Chris Hamilton (footballer, born 2001)

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Chris Hamilton
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-07-13) 13 July 2001 (age 22)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Dunfermline Athletic
Number 5
Youth career
Crossgates Primrose
2009–2018 Heart of Midlothian
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Heart of Midlothian 1 (0)
2018–2019Berwick Rangers (loan) 4 (0)
2019–2020Cowdenbeath (loan) 20 (0)
2020Dumbarton (loan) 7 (0)
2021Stirling Albion (loan) 0 (0)
2021–2022Arbroath (loan) 28 (0)
2022– Dunfermline Athletic 63 (3)
International career
Scotland U16
2016–2018 Scotland U17 10 (0)
2018 Scotland U18 2 (0)
2018– Scotland U19 2 (0)
2018– Scotland U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:50, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Chris Hamilton (born 13 July 2001) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Dunfermline Athletic as a defensive midfielder.

Contents

Early life

Hamilton grew up as a Dunfermline Athletic fan. [1]

Club career

Hamilton moved from Crossgates Primrose to Heart of Midlothian at the age of 8. [2]

He made his senior debut for Hearts on 13 May 2018, in a 1–0 league defeat away at Kilmarnock. [3] He was one of four Hearts youth players to make their debuts in that match, alongside Cammy Logan, Leeroy Makovora and Connor Smith. [4] [5]

Hamilton joined Scottish League One side Dumbarton on loan in September 2020. [6] Hamilton scored his first senior goal for the Sons on his full debut, in a 3–2 defeat to Clyde on 10 October 2020, a match in which he was also sent off. [7] On 8 January 2021, Hamilton joined Scottish League Two side Stirling Albion on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. [8]

In July 2021 he was loaned to Scottish Championship club Arbroath. [9]

In June 2022 Hamilton signed for his boyhood club Dunfermline Athletic on a long term deal. [1] [10] He was named vice captain as the season began [11] and the team achieved an immediate return to the Championship, winning League One in April 2023. [12]

International career

Hamilton was captain of the Scotland under-16 Victory Shield squad. [2] He has also represented Scotland at under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 youth levels. [13]

Selected for the Scotland under-21 squad in the 2018 Toulon Tournament, [14] the team lost to Turkey in a penalty-out and finished fourth. [15]

Career statistics

As of 8 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueScottish CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Heart of Midlothian 2017–18 [3] Scottish Premiership 1000000010
Heart of Midlothian U20/U21 [lower-alpha 1] 2017–18 2020
2018–19 1010
2019–20 3030
Hearts Total1000006070
Berwick Rangers (Loan) 2018–19 Scottish League Two 4020000060
Cowdenbeath (Loan) 2019–20 200000000200
Dumbarton (Loan) 2020–21 Scottish League One 70003100101
Stirling Albion (Loan) [16] 2020–21 Scottish League Two 101100000111
Arbroath (Loan) [17] 2021–22 Scottish Championship 280301030350
Dunfermline Athletic [18] 2022-23 Scottish League One 30130512 [lower-alpha 1] 0402
2023-24 [19] Scottish Championship 0000000000
Dunfermline Total301305120402
Career total100290921101294
  1. 1 2 Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup.

Honours

Dunfermline Athletic

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References

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  2. 1 2 Barry Anderson (29 March 2017). "Hearts academy laying local foundations for the future". Edinburgh Evening News. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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  10. "Hamilton Comes Home | Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". dafc.co.uk.
  11. @officialdafc (2 September 2022). "Confirming your Captain and Vice for the season ahead 🏁©️Kyle Benedictus Vice©️ @chrishamilton__ 👏" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  12. 1 2 "Dunfermline Athletic win cinch League 1 | SPFL". spfl.co.uk.
  13. Chris Hamilton at the Scottish Football Association
  14. "Scotland Under-21 squad announced for Toulon tournament". Scottish Football Association. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  15. "Scotland finish fourth at the Toulon tournament after shoot-out defeat to Turkey". Scottish Football Association. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
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  17. "Games played by Chris Hamilton in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
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