Josh Doig

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Josh Doig
Personal information
Full name Josh Thomas Doig
Date of birth (2002-05-18) 18 May 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m) [1]
Position(s) Left-back, left wing-back
Team information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 3
Youth career
Heart of Midlothian
2019–2020 Hibernian
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 Hibernian 62 (1)
2020 → Queen's Park (loan) 7 (0)
2022–2024 Hellas Verona 34 (2)
2024– Sassuolo 16 (0)
International career‡
2019 Scotland U18 1 (0)
2021– Scotland U21 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:14, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Josh Thomas Doig (born 18 May 2002) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for Serie B club Sassuolo. He has previously played for Hibernian, Queen's Park and Hellas Verona, and has represented Scotland at the under-21 level.

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Early life

Josh Thomas Doig was born on 18 May 2002 in Edinburgh. [2]

Club career

Hibernian

Doig first signed with Hibernian during the summer of 2019, having previously been in the youth system of their Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts. [3] [4] In February 2020, he signed a contract with Hibernian to run until the summer of 2023 and was loaned to League Two club Queen's Park for the rest of the 2019–20 season. [5]

Doig was added to the Hibs first team squad ahead of the 2020–21 season, [6] and he made his first competitive appearance for the club on 1 August 2020 in a 2–1 win against Kilmarnock. [7] Doig played regularly for Hibs during the 2020–21 season, and in January 2021 it was reported by BBC Sport that English Premier League clubs and Celtic had expressed interest in signing him. [8] Doig scored his first senior goal on 20 February 2021, in a 2–0 win for Hibs against Hamilton. [9] Doig then signed a new contract with Hibs, which was due to expire in the summer of 2025. [10] [11] At the end of his breakthrough season with Hibs, Doig won the SFWA Young Player of the Year award. [12]

Amid transfer speculation, Doig returned to Hibernian's squad starting in his first game back against Ross County where Hibernian won 3–0 on 9 August 2021. [13] [14]

On 20 November 2021, Doig signed a new long-term contract at Hibernian. [15] Hibs accepted an offer of over £3 million for Doig from Italian club Hellas Verona in July 2022. [16]

Hellas Verona

Doig completed his move to Hellas Verona on 13 July 2022, signing a four-year contract with the Italian side. [17] He later admitted that he wanted to escape the pressures of playing for one of the big two Edinburgh clubs. [18] He made his Serie A debut in a 1–0 loss to Atalanta. Doig provided an assist on his second appearance a week later. He scored a goal on his first start for Verona, a 2–1 win against Sampdoria on 4 September. [19] On 3 October 2022, Doig scored his second goal for Hellas Verona, a volley, later voted one of the best goals of the season in Serie A. He made 22 appearances in Serie A in the 2022–23 season, and recorded two goals and four assists. In the following 2023–24 season, he made twelve Serie A appearances, missing four games through injury.

Sassuolo

After Hellas Verona refused to allow a transfer to Marseille in France, Doig joined fellow Serie A club Sassuolo on 20 January 2024 for a fee of €6 million, plus €1 million in add-ons, with a 10% sell-on clause in favor of Verona on a future transfer. [20] [21] He was handed the number 43 shirt.

On 28 January 2024, Doig made his debut during the 22nd Serie A matchday against AC Monza as a left-back. He provided two assists and played his 50th Serie A match against Lazio in a 1–1 draw at the Stadio Olimpico.

International career

Doig was selected in a Scotland U18 squad in September 2019, and played in a 2–1 win against Paraguay. [22] The following month, he was selected in the Scotland U19 squad.

In May 2021, after a successful individual season for Doig in which he was named the SFWA Young Player of the Year, he was selected for the Scotland under-21 squad. He was later forced to withdraw through injury. [23]

Doig was added to the full Scotland squad for the first time in September 2022. [24] He was selected for the full squad again in November 2023, following injuries to Andrew Robertson, Kieran Tierney. [25]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 May 2024 [26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hibernian Under-20s 2019–20 SPFL Development League —1010
Queen's Park FC (loan) 2019–20 Scottish League Two 70———70
Hibernian 2019–20 Scottish Premiership 001000—10
2020–21 Scottish Premiership2815020—351
2021–22 Scottish Premiership34030302 [a] 0420
Total621905020781
Hellas Verona 2022–23 Serie A 22200—00222
2023–24 12020——140
Total34220—00362
Sassuolo 2023–24 Serie A16000——160
Career total119311050301383
  1. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Conference League

Honours

Hibernian

Individual

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