{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use British English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Paul Emslie | image = Paul Emslie.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Emslie playing for Peterhead | fullname = Paul Stephen Emslie | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|03|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Aberdeen, Scotland | height = | currentclub = Cove Rangers | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 2005–2007 | youthclubs1 = Rangers | years1 = 2007–2010 | clubs1 = Rangers | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2008–2009 | clubs2 = → Clyde (loan) | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2010 | clubs3 = → Peterhead (loan) | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2010–2011 | clubs4 = Peterhead | caps4 = 27 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2011– | clubs5 = Cove Rangers | caps5 = 76 | goals5 = 12 | nationalyears1 = 2006 | nationalteam1 = Scotland U19 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2007 | nationalteam2 = Scotland U20 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 19:38, 25 June 2011 (UTC) | ntupdate = }}
'''Paul Stephen Emslie''' (born 13 March 1988) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Highland Football League side Cove Rangers.
==Career==
===Rangers=== Emslie started his career with Rangers. He made one first team appearance for the club, in a Scottish League Cup match against East Fife on 26 September 2007.<ref name="East Fife 0-4 Rangers"/> Emslie came on as a substitute for Charlie Adam.<ref name="East Fife 0-4 Rangers">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7010992.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|title=East Fife 0–4 Rangers|date=26 September 2007}}</ref> Emslie also represented the Scotland U19 and Scotland U20 teams.
He played in the Scottish Youth Cup final in 2007, with Rangers beating Celtic 5–0 at Hampden Park.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12776200.rangers-u19-5-0-celtic-u19/ | title=Rangers U19 5 - 0 Celtic U19 | work=Herald Scotland | date=27 April 2007 | accessdate=25 May 2019 |first=|last=}}<br>{{cite web | url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/lennon-hat-trick-for-rangers-leaves-celtic-shattered-in-youth-cup-final-1-744977 | title=Lennon hat-trick for Rangers leaves Celtic shattered in Youth Cup final | work=The Scotsman | date=27 April 2007 | accessdate=25 May 2019 |first=|last=}}</ref>
===Clyde=== On 30 August 2008, Emslie signed for Clyde on loan until 5 January 2009, along with fellow Rangers youth player Alan Lowing.<ref>[http://www.clydefc.co.uk/news/2008/08/30/2854/ Loan Ar-ranger] Clyde F.C. (30 August 2008)</ref> He made his Clyde début a week later, in a 1–0 defeat to Ross County in the Scottish Challenge Cup.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7600893.stm Clyde 0–1 Ross County] BBC Sport (7 September 2008)</ref> The loan spell was set to be extended until the end of January, but Emslie returned to Ibrox early after picking up an injury.<ref>[http://www.clydefc.co.uk/news/2008/12/31/2975/ McLaren signs new deal] Clyde F.C. (31 December 2008)</ref> He made 11 appearances in all competitions.
===Peterhead=== Emslie joined Peterhead on loan for the rest of the 2009–10 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1583517?UserKey=|title=Peterhead's Gers loan player faces place fight|publisher=Press and Journal|date=30 January 2010}}</ref> He returned to Peterhead on a one-year contract for the following season, having been released by Rangers.
===Cove Rangers=== After being relegated to the Third Division with Peterhead, Emslie dropped down to the Highland League to sign for Cove Rangers in 2011.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Emslie, Paul}} Category:Living people Category:1988 births Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Rangers F.C. players Category:Clyde F.C. players Category:Cove Rangers F.C. players Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Footballers from Aberdeen Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Scotland men's youth international footballers Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen