page_title: Steven Naismith
section_title: 2010–11
hierarchical_section_title: Steven Naismith / Club career / Rangers / 2010–11
caption_attribution_description: English: Rangers F.C. player Steven Naismith playing in a Scottish Premier League match against St. Mirren F.C. on 7 November 2010.
context_page_description: Steven John Naismith is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays for Heart of Midlothian and the Scotland national team. He is club captain for Hearts.
  Naismith began his career with Kilmarnock in 2004. He spent four years with the Ayrshire side where he won the SFWA Young Player of the Year award in 2006 and the SPFA Young Player of the Year award the following season. Naismith joined Rangers in the summer of 2007 for £1.9 million. While with the club he won three consecutive league titles, the Scottish Cup in 2009 and the League Cup twice.
  He signed for Premier League club Everton in 2012, and then joined Norwich City in 2016. Naismith had two separate loan spells with Heart of Midlothian, and he signed permanently with Hearts after he was released by Norwich in 2019.
  Naismith has 51 caps for Scotland national team since making his senior international debut in 2007, and has scored ten international goals. He has mainly played as a forward during his career, but has also been used as a midfielder.
context_section_description: In the first match of the 2010–11 season, Naismith scored as Rangers beat Kilmarnock 2–1. Naismith then scored in consecutive games against Dundee United and Dunfermline in September 2010. On 29 September 2010, Naismith scored the only goal of the game as Rangers defeated Bursaspor at Ibrox to gain them their first win in 12 UEFA Champions League matches. He followed this Champions League goal up with the winning goal deep into stoppage time against Hearts at Tynecastle in October. Further goals against Motherwell, Kilmarnock and St Mirren took Naismith's goal tally to eight for Rangers at the turn of the year in the 2010–11 season, and his form also won him the SPL player of the month for October.
  On 22 December 2010, Naismith signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract to stay with the Rangers, keeping him tied to the club until at least May 2015.
  After the new year, Naismith scored the winning goal in the Scottish League Cup semi final against Motherwell at Hampden Park. He was then sent off in the 2–2 draw with Celtic at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup after a second yellow card. Goals against Motherwell, Dundee United and St Johnstone took his tally to 11 for the season. Naismith then scored two goals in a 5–0 win over Motherwell in April 2011 In the final game of the 2010–11 season, Naismith scored in the 5–1 win over Kilmarnock which won the league title for Rangers for the third consecutive time.
  Season 2010–11 proved to be Naismith's most prolific in a Rangers shirt, scoring 15 goals. He was nominated for the SPFA Players' Player of the Year award after his performances throughout the 2010–11 season. Naismith won both the Rangers players' player of the year and the supporters' player of the year for season 2010–11.
caption: Naismith playing for Rangers in 2010
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