International Career
Naismith, whose father was born in Wales, was approached by the Wales national under-21 football team, but he decided to play for his homeland instead. One of his grandmothers was born in England. Naismith scored on his debut for the Scotland national under-21 football team, in a 4–0 victory against Iceland U21s in March 2006. In the same month he scored on his debut for the Scotland B team, against Turkey B in a 3–2 defeat.
Naismith was called up to the Scotland squad for the first time in June 2007, and made his debut as a late substitute in the 2–0 win over the Faroe Islands. Naismith captained the Scotland U21 team later that year, and scored a winning goal against the Czech Republic U21s. Naismith received his second international cap when he started the world cup qualifier against Holland at Hampden Park in September 2009 which Scotland lost 1–0. Naismith's third international cap was against Wales in a 3–0 friendly defeat.
Naismith was selected for all three of Scotlands matches in the Nations Cup when Scotland reached the final but were defeated by the Republic of Ireland.
In the Euro 2012 championship qualifiers Naismith played in both matches home and away against Lithuania, both matches against the Czech Republic, the home match against Lichtenstein and the home match against Spain. Naismith scored his first goal for Scotland in the 3–2 loss to Spain on 12 October 2010 in the Euro 2012 qualifiers. Naismith scored the winning goal in the home match against Lithuania in September 2011 to keep Scotland's hopes of reaching the Euro 2012 alive.
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