fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place nationalteam height position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
richard gillies 1997-2000 2000 2000-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 aberdeen partick thistle hawke 's bay united stranraer → st. mirren -lrb- loan -rrb- st. mirren 180 44 4 156 31 18 6 38 1 0 33 0 0 2 glasgow , scotland scotland u21 5 ft 10 in on midfielder 7 1996 -- 1997 24 august 1976 ricky gillies
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ricky gillies

ricky gillies -lrb- born 24 august 1976 -rrb- is a scottish former professional footballer .
before joining st.mirren fc , he played his trade with barrhead boys club , up until the age of 15 .
he is most notable for his career with st. mirren .
an attacking midfielder , gillies was regarded as one of the most promising youngsters in scotland when he came into the first team at st mirren .
he attracted considerable interest from liverpool , newcastle utd along with other clubs in both scotland and england during his first spell at the club before a move to aberdeen in 1997 for # 460,000 .
he was awarded a testimonial in 2002 , and left for partick thistle in 2005 .
he spent a year as player-coach in new zealand with jonathan gould at hawksbay united before returning to scotland .
he is currently director of operations for the prolegal group in conjunction with pfa scotland .
