Cammy MacPherson

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Cammy MacPherson
Personal information
Full name Cameron MacPherson
Date of birth (1998-12-29) 29 December 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
St Mirren
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2022 St Mirren 61 (4)
2017–2018 → Stranraer (loan) 9 (1)
2021–2022 → St Johnstone (loan) 10 (0)
2022–2025 St Johnstone 54 (0)
2025 → Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) 6 (0)
2025– Greenock Morton 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 November 2024

Cameron MacPherson (born 29 December 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Greenock Morton as a midfielder. [1]

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Career

MacPherson started out in the youth system of St Mirren, prior to appearing for the first-team. [2] He made his career debut on 21 January 2017 during a Scottish Cup fixture with Dundee, while his Championship bow arrived ten months later against Falkirk on 21 October. [1] [2] In total, MacPherson featured six times for St Mirren throughout 2017–18. [1] On 30 January 2018, Stranraer of League One loaned MacPherson. [1] [3] One goal, versus Arbroath on 20 February, in nine matches followed as the club finished 5th. [1] [4] He returned to his parent club in August 2018, before netting his first goal for them in December against Aberdeen at St Mirren Park. [1]

In October 2019, MacPherson signed a two-year contract extension with St Mirren, keeping him at the club until 2022. [5]

MacPherson moved on loan to St Johnstone in August 2021. [6] After MacPherson signed a pre-contract agreement with St Johnstone in January 2022, his parent club St Mirren recalled him in order to negotiate terms for selling him to St Johnstone on a permanent deal. [7] MacPherson joined St Johnstone permanently for an undisclosed fee on 24 January.

He also went on loan to Tampa Bay Rowdies where he made 8 appearances before getting another injury to end his time in USA [8]

Career statistics

As of 10 April 2021 [1] [9]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League Cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Mirren 2016–17 Scottish Championship 001000—0010
2017–18 401000—1060
2018–19 Scottish Premiership 1311030—00171
2019–20 1624030—00232
2020–21 2810060—00341
Total61470120—10814
Stranraer (loan) 2017–18 Scottish League One 910000—0091
St Mirren U212018–19————2 [c] 2 [d] 22
2019–20————2 [e] 1 [f] 21
Career total70570120—53948
  1. ↑ Includes the Scottish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes the Scottish League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in 2018–19 Scottish Challenge Cup
  4. ↑ Goals in 2018–19 Scottish Challenge Cup
  5. ↑ Appearances in 2019–20 Scottish Challenge Cup
  6. ↑ Goals in 2019–20 Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

St Mirren [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Scotland - C. MacPherson". Soccerway. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Cameron MacPherson signs contract extension". St Mirren F.C. 28 February 2017. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Cameron MacPherson joins Stranraer on loan". St Mirren F.C. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Cameron MacPherson". Stranraer F.C. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "CAMMY MACPHERSON EXTENDS DEAL TILL 2022". www.stmirren.com. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "St Johnstone: Jason Kerr & Ali McCann depart as replacements arrive". www.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Cammy MacPherson: St Mirren explain why midfielder has been recalled from St Johnstone - despite signing pre-contract with Perth club". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Saints sign Cammy MacPherson". St Johnstone Football Club. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Cameron MacPherson - Football Stats". Soccerbase. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.