Kyle Connell (born 2 August 2001) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a

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who plays for club Clyde. He has also played for

Cove Rangers Cove Rangers Football Club is a senior Scottish football club currently playing in the Scottish Championship. They are based in the Cove Bay area of Aberdeen and play their football at Balmoral Stadium, having left their former home at Allan ...

and

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

, and on loan for

Airdrieonians Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League One. They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie United ...

, East Fife, Raith Rovers and

East Kilbride East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...

Club career

Blackburn Rovers

Connell began his career at

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

before joining the youth team at Blackburn Rovers during the summer of 2017 for an undisclosed fee.

Kilmarnock

After leaving Blackburn, Connell returned to Scotland and joined the youth set-up at

, making his debut as a second-half substitute in a 6−0 win over Queen's Park in the

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side

on an initial short−term loan until January, which was later extended until the end of the season.

East Kilbride

On 26 January 2023, Connell joined

Lowland League The Scottish Lowland Football League (SLFL, commonly known as the Lowland League) is a senior association football, football league based in central and southern Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system, actin ...

club

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Connell, Kyle 2001 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Kilmarnock F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Men's association football forwards Airdrieonians F.C. players East Fife F.C. players Raith Rovers F.C. players Lowland Football League players East Kilbride F.C. players Cove Rangers F.C. players