Player Profile: Gary Wales

Full Name: Gary Wales

Nickname: Walsey

Squad No: 10

Position: Forward/Striker

Date of Birth: 4th January 1979

Birth Place: East Calder

Height: 5ft 10ins

Former Clubs: Hamilton, Hearts, Walsall (loan), Gillingham

Signed for Killie: 10th July 2004

Contract Ends: May  2007

Notes: Gary left Hamilton in 1999 to join Jim Jefferies at Hearts with £50,000 going in the opposite direction. He spent just over four years at Tynecastle making over 100 appearances and scoring 11 goals, hence we see him more as a forward than a striker. He was freed by Hearts after a loan spell at Walsall and went down south to Gillingham but never settled and stayed there only four months. When Gary McSwegan opted for a longer contract at Ross County in the summer of 2004 Jefferies offered Wales the chance to move back north as a replacement which of course he accepted. Gary can best be described as a decent squad player who has a good engine (©Killie Hippo) and puts in a good shift whenever he plays. While not an out and out striker he can be relied upon to be there and there abouts when the team is attacking, looking to get in among the goals. Contract Update: In May of 2006, Gary was signed up for another full season thru May of 2007.