Kyle McClean (born 3 October 1998) is a Northern Irish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

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club Linfield. He has previously played for

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...

Career

McClean started his career in England at

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

. After his release by Forest in the summer of 2017 he went on trial at

. After a successful trial with the club, St Johnstone announced his signing on 5 June 2017 and he was named in the first team squad for the 2017–18 season. McClean made his league debut in November 2017, and extended his contract with St Johnstone by a year in December. McClean moved on loan to Linfield in January 2019. Upon his return to St Johnstone, he signed a new one-year contract. However, he left St Johnstone on 2 September 2019, with his contract being cancelled by mutual consent. He later re-signed permanently for Linfield in January 2020.

International career

McClean has represented Northern Ireland in youth internationals.UEFA.com
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McClean, Kyle 1998 births Living people Association football midfielders Nottingham Forest F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Linfield F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players NIFL Premiership players Association footballers from Northern Ireland Association footballers from Belfast Northern Ireland youth international footballers Northern Ireland under-21 international footballers Crusaders F.C. players