Biography
A Scottish left sided defender and midfielder, Kingsley joined the Tigers from Swansea City in August 2017, at the same time Sam Clucas made a big money switch to South Wales outfit. The fee was £3m, a decent value buy to replace the Liverpool-bound Andy Robertson. He spent much of the next five months out of the team due to niggling injuries, but started to build some form in the closing weeks of the season. His first full season was more successful and after an Autumn injury absence, Kingsley established himself as a fixture in the first team, combining well with Kamil Grosicki down the left. In the closing months of 2018/19 Kingsley was again injured and out of the side, he returned in 2019/20 to play a support role to new signing Callum Elder but suffered two further hamstring injuries before the New Year. He left the club in June 2020 on expiry of his contract.
Born in Stirling, Kingsley joined Falkirk at a young age and debuted for the Bairns’ first team at the age of 16. In June 2014 he signed for Swansea City where he played occasional first team games and had a couple of loans to build resilience.
In October 2020 Kingsley signed a one year deal with Scottish Championship side Heart of Midlothian which was soon extended until 2025. He scored twice in his third appearance, a 6-2 win over Dundee and went on to make 28 appearances and score five goals in his first season at Tynecastle. He retained his first team place for a further three seasons and became one of the SPL’s most noted left wing backs, a fine achievement after such a disappointing spell in Hull.
Kingsley was capped at under-18 level by Scotland, then subsequently at under-19 and under-21 levels. He made his senior international debut for Scotland in June 2016 against France.
Details
Nationality: Scotland
Date/Place of Birth: 23 July 1994, Stirling
Hull City First Game: 25 August 2017, Bolton Wanderers H (Championship), 23 years, 36 days old
Hull City Final Game: 1 February 2020, Brentford H (Championship), 25 years, 193 days old
Clubs
Falkirk (2010-2014), Swansea City (2014-2017), Yeovil Town (2015, loan), Crewe Alexandra (2015, loan), Hull City (2017-2020), Heart of Midlothian (2020-current)
Hull City Record
Career: 46 apps, 0 goals
Stephen KingsleySeason | LGE App | LGE Gls | FAC App | FAC Gls | FLC App | FLC Gls | EUR App | EUR Gls | OTH App | OTH Gls |
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2017/18 | 10 (1) | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2018/19 | 25 (1) | 0 | - | - | 0 (1) | 0 | - | - | - | - |
2019/20 | 7 (1) | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |