Gary Naysmith

**Gary Andrew Naysmith** (born 16 November 1978) is a Scottish football coach and former player, who is currently the manager of Scottish League Two side Stenhousemuir.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Heart of Midlothian|1995–96|Scottish Premier Division|1|0|0|0|0|0|—|1|0||
|1996–97|Scottish Premier Division|10|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|12|0|||
|1997–98|Scottish Premier Division|16|2|5|0|0|0|—|21|2||||
|1998–99|Scottish Premier League|26|0|1|0|2|0|3|0|32|0|||
|1999–2000|Scottish Premier League|34|1|3|0|2|0|—|39|1||||
|2000–01|Scottish Premier League|9|0|0|0|1|1|4|0|14|1|||
|rowspan="8"|Everton|2000–01|Premier League|20|2|1|0|0|0|—|21|2||
|2001–02|Premier League|24|0|4|0|0|0|—|28|0||||
|2002–03|Premier League|28|1|1|0|3|1|—|32|2||||
|2003–04|Premier League|29|2|3|0|2|0|—|34|2||||
|2004–05|Premier League|11|0|3|0|1|0|—|15|0||||
|2005–06|Premier League|7|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|8|0|||
|2006–07|Premier League|15|1|1|0|1|0|—|17|1||||
|rowspan="4"|Sheffield United|2007–08|Championship|38|0|3|0|2|0|—|43|0||
|2008–09|Championship|39|0|3|0|1|0|0|0|43|0|||
|2009–10|Championship|2|0|0|0|0|0|—|2|0||||
|rowspan="3"|Huddersfield Town|2010–11|League One|14|0|0|0|2|0|3|0|19|0|
|2011–12|League One|22|0|1|0|2|0|1|0|26|0|||
|Aberdeen|2012–13|Scottish Premier League|9|0|0|0|2|0|–|11|0|||
|rowspan="5"|East Fife|2013–14|Scottish League One|10|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|10|0|
|2014–15|Scottish League Two|21|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|22|0|||
|2015–16|Scottish League Two|29|0|2|0|2|0|0|0|33|0|||
|2016–17|Scottish League One|12|0|1|0|4|0|2|0|19|0|||

### International

|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|colspan=3|Scotland||
|2000|4|0|
|2001|2|0|
|2002|3|1|
|2003|12|0|
|2004|6|0|
|2005|1|0|
|2006|4|0|
|2007|6|0|
|2008|6|0|
|2009|2|0|

**International goals**
- _Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first._
|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|12 October 2002|Laugardalsvöllur Reykjavík, Iceland||2–0|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying|

### Managerial record

As of match played 20 April 2024

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|East Fife||align=left|28 November 2013|align=left|3 December 2016||||
|align=left|Queen of the South||align=left|3 December 2016|align=left|4 May 2019||||
|align=left|Edinburgh City||align=left|9 March 2021|align=left|17 March 2022||||
|align=left|Stenhousemuir||align=left|3 January 2023|align=left|||||

- Edinburgh City statistics include forfeit win over Falkirk in the Scottish League Cup on 21 July 2021.
- Initially caretaker of East Fife and appointed permanently on 18 December 2013.

### Player

**Heart of Midlothian**
- Scottish Cup: 1997–98

**Huddersfield Town**
- Football League One play-offs: 2012

**East Fife**
- Scottish League Two: 2015–16

**Scotland**
- Kirin Cup: 2006

### Manager

**East Fife**
- Scottish League Two: 2015–16

**Stenhousemuir**
- Scottish League Two: 2023–24

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Gary Naysmith
- **fullname**: Gary Andrew Naysmith
- **birth place**: Edinburgh, Scotland
- **currentclub**: Stenhousemuir F.C., Stenhousemuir (manager)
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Full-back, Left-back/Left winger (association football), Left-winger
- **youthclubs1**: Tynecastle F.C., Tynecastle Boys Club
- **youthclubs2**: Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale F.C., Hutchison Vale
- **youthyears3**: 1995–1996
- **youthclubs3**: Heart of Midlothian F.C. Under-20s and Academy, Heart of Midlothian
- **youthyears4**: 1995–1996
- **youthclubs4**: → Whitehill Welfare F.C., Whitehill Welfare Colts (loan)
- **years1**: 1996–2000
- **years2**: 2000–2007
- **years3**: 2007–2010
- **years4**: 2010–2012
- **years5**: 2012–2013
- **years6**: 2013–2016
- **clubs1**: Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of Midlothian
- **clubs2**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **clubs3**: Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United
- **clubs4**: Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Huddersfield Town
- **clubs5**: Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen
- **clubs6**: East Fife F.C., East Fife
- **caps1**: 96
- **goals1**: 3
- **caps2**: 134
- **goals2**: 6
- **caps3**: 79
- **goals3**: 0
- **caps4**: 36
- **goals4**: 0
- **caps5**: 9
- **goals5**: 0
- **caps6**: 72
- **goals6**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 426
- **totalgoals**: 9
- **nationalyears1**: 1996–1999
- **nationalteam1**: Scotland national under-21 football team, Scotland U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 22
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2000–2009
- **nationalteam2**: Scotland national football team, Scotland
- **nationalcaps2**: 46
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2003
- **nationalteam3**: Scotland B national football team, Scotland B
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 2013–2016
- **managerclubs1**: East Fife F.C., East Fife
- **manageryears2**: 2016–2019
- **managerclubs2**: Queen of the South F.C., Queen of the South
- **manageryears3**: 2021–2022
- **managerclubs3**: Edinburgh City F.C., Edinburgh City
- **manageryears4**: 2023–
- **managerclubs4**: Stenhousemuir F.C., Stenhousemuir