Keir Foster (born 18 October 2004) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for

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club

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Youth career

Foster played in the youth sectors of Hibernian and The Spartans in

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Club career

For the 2022–23 season, he joined

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club Queen of the South, but didn't make any appearance for the club as he spent the next two seasons on loan playing in

Lowland League The Scottish Lowland Football League (SLFL, commonly known as the Lowland League) and the Park’s Motor Group Scottish Lowland League for sponsorship reasons is a senior football league based in central and southern Scotland. The league sits a ...

, first with

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and then with Bo'ness United. In January 2024, Foster attended an exhibition game and training session in

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with about 25 players, arranged by Finnish club SalPa. The club's aim was to look for young British talent to strengthen their team, and to offer a professional contract to one. Eventually, Foster was invited to Finland and offered a one-year professional contract with a one-year option. SalPa documented the sessions and later published a mini-documentary series, ''Unelma elää'' (eng. The Dream is Alive), about the recruiting process. On 28 April 2024, in his fourth

Ykkösliiga ''Ykkösliiga'' (English language, English: ''"League One"''; ) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams in Ykkösliiga also play a pre-s ...

match with SalPa, Foster scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 home win over MP.SalPan tehonelikko järjesti ja viimeisteli viisi maalia täydellistä hiponeen viikon päätteeksi – "Tänään toimi käytännössä kaikki"
Salon Seudun Sanomat, 28 April 2024

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