Cameron King | |
Fullname: | Cameron Mark King |
Birth Place: | Bury St Edmunds, England |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1995[1] |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | 2003–2014 |
Youthclubs1: | Norwich City |
Years1: | 2014–2016 |
Clubs1: | Norwich City |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs2: | Thetford Town |
Caps2: | 38 |
Goals2: | 15 |
Years3: | 2017 |
Clubs3: | Shamrock Rovers |
Caps3: | 8 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2018 |
Clubs4: | King's Lynn Town |
Caps4: | 11 |
Goals4: | 5 |
Years5: | 2018–2020 |
Clubs5: | Halifax Town |
Caps5: | 59 |
Goals5: | 8 |
Years6: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs6: | King's Lynn Town |
Caps6: | 22 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 2014 |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland U21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 14:21, 25 May 2022 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 19:23, 20 November 2014 (UTC) |
Cameron Mark King (born 10 September 1995) is a footballer who last played as a midfielder for King's Lynn. Born in England, King represents Scotland internationally.
King joined Norwich City's youth system at the age of eight.[2] King made his senior début for Norwich City on 23 September 2014 in the League Cup in a 1–0 away loss to Shrewsbury Town.[3]
In 2016 King and Norwich mutually agreed to end his contract early, in order for him to receive medical care for persistent migraines.[4] [5] After seeing a specialist, King returned to football with Thetford Town, where he scored 16 goals in 45 appearances in all competitions.[6] [7] King joined League of Ireland Premier Division side Shamrock Rovers on 14 August 2017.[8]
On 24 August 2020, King re-signed for National League side Kings Lynn.[9] King was released by the club following relegation at the end of the 2021–22 season.[10]
King has represented Scotland at youth level. He scored a goal in his first appearance for the Scotland under-21s, a late equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Switzerland under-21s.[11]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Norwich City | 2014–15[12] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2015–16[13] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Thetford Town | 2016–17 | Eastern Counties League Premier Division | 38 | 15 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 45 | 16 | ||
Shamrock Rovers | 2017 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
King's Lynn Town | 2017–18[14] [15] | Southern League Premier Division | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | ||
FC Halifax Town | 2018–19 | National League | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | National League | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 35 | 7 | |||
Total | 59 | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | 0 | 70 | 9 | ||||
King's Lynn Town | 2020–21 | National League | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||||
Career total | 138 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 164 | 33 |