Billy Clifford Gilmour is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Scotland national team.Information Guide Nigeria

Club career

Rangers

Unarguably, reports has made it clear that Billy Gilmour spent three months at a young age with Celtic, before moving to Rangers due to the logistics of attending training. The young star made his debut for the under-20 development team in the month of December 2016 at the age of 15, and was invited to train with the first-team squad the following month by manager Mark Warburton. The midfielder was given a squad number and, following Warburton’s departure from the club, was twice included in the provisional squad for the Scottish Cup matches by Rangers caretaker manager Graeme Murty.Information Guide Nigeria

However, it was reported that the next Rangers manager, Pedro Caixinha, described Gilmour as a player with a “bright future” and held talks with the player’s family in an attempt to persuade him to stay with the club. However, in the month of May 2017, Rangers announced that they had reached an agreement for Gilmour to join Chelsea for a “significant fee”.

Again, reports suggested that Chelsea would pay an initial development fee of around £500,000, with potential further payments dependent on his progress. SFA Performance Director Malky Mackay had advised Gilmour and his family that he should stay at Rangers, as he would have had more chance of gaining first team experience. Mackay said, “I really hope he goes out on loan quickly to someone and keeps progressing”.Information Guide Nigeria

Chelsea

Youth

Report from Football.london has it that Gilmour became officially contracted to Chelsea in July 2017, following his 16th birthday. The young star joined the club’s under-18 squad, making a goalscoring debut in an Under-18 Premier League match against Arsenal during September 2017, and going on to score in each of his first three appearances. And in the month of July 2018, after turning 17, Gilmour signed his first professional contract with Chelsea.Information Guide Nigeria

2019–20

On the 10th of July 2019, Newly-appointed Chelsea manager Frank Lampard gave Gilmour his senior debut, in a pre-season friendly against Bohemians in Dublin. And it was reported that his first appearance in a competitive matchday squad for the first-team came in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup against Liverpool, when he was an unused substitute.NYSC Portal

Unarguably, Billy made his Premier League debut on 31 August against Sheffield United, coming on in the 84th minute for Tammy Abraham. He made his full debut on the 25th of September, playing the full 90 minutes in a 7–1 EFL Cup win against Grimsby Town. Again, the young midfielder was added to the Chelsea first-team squad on a permanent basis in February 2020. Gilmour was widely praised for his performance in a 2–0 win against Liverpool in an FA Cup tie on 3 March. He would later make his first Premier League start later that week on the 8th of March against Everton, earning Man of the Match honours in a 4-0 win. The midfielder did not play much for the next six months or so, due to the lockdown caused by COVID-19 and a knee injury. Statistics however has it that Gilmour made 11 appearances for the Chelsea first team during the 2019–20 season.NYSC Portal

2021–22: loan to Norwich City

BBC sport reported that in the month of July 2021, Gilmour joined fellow Premier League club Norwich City on a season-long loan. The young star cited fellow Scotland international Grant Hanley as an influencing factor in his decision to join the club. As a matter of fact, he played 28 times for Norwich during the 2021–22 season, but the team finished last in the 2021–22 Premier League and were relegated.
And in the month of June 2022, Chelsea exercised an option to extend Gilmour’s contract to the end of the 2023–24 season.NYSC Portal

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International career

As per reports from various reporters, Gilmour played for the Scotland under-16s in the 2016 Victory Shield tournament. The young star made his Scotland under-17 debut against Italy in the month of August 2017, and scored his first international goal in a 2–1 defeat against England two days later. Under-21 debut followed when he featured in a 1–0 win against France at the 2018 Toulon Tournament, and won the Revelation of the Tournament award after helping Scotland to a fourth-placed finish.

According to ESPN report, Billy Gilmour was included in the Scotland for UEFA Euro 2020 by Steve Clarke. The young talent made his full international debut on the 2nd of June 2021, coming off the bench in the 81st minute of a pre-tournament friendly against the Netherlands. Gilmour made his first start for Scotland in a goalless draw against England on the 18th of June, and was awarded man of the match by UEFA. But unfortunately for him, he tested positive for COVID-19, meaning that he missed Scotland’s final group game against Croatia.NYSC Portal

Billy Gilmour’s net worth and salary

According to football.london report, Billy Gilmour is currently earning 450 Thousand Euros (400 Thousand Euros) per year. We have crunched the numbers, which suggest that Gilmour has a net worth of €4.5 Million (£4 Million). The primary sources of his earnings are professional contracts and sponsorship deals.

Honours

Chelsea Youth

U18 Premier League: 2017–18

FA Youth Cup: 2017–18

Chelsea

UEFA Champions League: 2020–21

FA Cup runner-up: 2020–21

Individual

Chelsea Academy Player of the Year: 2019–20

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