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David Goodwillie

David Goodwillie

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Glasgow United FC
Age37
CitizenshipScotland
Height1.75 m
Footright
BornMarch 28, 1989
at Glasgow United FC 1,036 days · joined 2023-07-23
👕200+ Apps 100+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists 🏴25+ Caps Veteran
Market value
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

11
clubs played for
05/06
debut season
0.37
goals / match
Clyde FC
top club · 175 apps

Position rank · 21/22

#211
goals rank
#517
assists rank
175
season goals
72
season assists

Among 3,488 Attack - Centre-Forwards · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€2.50m
peak value · 2011
€3.40m
top transfer fee · 11/12
27
best season · 17/18
33 / 12
int'l caps / goals
476Appearances
175Goals
72Assists
34Yellow cards
1Red cards
81Full matches (90′)
Full nameDavid Goodwillie
Date of birth1989-03-28 (37 yrs)
Place of birthStirling, Scotland
CitizenshipScotland
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height175.00 m
Current clubGlasgow United FC
Joined2023-07-23
Contract expires
Jul 2023
Transfer: Without Club → Glasgow United
23/24 · Transfer
Feb 2023
Transfer: Radcliffe → Without Club
22/23 · Transfer
Feb 2023
Transfer: Without Club → Radcliffe
22/23 · Transfer
Sep 2022
Transfer: Raith Rovers → Without Club
22/23 · Transfer
May 2022
Transfer: Clyde FC → Raith Rovers
21/22 · Return from loan
Mar 2022
Transfer: Raith Rovers → Clyde FC
21/22 · Loan
Jan 2022
Transfer: Clyde FC → Raith Rovers
21/22 · Transfer · €60k
Jul 2021
21/22 — Clyde FC
25 matches · 17 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Mar 2021
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — Clyde FC
26 matches · 14 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Clyde FC
35 matches · 25 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — Clyde FC
42 matches · 22 G · 11 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — Clyde FC
41 matches · 27 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Mar 2017
Transfer: Doune Castle → Clyde FC
16/17 · Transfer
Mar 2017
Transfer: Without Club → Doune Castle
16/17 · Transfer
Jan 2017
Transfer: Plymouth → Without Club
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2016
16/17 — Plymouth Argyle, Clyde FC
28 matches · 5 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2016
Transfer: Aberdeen FC → Plymouth
16/17 · Transfer
May 2016
Transfer: Ross County → Aberdeen FC
15/16 · Return from loan
Feb 2016
Transfer: Aberdeen FC → Ross County
15/16 · Loan
Jul 2015
15/16 — Aberdeen FC, Ross County FC
34 matches · 3 G · 6 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: Blackburn → Aberdeen FC
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2014
14/15 — Aberdeen FC
38 matches · 6 G · 11 A · across 4 competitions
May 2014
Transfer: Blackpool → Blackburn
13/14 · Return from loan
Jan 2014
Transfer: Blackburn → Blackpool
13/14 · Loan
Jan 2014
Transfer: Dundee United → Blackburn
13/14 · Return from loan
Jul 2013
Transfer: Blackburn → Dundee United
13/14 · Loan
Jul 2013
13/14 — Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool FC, Dundee United FC, Blackburn Rovers U21
36 matches · 9 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Oct 2012
Transfer: Crystal Palace → Blackburn
12/13 · Return from loan
Aug 2012
Transfer: Blackburn → Crystal Palace
12/13 · Loan
Jul 2012
12/13 — Blackburn Rovers, Crystal Palace
11 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Aug 2011
Transfer: Dundee United → Blackburn
11/12 · Transfer · €3.40m
Jul 2011
11/12 — Dundee United FC, Blackburn Rovers, Blackburn Rovers Reserves
28 matches · 5 G · 2 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — Dundee United FC
46 matches · 19 G · 13 A · across 4 competitions
Nov 2009
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2009
09/10 — Dundee United FC
40 matches · 14 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — Dundee United FC
18 matches · 6 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2008
Transfer: Raith Rovers → Dundee United
07/08 · Return from loan
Nov 2007
Transfer: Dundee United → Raith Rovers
07/08 · Loan
Jul 2007
07/08 — Dundee United FC, Raith Rovers FC
3 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2006
06/07 — Dundee United FC
15 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2006
Transfer: Dundee Utd U20 → Dundee United
06/07 · Transfer
Jul 2005
05/06 — Dundee United FC
10 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2005
Transfer: Dundee Utd U17 → Dundee Utd U20
05/06 · Transfer
Jul 2004
Transfer: Dundee Utd. Yh. → Dundee Utd U17
04/05 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €2.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 1171 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 21/22. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals17 total · 6.32/90
100
Assists4 total · 1.49/90
99
G+A21 total · 7.81/90
100
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
89
7,321 min
Minutes played by club
Clyde FC 34.5%
Plymouth Argyle 9.0%
Aberdeen FC 9.3%
Ross County FC 4.8%
Blackburn Rovers 9.6%
Blackpool FC 3.5%
Dundee United FC 28.3%
Blackburn Rovers U21 0.0%
Crystal Palace 0.0%
Blackburn Rovers Reserves 0.0%
Raith Rovers FC 1.1%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Clyde FC 6 16/17 21/22 175 109 27 2,525
Plymouth Argyle 1 16/17 16/17 22 1 4 656
Aberdeen FC 2 14/15 15/16 63 8 17 682
Ross County FC 1 15/16 15/16 9 1 0 353
Blackburn Rovers 3 11/12 13/14 34 5 2 703
Blackpool FC 1 13/14 13/14 13 3 0 254
Dundee United FC 8 05/06 13/14 156 47 22 2,071
Blackburn Rovers U21 1 13/14 13/14 1 0 0 0
Crystal Palace 1 12/13 12/13 1 0 0 0
Blackburn Rovers Reserves 1 11/12 11/12 1 0 0 0
Raith Rovers FC 1 07/08 07/08 1 1 0 77

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

8€625K17€1.3M25€1.9M33€2.5M05/06 — 1 goals (Dundee United FC)105/0606/0707/08 — 1 goals (Raith Rovers FC)107/0808/09 — 6 goals (Dundee United FC)608/0909/10 — 14 goals (Dundee United FC)09/10 — 5 assists1909/1010/11 — 19 goals (Dundee United FC)10/11 — 13 assists3210/1111/12 — 5 goals (Blackburn Rovers)11/12 — 2 assists711/1212/13 — 1 goals (Blackburn Rovers)12/13 — 1 assists212/1313/14 — 9 goals (Dundee United FC)13/14 — 3 assists1213/1414/15 — 6 goals (Aberdeen FC)14/15 — 11 assists1714/1515/16 — 3 goals (Aberdeen FC)15/16 — 6 assists915/1616/17 — 5 goals (Plymouth Argyle)16/17 — 4 assists916/1717/18 — 27 goals (Clyde FC)17/18 — 4 assists3117/1818/19 — 22 goals (Clyde FC)18/19 — 11 assists3318/1919/20 — 25 goals (Clyde FC)19/20 — 5 assists3019/2020/21 — 14 goals (Clyde FC)20/21 — 3 assists1720/2121/22 — 17 goals (Clyde FC)21/22 — 4 assists2121/2206/07 — €250K08/09 — €250K09/10 — €650K10/11 — €1.8M11/12 — €2.5M12/13 — €2.5M13/14 — €1.5M14/15 — €600K15/16 — €750K16/17 — €450KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

05/06: 1105/0606/07: 0006/0707/08: 1107/0808/09: 6608/0909/10: 141409/1010/11: 191910/1111/12: 5511/1212/13: 1112/1313/14: 9913/1414/15: 6614/1515/16: 3315/1616/17: 5516/1717/18: 272717/1818/19: 222218/1919/20: 252519/2020/21: 141420/2121/22: 171721/22

Assists by season

05/06: 0005/0606/07: 0006/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 5509/1010/11: 131310/1111/12: 2211/1212/13: 1112/1313/14: 3313/1414/15: 111114/1515/16: 6615/1616/17: 4416/1717/18: 4417/1818/19: 111118/1919/20: 5519/2020/21: 3320/2121/22: 4421/22
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
21/22 League One Clyde FC 21 15 3 0 0 113
21/22 Prem. Sports Cup Clyde FC 3 2 1 0 0 129
21/22 SFA Cup Clyde FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Betfred Cup Clyde FC 4 2 1 0 0 180
20/21 League One Clyde FC 16 9 1 0 0 151
20/21 League One Meisterr. Clyde FC 4 2 1 0 0 174
20/21 SFA Cup Clyde FC 2 1 0 0 0 112
19/20 Betfred Cup Clyde FC 4 2 0 0 0 79
19/20 League One Clyde FC 25 20 2 1 1 107
19/20 SFA Cup Clyde FC 3 1 0 0 0 270
19/20 Tunnock Ch. Cup Clyde FC 3 2 3 0 0 135
18/19 Betfred Cup Clyde FC 4 3 0 0 0 130
18/19 Irn-Bru Cup Clyde FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 League Two Clyde FC 32 17 8 4 0 165
18/19 Scottish League One Play-offs Clyde FC 4 1 3 1 0 317
18/19 SFA Cup Clyde FC 1 1 0 0 0 90
17/18 Betfred Cup Clyde FC 3 2 0 2 0 127
17/18 Irn-Bru Cup Clyde FC 1 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 League Two Clyde FC 36 25 3 5 0 129
17/18 SFA Cup Clyde FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 EFL Cup Plymouth Argyle 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 EFL Trophy Plymouth Argyle 3 0 1 0 0 0
16/17 FA Cup Plymouth Argyle 2 0 1 0 0 0
16/17 League Two Clyde FC 6 4 0 1 0 117
16/17 League Two Plymouth Argyle 16 1 2 0 0 656
15/16 Europa League Qualifying Aberdeen FC 6 0 3 1 0 0
15/16 Premiership Ross County FC 9 1 0 1 0 353
15/16 Premiership Aberdeen FC 17 2 3 0 0 357
15/16 SCL by Utilita Aberdeen FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 SFA Cup Aberdeen FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Europa League Qualifying Aberdeen FC 4 0 1 0 0 0
14/15 League Cup Aberdeen FC 2 0 1 0 0 0
14/15 Premiership Aberdeen FC 31 6 9 2 0 325
14/15 SFA Cup Aberdeen FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Championship Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Championship Blackpool FC 13 3 0 1 0 254
13/14 League Cup Dundee United FC 2 3 1 0 0 55
13/14 Premiership Dundee United FC 19 3 2 0 0 279
13/14 SFA Cup Dundee United FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 U21 PL Blackburn Rovers U21 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Championship Blackburn Rovers 8 0 1 0 0 0
12/13 Championship Crystal Palace 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 FA Cup Blackburn Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 0
12/13 League Cup Blackburn Rovers 1 1 0 0 0 32
11/12 Europa League Qualifying Dundee United FC 2 1 1 0 0 180
11/12 FA Cup Blackburn Rovers 1 1 0 0 0 82
11/12 League Cup Blackburn Rovers 3 1 1 0 0 290
11/12 Premier League Blackburn Rovers 20 2 0 0 0 299
11/12 Premiership Dundee United FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Reserve League Blackburn Rovers Reserves 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Co-op. Ins. Cup Dundee United FC 2 1 0 1 0 203
10/11 Europa League Qualifying Dundee United FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Premiership Dundee United FC 38 17 13 5 0 194
10/11 SFA Cup Dundee United FC 4 1 0 0 0 390
09/10 Co-op. Ins. Cup Dundee United FC 2 1 0 0 0 180
09/10 Premiership Dundee United FC 33 9 4 4 0 227
09/10 SFA Cup Dundee United FC 5 4 1 2 0 87
08/09 Co-op. Ins. Cup Dundee United FC 2 3 0 0 0 60
08/09 Premiership Dundee United FC 16 3 0 2 0 133
08/09 SFA Cup Dundee United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 CIS Insur. Cup Dundee United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 League One Raith Rovers FC 1 1 0 0 0 77
07/08 Premiership Dundee United FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Premiership Dundee United FC 15 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 Premiership Dundee United FC 10 1 0 0 0 83
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
04/05 2004-07-01 Dundee Utd. Yh. Dundee Utd U17 Transfer 0
05/06 2005-07-01 Dundee Utd U17 Dundee Utd U20 Transfer 0
06/07 2006-07-01 Dundee Utd U20 Dundee United Transfer 50000
07/08 2007-11-02 Dundee United Raith Rovers Loan 250000
07/08 2008-06-30 Raith Rovers Dundee United Return from loan 250000
11/12 2011-08-03 Dundee United Blackburn Transfer 2500000 €3.40m
12/13 2012-08-31 Blackburn Crystal Palace Loan 2500000
12/13 2012-10-16 Crystal Palace Blackburn Return from loan 2500000
13/14 2013-07-02 Blackburn Dundee United Loan 1500000
13/14 2014-01-13 Dundee United Blackburn Return from loan 1250000
13/14 2014-01-24 Blackburn Blackpool Loan 1250000
13/14 2014-05-31 Blackpool Blackburn Return from loan 1250000
14/15 2014-07-07 Blackburn Aberdeen FC Transfer 1250000
15/16 2016-02-01 Aberdeen FC Ross County Loan 700000
15/16 2016-05-16 Ross County Aberdeen FC Return from loan 700000
16/17 2016-07-01 Aberdeen FC Plymouth Transfer 700000
16/17 2017-01-25 Plymouth Without Club Transfer 450000
16/17 2017-03-17 Without Club Doune Castle Transfer 450000
16/17 2017-03-31 Doune Castle Clyde FC Transfer 450000
21/22 2022-01-31 Clyde FC Raith Rovers Transfer 0 €60k
21/22 2022-03-01 Raith Rovers Clyde FC Loan 0
21/22 2022-05-01 Clyde FC Raith Rovers Return from loan 0
22/23 2022-09-30 Raith Rovers Without Club Transfer 0
22/23 2023-02-07 Without Club Radcliffe Transfer 0
22/23 2023-02-08 Radcliffe Without Club Transfer 0
23/24 2023-07-23 Without Club Glasgow United Transfer 0
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
09/10 Calf problems 2009-11-09 2009-11-20 12 3
20/21 Knock 2021-03-29 2021-04-04 7 3
Current
Peak€2.50m
Low
Δ since start−€250k
€625k€1.25m€1.88m€2.50m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.75m
Jan 1, 1970 €650k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #30136 12 6 former national player
Team #25791 2 0 former national player
Team #17622 7 4 former national player
Team #16868 9 1 former national player
Team #3380 3 1 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Chris McStay 2 5 0
Tom Lang 2 1 0
Keith Watson 2 3 0
Shay Logan 2 2 0
David Mitchell 1 1 0
Dusan Pernis 2 0 0
Danny Swanson 2 6 0
Blair Currie 2 0 0
Kevin Nicoll 1 1 0
Barry Cuddihy 1 12 0
Garry Kenneth 2 2 0
Seán Dillon 2 0 0
Ally Love 2 15 0
Scott Rumsby 2 0 0
Mark Lamont 2 10 0
Morgaro Gomis 2 2 0
Martin McNiff 1 4 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
17/18 League Two Clyde FC 25 36
19/20 League One Clyde FC 20 25
10/11 Premiership Dundee United FC 17 38

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
10/11 Premiership Dundee United FC 13 38
14/15 Premiership Aberdeen FC 9 31
18/19 League Two Clyde FC 8 32

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
21/22 2022-05-01 Clyde FC Raith Rovers Return from loan
21/22 2022-03-01 Raith Rovers Clyde FC Loan
15/16 2016-05-16 Ross County Aberdeen FC Return from loan €700k
15/16 2016-02-01 Aberdeen FC Ross County Loan €700k
13/14 2014-05-31 Blackpool Blackburn Return from loan €1.25m
13/14 2014-01-24 Blackburn Blackpool Loan €1.25m
13/14 2014-01-13 Dundee United Blackburn Return from loan €1.25m
13/14 2013-07-02 Blackburn Dundee United Loan €1.50m
12/13 2012-10-16 Crystal Palace Blackburn Return from loan €2.50m
12/13 2012-08-31 Blackburn Crystal Palace Loan €2.50m
07/08 2008-06-30 Raith Rovers Dundee United Return from loan €250k
07/08 2007-11-02 Dundee United Raith Rovers Loan €250k

Teams faced most often by David Goodwillie's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Charlton Athletic 44 16 10 18 58 62 -4 36%
Wigan Athletic 42 16 9 17 62 62 0 38%
Ipswich Town 42 12 13 17 52 56 -4 29%
Doncaster Rovers 41 22 6 13 63 55 +8 54%
Sheffield Wednesday 38 13 8 17 57 54 +3 34%
Portsmouth FC 37 14 13 10 52 43 +9 38%
Barnsley FC 37 13 9 15 50 51 -1 35%
Birmingham City 36 9 14 13 42 47 -5 25%
Derby County 34 11 6 17 33 52 -19 32%
Bolton Wanderers 34 13 12 9 45 34 +11 38%
Middlesbrough FC 33 13 12 8 44 32 +12 39%
Reading FC 33 13 7 13 51 53 -2 39%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
05/06 Senior debut season
05/06 First senior goal
13/14 Goal #50 (career)
18/19 Goal #100 (career)
20/21 Goal #150 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
19/20 35 591 1 0 1 0.3
18/19 42 702 5 0 0 0.64
17/18 41 256 7 0 0 2.46
16/17 28 773 1 0 0 0.12
15/16 34 710 2 0 0 0.25
14/15 38 325 2 0 0 0.55
13/14 36 588 1 0 0 0.15
12/13 11 32 1 0 0 2.81
10/11 46 787 6 0 0 0.69
09/10 40 494 6 0 0 1.09
08/09 18 193 2 0 0 0.93

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

League Two
74 apps
46 G
11 A
League One
63 apps
45 G
6 A
Premiership
191 apps
42 G
31 A
SCL by Utilita
29 apps
19 G
4 A
SFA Cup
20 apps
8 G
1 A
Championship
22 apps
3 G
1 A
Tunnock Ch. Cup
5 apps
2 G
4 A
League One Meisterr.
4 apps
2 G
1 A
League Cup
5 apps
2 G
1 A
Premier League
20 apps
2 G
0 A

Frequently asked about David Goodwillie

Who is David Goodwillie?

David Goodwillie is a Scotland professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Glasgow United FC.

How old is David Goodwillie?

David Goodwillie is 37 years old. He was born on March 28, 1989 in Stirling.

What position does David Goodwillie play?

David Goodwillie plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does David Goodwillie play for?

David Goodwillie currently plays for Glasgow United FC.

How many career goals has David Goodwillie scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, David Goodwillie has scored 175 goals in 476 appearances.