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/10763 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 1 August 2021, Magennis scored Hibernian's opening Scottish Premiership goal for the 2021–22 season against Motherwell which ended in a 3–2 victory for Hibs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57958660|title=Motherwell 2–3 Hibernian|website=bbc.co.uk|first=Martin|last=Watt|date=1 August 2021|access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref> Magennis had a good start to the 2021–22 season, but then missed most of it due to groin and knee injuries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60988849 |title=Hibs: Kyle Magennis ruled out after surgery |website=BBC Sport |date=4 April 2022 |accessdate=5 April 2022}}</ref>
After he suffered from more injury problems during the 2022–23 season, Magennis was allowed to leave Hibs in June 2023.<ref name = killie/>
===Kilmarnock=== Following his release by Hibs, Magennis signed a two-year contract with Kilmarnock on 21 June 2023.<ref name = killie>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/ckk9xy73evqo | title=Hibs annul Magennis contract to allow him to join Killie |website=BBC Sport | date=21 June 2023 | accessdate=21 June 2023}}</ref>
Magennis signed a new one-year contract with Kilmarnock in July 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/clym3qd6z5go |title=Midfielder Kyle Magennis signs one-year contract with Kilmarnock |website=BBC Sport | date=2 July 2025 | accessdate=2 July 2025}}</ref>
== International career == Magennis was selected for the Scotland under-20 squad in the 2017 Toulon Tournament,<ref>{{ cite web | title = Scotland squad for Toulon announced | url = http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1957&newsCategoryID=6&newsID=16955 | publisher = Scottish Football Association | date = 17 May 2017 | access-date = 1 July 2022 }}</ref> in which they won the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/scotland-finish-third-at-toulon-tournament-with-3-0-win/ | title = Scotland finish third at Toulon Tournament with 3-0 win | publisher = Scottish Football Association | date = 10 June 2017 | access-date = 1 July 2022}}</ref> It was the nation's first ever medal at the competition.<ref name = "bronze"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-gazette.co.uk/sport/15391284.paisley-2021-stadium-to-host-european-under-21-championship-qualifier/|title = Paisley 2021 stadium to host European Under-21 Championship qualifier| date=5 July 2017 }}</ref> He then played for the Scotland under-21 team, making his debut in a 2–1 win against the Netherlands in September 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/scotland-seal-dutch-double-in-dramatic-style/?rid=13925 |title=Scotland seal Dutch double in dramatic style |publisher=Scottish Football Association |date=11 September 2018 |accessdate=12 September 2018}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|16:17, 27 May 2023 (UTC)}}
{| 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"|Scottish Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|St Mirren |2016–17<ref name="KM16">{{soccerbase season|96641|2016|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref> | rowspan="2" |Scottish Championship |25||3||4||0||0||0||3<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC">Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup</ref>||0||32||3 |- |2017–18<ref name="KM17">{{soccerbase season|96641|2017|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref> |27||2||2||0||0||0||0||0||29||2 |- |2018–19<ref name="KM18">{{soccerbase season|96641|2018|accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> | rowspan="3"|Scottish Premiership |14||2||0||0||3||0||2<ref group=lower-alpha>Two appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs</ref>||0||19||2 |- |2019–20<ref>{{soccerbase season|96641|2019|accessdate=11 August 2018}}</ref> |22||1||1||0||4||0||0||0||27||1 |- |2020–21<ref name=KM20>{{soccerbase season|96641|2020|accessdate=16 September 2020}}</ref> |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan=3|Total !88!!8!!7!!0!!7!!0!!5!!0!!107!!8 |- |rowspan="4"|Hibernian |2020–21<ref name=KM20/> |rowspan="3"|Scottish Premiership |14||1||4<ref group=lower-alpha name=HIB>One appearance in the previous season's Scottish Cup which was rescheduled to October due to COVID-19</ref>||0||5||0||0||0||23||1 |- |2021–22<ref name=KM21>{{soccerbase season|96641|2021|accessdate=21 July 2021}}</ref> |7||2||0||0||2||1||4<ref group=lower-alpha name="UCL">Appearances in the UEFA Conference League</ref>||1||13||4 |- | 2022–23<ref name=KM22>{{soccerbase season|96641|2022|accessdate=21 July 2021}}</ref> |13||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||13||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !34!!5!!4!!0!!7!!1!!4!!1!!49!!7 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !122!!13!!11!!0!!14!!1!!9!!1!!156!!15 |}
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==External links== * {{Soccerbase|96641}} * {{Soccerway|kyle-magennis/459509}} * {{SFA profile|169809}}
{{Kilmarnock F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Magennis, Kyle}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:People educated at Paisley Grammar School Category:Footballers from Glasgow Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:St Mirren F.C. players Category:Scottish Professional Football League players Category:Scotland men's youth international footballers Category:Scotland men's under-21 international footballers Category:Hibernian F.C. players Category:Kilmarnock F.C. players Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen