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Reece McAlear

Reece McAlear is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.

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Reece McAlear
Personal information
Full name Reece McAlear1
Date of birth (2002-02-12) 12 February 20022
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland3
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 St Johnstone
Number 42
Youth career
–2019 Motherwell
2019–2020 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Norwich City 1 (0)
2021–2022 → Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) 28 (4)
2022–2024 Tranmere Rovers 37 (0)
2023 → Ayr United (loan) 14 (0)
2024–2025 Livingston 24 (2)
2025– St Johnstone 35 (5)
International career
2017 Scotland U16 6 (0)
2018–2019 Scotland U17 5 (1)
2019 Scotland U18 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 May 2026

Reece McAlear (born 12 February 2002) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.

Career

He joined Norwich City from Motherwell for an undisclosed fee in summer 2019.4

He made his debut on 28 November 2020 as a substitute in a league match against Coventry City.52

On 17 June 2021, McAlear joined Scottish Championship side Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a season-long loan deal.6

On 21 May 2022, it was announced that McAlear would be released by Norwich City at the end of the season when his contract expired.7

On 9 June 2022, it was announced that McAlear had signed for Tranmere Rovers on a two-year contract.8 On 31 January 2023, McAlear joined Scottish Championship club Ayr United on loan until the end of the season.9 He was released by Tranmere at the end of the 2023–24 season.10

In May 2024, McAlear signed a pre-contract with Scottish Championship club Livingston on an initial one-year deal, with an automatic one-year extension triggered by promotion.11

In July 2025, McAlear signed for St Johnstone for an undisclosed amount.12

International career

McAlear has represented Scotland at youth international level.13

Career statistics

As of match played 30 January 202614
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cupa League cupb Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norwich City U21 2019–2015 — — — 2c 0 2 0
2020–2116 — — — 4c 0 4 0
Total — — — 6 0 6 0
Norwich City 2020–2116 Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2021–2217 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) 2021–2217 Scottish Championship 28 4 2 0 4 0 9d 2 43 6
Tranmere Rovers 2022–2318 League Two 13 0 1 0 2 0 3c 0 19 0
2023–2419 League Two 24 0 0 0 2 0 3c 0 29 0
Total 37 0 1 0 4 0 6 0 48 0
Ayr United (loan) 2022−2318 Scottish Championship 14 0 2 0 — 1e 0 17 0
Livingston 2024−2520 Scottish Championship 24 2 4 1 4 0 5f 1 37 4
St Johnstone 2025–2621 Scottish Championship 23 1 1 0 4 0 1g 0 29 1
Career total 127 7 10 1 16 0 28 3 181 11
  1. Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup
  2. Includes Scottish League Cup, EFL Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  4. Three appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup, six appearances and two goals in Scottish Premiership play-offs
  5. Appearance(s) in Scottish Premiership play-offs
  6. Four appearances and one goal in Scottish Challenge Cup, one appearance in Scottish Premiership play-offs
  7. Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Livingston

St Johnstone

References

References

  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Norwich City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 47. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. Reece McAlear at Soccerbase
  3. Reece McAlear at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. Wilson, Fraser (26 July 2019). "Reece McAlear leaves Motherwell for Norwich City". Daily Record. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. "Late Coventry goal pegs back Norwich". BBC Sport. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  6. "Reece McAlear Signs For ICTFC On Loan". Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  7. "Rupp to depart as club confirm released players". Norwich City FC. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  8. "Reece McAlear: Tranmere Rovers sign former Norwich midfielder". BBC Sport. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  9. "Midfielder Reece McAlear leaves Tranmere for Ayr United loan spell". Wirral Globe. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  10. "2023/24 retained and released list". www.tranmererovers.co.uk. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  11. "Reece the next piece in the Lions squad". Livingston FC. 29 May 2024.
  12. "Reece McAlear signs for Saints!". St Johnstone FC. 18 July 2025.
  13. "Reece McAlear at Scottish FA". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  14. Reece McAlear at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  15. "Games played by Reece McAlear in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  16. "Games played by Reece McAlear in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  17. "Games played by Reece McAlear in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  18. "Games played by Reece McAlear in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  19. "Games played by Reece McAlear in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  20. "Games played by Reece McAlear in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  21. "Games played by Reece McAlear in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  22. "Queen's Park vs Livingston". BBC. 30 March 2025.
  23. "Ross County 2-4 Livingston". BBC. 26 May 2025.
  24. "Dunfermline 0-2 St Johnstone: Saints seal instant return to Scottish Premiership". skysports.com. 21 April 2026. Retrieved 22 April 2026.