Dennis Wyness (born 22 March 1977) is a Scottish retired

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. He played either as an attacking

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or as a striker. He has previously played for

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, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Hearts, St Mirren, Queen of the South,

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, Elgin City and Huntly. Notably, Wyness scored over 100 goals for Inverness during two spells with the club.

Career

Wyness began his career at

, where he originally played as a

. He was used sparingly as a squad player by several managers, until

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allowed him to go on loan to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 1999, where he played as a midfielder, then as a striker. Wyness signed a permanent contract for Caley Thistle in January 2000. However, during his first twelve months at the club he struggled to make an impact, and was eventually transfer-listed by then-manager Steve Paterson. This provided Wyness with a huge incentive to fight his way back into the team and he responded to his transfer listing by beginning to score goals almost immediately. He was eventually taken off the transfer list in December 2000, and soon became a firm favourite of the Caley Thistle supporters.

Caley Thistle

Wyness was Caley Thistle's top scorer of season 2000–01, with 24 league goals. The following season, he netted 18 times in the league and, in season 2001–02, established a strike partnership with Paul Ritchie which resulted in 37 league goals between the two of them that season. In March 2003 he also scored the only goal of the game as Caley Thistle once again sent

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crashing out of the

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Heart of Midlothian in the summer of 2003. Wyness found it hard to break into the Hearts team and was only occasionally used by Levein. He fared better under

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's successor, John Robertson, who had also managed him at Caley Thistle, but when Robertson was replaced by George Burley in 2005 Wyness once again found himself out of favour. He returned on loan to Caley Thistle and he signed a pre-contract agreement in January 2006 to rejoin the

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club on a permanent basis. In late May 2006, once his Hearts contract expired, he signed a two-year deal with Caley Thistle.

Record

Wyness holds the Inverness Caledonian Thistle scoring record, with a total of 101 goals which stands until Billy McKay scored his 102nd against Airdrie on 26, July 2023. He netted his 100th goal for Inverness against his first club,

St. Mirren

In May 2008, Wyness agreed a two-year deal to join St Mirren. Wyness scored the first goal for the Buddies at their new ground named St. Mirren Park, in a match against

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Queen of the South

On 25 September 2009

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club Queen of the South announced Wyness had joined on a three-month loan deal. Wyness netted a debut goal a day later in the 4–1 win away to Dunfermline Athletic that put Queens top of the table. Wyness returned to St. Mirren after making seven appearances and scoring two goals for Queens.

Recent career

On 25 January 2010, St. Mirren announced Wyness was free to find himself another club, and he was later released from his contract. Wyness then signed for Second Division club

until the end of the 2009–10 season. Wyness then signed for Peterhead for the 2010–11 season. Wyness signed for Elgin City during the 2012 summer transfer window. He scored his first goal for the club in an incredible 7–5 home loss in the first round of the 2012–13 Ramsden's Cup against Arbroath. After Elgin, he went on to play for Buckie Thistle in the 2015/16 season, and then signed for Huntly F.C. in 2016.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyness, Dennis 1977 births Living people Footballers from Aberdeen Men's association football forwards Scottish men's footballers Aberdeen F.C. players Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players Peterhead F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players People educated at Oldmachar Academy Elgin City F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Buckie Thistle F.C. players Huntly F.C. players Highland Football League players