First Team
Ryan McGowan signs for Saints
22nd July 2022
The Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Ryan McGowan. The 32-year-old has signed on a two year contract.
McGowan has spent time previously at a variety of Scottish clubs including Hearts, Dundee United, Dundee, Ayr and Partick Thistle.
He has also had various spells around the world with Guizhou Zhicheng, Al-Sharjah and most recently at Kuwait SC.
McGowan has also represented his nation, Australia, on 22 occasions. He was part of the 2014 FIFA World Cup squad that travelled to Brazil.
The defender spoke to SaintsTV about how delighted he is to get the move to McDiarmid Park finalised:
“I’m delighted to get the deal done. It has been a long process trying to get out of my previous club, I am delighted to be here and I am looking forward to get started.
“There has been interested for a couple of weeks now. I had to sort a few things out with my old club, as soon as that was sorted it was all systems go. I am delighted to get here before the start of the season.
“There is a number of reasons. I have a big personal connection to Scotland, it’s basically my second home. It was a good opportunity to get back here and play in the Premier League. There is a lot of fellow Australians here and I think it will be a good league this year.
“I think it’s important to have a good blend of youth and experience. I have trained a few times now and we already have a good level of young players from what I can see. It is important for me as one of the older boys to make sure I can help them in anyway possible. Most of all I have to make sure I help the club; we want to be successful this year. It was a disappointing season last year and we want to make sure we do well this time. Not only in the league but the cup competitions as well.
To find out what else our newest signging said, head over to SaintsTV now to watch the interview!