Steven May (born 3 November 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Livingston, on loan from St Johnstone.

May began playing football aged ten and started his career as a member of St Johnstone's youth squad.

[2][3] Aged 16, May made his first team debut on 11 May 2009 as a substitute against Airdrie United in the Scottish First Division scoring his first senior goal.

[11] He made his league debut for Alloa on 10 December against Queen's Park,[12] going on to score his first goals on 2 January 2012, netting a hat-trick for The Wasps in a 3–1 win against East Stirlingshire.

Awarded a starting place, he scored the equaliser against Europa League opponents, Rosenborg, in a famous 2–1 aggregate win.

In a match against Inverness CT on 5 October, May provided a triple assist and scored, as St Johnstone won 4–0.

[51] In the Scottish Cup Final, May started the match and provided an assist for Steven MacLean as they beat Dundee United 2–0 at Celtic Park.

[58] May scored in 2014–15 UEFA Europa League games against Luzern and Spartak Trnava amid continuing transfer speculation.

[59][60][61] May joined Football League Championship side Sheffield Wednesday on 9 August 2014, signing a four-year deal.

[62][63] Upon the move, Manager Stuart Gray believed that May had expectations to become a success at the club[64] and May, himself, felt it was the right decision to leave St Johnstone at the right time.

[73] Whilst playing for Preston against Fulham in November 2015, May suffered a knee ligament injury which ruled him out for the rest of the season.

[76] May joined Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen on a four-year deal in August 2017, for an undisclosed fee thought to be around £300,000, reuniting with former St Johnstone manager Derek McInnes.

[78] May scored his first goal for Aberdeen in a 2–1 victory over Dundee; coincidentally this was timed at the 11th minute of the game, creating a further reference to the club's European honours (11 May 83).

[80] On 29 August 2019, May signed for St Johnstone for a second time, agreeing a two-year contract with the option of a further year.

[85] On 30 September 2014, May was called up to the senior Scotland national football team for Euro 2016 Group D qualifying matches against Georgia and Poland.

[86] On 18 November 2014 he made his international debut, coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute in a friendly against England at Celtic Park.