Billy Gilmour joins Napoli
SSC Napoli announces the arrival of Billy Gilmour from Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club on a permanent deal.
BIO
Billy Gilmour
Date of birth: 11/06/2001
City of birth: Irvine, Scotland
Age: 23
Height: 170 cm
Nationality: Scottish
Position: Midfielder
Club career
Season | Team | League appearances | Goals | Cup appearances | Gol | International competition appearances | Goals |
2024/25 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023/24 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
2022/23 | Brighton | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021/22 | Norwich City | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020/21 | Chelsea U21/Chelsea | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2019/20 | Chelsea U21 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2018/19 | Chelsea U21 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
2017/18 | Chelsea U18 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Total | - | 124 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 23 | 4 |
Senior international caps: 30
Senior international goals: 1
Last season, Billy Gilmour was the Brighton player with the highest percentage of successful passes in the opposing half in all competitions (88.4%, 1218/1378), among team-mates with a minimum of 900 passes attempted.
He also recorded his record number of appearances a single season in all competitions (41 with Brighton), far surpassing the 28 he made for Norwich in 2021/22.
In addition, the Scottish midfielder provided two assists last season in all competitions, equalling his assist record (two in both 2021/22 with Norwich and 2022/23 with Brighton).