Kenny Deuchar was born in Stirling and began his part-time footballing career at Falkirk, where he made his debut on 10 August 1999 in a Scottish League Challenge Cup match against Stranraer.
22 Facts About Kenny Deuchar
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Kenny Deuchar scored his first career goal against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
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Kenny Deuchar made his debut for the club on 3 August 2002 against Peterhead, and scored his first goals, a brace on 7 September, against Gretna in a Scottish League Cup match.
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Kenny Deuchar led East Fife to promotion, whilst working as a full-time doctor.
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Kenny Deuchar was offered a place at big spending Scottish Third Division club Gretna, and signed immediately.
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Kenny Deuchar shattered the record for most league goals in a season of 24 with 38 goals in only 30 games.
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Kenny Deuchar did not leave medicine behind completely, as he continued to work one day a week at a Scottish hospital while at Gretna and worked one day a week at Wishaw General Infirmary before his move to the US.
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Jeff Stelling, host of Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday programme, always made reference to "The Good Doctor" having scored a goal whenever Kenny Deuchar's name appeared on the vidiprinter.
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On 1 December 2006, Gretna officially announced that Kenny Deuchar had requested a transfer.
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On 30 August 2007, Kenny Deuchar joined St Johnstone on emergency loan until 3 December 2007.
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Kenny Deuchar scored one of the goals as St Johnstone won the 2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final against Dunfermline Athletic.
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On 26 February 2008, Kenny Deuchar signed with Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake.
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Kenny Deuchar helped RSL to their first playoff appearance in their history and on to the Western Conference Final appearing in 30 of the team's 33 games that season.
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On 19 January 2009, Kenny Deuchar joined SPL side Hamilton Academical on a short-term contract.
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Kenny Deuchar went on to appear ten times for the club, but without scoring.
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On 4 June 2009, Kenny Deuchar signed for SPL newcomers St Johnstone, eighteen months after being on loan to the club.
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Kenny Deuchar scored the first goals during his second spell at St Johnstone when he bagged a brace against Stenhousemuir in the League Cup.
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Kenny Deuchar returned to his original club, Falkirk, on 1 July 2010.
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Kenny Deuchar made only five starts for the club and scored three times.
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Kenny Deuchar joined Stenhousemuir in February 2012 on loan until the end of the season.
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On 11 February 2014, Kenny Deuchar came out of footballing retirement to join Arbroath until the end of the season.
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In 2009 Kenny Deuchar was a company director in Town House Restaurants Ltd which owned and operated the Wheelhouse restaurant, located close to the Falkirk Wheel in Falkirk and the Boathouse restaurant at Auchinstary basin, in Kilsyth.