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{{Short description|Scottish footballer (born 1971)}}
{{About|the former Nottingham Forest and Scotland player|the former St. Mirren and Clyde player|Scott Gemmill}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Scot Gemmill
| fullname = Scot Gemmill<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|7139|accessdate=15 May 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1971|1|2}}<ref name=Hugman/>
| birth_place = [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]], Scotland<ref name=Hugman/>
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[Scotland national under-21 football team|Scotland U21]] (head coach)
| youthyears1 = 1987–1990
| youthclubs1 = [[Nottingham Forest F.C. Under-23s, Under-18s and Academy|Nottingham Forest]]
| years1 = 1990–1999
| clubs1 = [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]
| caps1 = 245
| goals1 = 21
| years2 = 1999–2004
| clubs2 = [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
| caps2 = 97
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 2004
| clubs3 = → [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] (loan)
| caps3 = 7
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2004–2006
| clubs4 = [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]
| caps4 = 17
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2006
| clubs5 = [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]]
| caps5 = 1
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2006–2007
| clubs6 = [[New Zealand Knights]]
| caps6 = 20
| goals6 = 0
| totalcaps = 387
| totalgoals = 27
| nationalyears1 = 1991–1992<ref>[http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu21/player_games.php?playerid=188 Scotland U21 player Scot Gemmill], FitbaStats</ref>
| nationalteam1 = [[Scotland national under-21 football team|Scotland U21]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1994–1995<ref>[http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandb/player.php?playerid=96 Scotland B player Scot Gemmill], FitbaStats</ref>
| nationalteam2 = [[Scotland national B football team|Scotland B]]
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1995–2003
| nationalteam3 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| nationalcaps3 = 26
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2014–2016
| managerclubs1 = [[Scotland national under-17 football team|Scotland U17]]
| manageryears2 = 2016–
| managerclubs2 = [[Scotland national under-21 football team|Scotland U21]]
}}
'''Scot Gemmill''' (born 2 January 1971) is a Scottish [[association football|football]] coach and former professional player, who is the head coach of the [[Scotland national under-21 football team|Scotland under-21]] team.

As a player, he was a [[midfielder]] who notably played in the [[Premier League]] for [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]],  [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] and [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]], in the [[English Football League]] for [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] and [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]] before finishing career with the [[New Zealand Knights F.C.|New Zealand Knights]]. He was capped 26 times by [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]], scoring 1 goal.

Following retirement, Gemmill has worked as a coach for Oxford United, before taking up a role initially with the [[Scotland national under-17 football team|Scotland U17]] team.

==Club career==
Gemmill started his career at [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] as an apprentice on leaving school in the summer of 1987 and two years later he was given a professional contract by manager [[Brian Clough]], who then gave him his first team debut on 30 March 1991 in a 3–1 defeat by [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]] at [[Plough Lane (1912–98)|Plough Lane]].

Gemmill established himself as a regular player in [[1991-92 in English football|1991–92]], when he scored eight goals in 39 league games and also helped Forest win the [[Full Members Cup|ZDS Cup]] (scoring twice in the final including the winner) as well as finish runners-up in the [[Football League Cup]]. He remained a regular first team player until he was sold to [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] for £250,000 on 25 March 1999. During his 12 years at the [[City Ground]] he was involved in two promotion winning teams ([[1993-94 Football League#First Division|1994]] and [[1997-98 Football League#First Division|1998]]), three relegated teams ([[1992-93 Premier League|1993]], [[1996-97 Premier League|1997]] and [[1998-99 Premier League|1999]]), was part of a third-place finish in [[1994-95 Premier League|1995]], a run to the quarter finals of the [[UEFA Cup]] in [[1995-96 UEFA Cup|1996]], and played under five different managers.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=40160 | title=A photographic encyclopedia of footballers, athletes, golfers, tennis player, rugby players and cricketers - Home }}</ref>

By the end of the [[2002-03 in English football|2002–03 season]], he had played 97 Premier League games for Everton but his first team chances had become increasingly limited since [[David Moyes]] replaced [[Walter Smith]] as manager in March 2002. He did not make a single league appearances for the Toffees in the [[2003-04 in English football|2003–04]] season, during which he spent seven games on loan at [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] and scored once against Bradford.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3568001.stm |title=Preston 1–0 Bradford |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Sport |date=3 April 2004 |access-date=12 February 2010}}</ref>

At the start of [[2004-05 in English football|2004–05]] he ended a spell of more than five years at [[Goodison Park]] when he signed for [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] on a free transfer. He played 17 games in two years at the [[Walkers Stadium]] before a one-game spell at [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]], before he finished his career with a one-year spell at the [[New Zealand Knights F.C.|New Zealand Knights]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=40162 | title=A photographic encyclopedia of footballers, athletes, golfers, tennis player, rugby players and cricketers - Home }}</ref> where he was a [[Marquee player (A-League)|marquee player]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=10940764|title=Knights stars face cream of the Bay|work=[[Hawke's Bay Today]] |publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=15 June 2006|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref>

==International career==
Gemmill was part of the Scotland squads for the [[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 96]] and [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]] but failed to make an appearance in either, a situation he described for the latter as "bittersweet" and "heartbreaking".<ref name="Gemmill Q&A">{{
cite news
|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10396971
|publisher=New Zealand Herald
|title=Star Q&A: Scot Gemmill
|date=19 August 2006
|first=Chris
|last=Rattue
}}</ref>

He won 26 caps for Scotland and scored one goal, against a [[Hong Kong League XI]] in a [[HKSAR Reunification Cup|Reunification Cup]] match in 2002. Gemmill played his last game for Scotland in April 2003, in a 2–0 home friendly defeat to [[Austria national football team|Austria]], as a half-time substitute.

==Coaching career==
His first steps in to coaching were as a player/coach under [[Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940)|Jim Smith]] at Oxford United in 2006. He then became player/coach at the [[New Zealand Knights FC|New Zealand Knights]] in the Australian [[A-League]].

In March 2014, he was appointed as head coach of the [[Scotland national under-17 football team|Scotland U17]] team for the [[2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Andrew|title=Mark Wotte backs Scott Gemmill to flourish|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/mark-wotte-backs-scott-gemmill-to-flourish-1-3347133|work=The Scotsman|access-date=5 May 2014|date=20 March 2014}}</ref> Gemmill was appointed [[Scotland national under-21 football team|Scotland U21]] head coach in September 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37294399 |title=Scotland U21: Coach Ricky Sbragia makes way for Scot Gemmill |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=7 September 2016 |access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He is the son of Scottish former international footballer [[Archie Gemmill]].

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT|5789}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
|1995||4||0
|-
|1996||2||0
|-
|1997||5||0
|-
|1998||2||0
|-
|1999||2||0
|-
|2000||colspan="2"|—
|-
|2001||3||0
|-
|2002||6||1
|-
|2003||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!26!!1
|}

:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.''<ref>[http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=2492&playerID=35478&squadID=1 SFA profile]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 23 May 2002 || [[Hong Kong Stadium]], [[Hong Kong]] || [[Hong Kong League XI]] || align=center |'''4'''–0 || align=center |4–0 || [[HKSAR Reunification Cup]]
|-
|}

==Honours==
'''Nottingham Forest'''
*[[Football League First Division]]: [[1997–98 Football League First Division|1997–98]]
*[[Football League Cup]] runner-up: [[1992 Football League Cup Final|1991–92]]
*[[Full Members Cup]]: [[1992 Full Members' Cup Final|1991–92]]

'''Individual'''
* [[PFA Team of the Year]]: [[1993–94 Football League#First Division|1993–94 First Division]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=150}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/a-league/scot-gemmill.html Scot Gemmill Interview]
* [http://www.knightsfc.com/default.aspx?s=playerprofile&pid=237 Official profile] from Knights FC
* {{Soccerbase}}

{{1993–94 Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year}}
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