Macaulay Tait

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Macaulay Tait
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-08-27) 27 August 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland [1]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Livingston
(on loan from Heart of Midlothian)
Number 25
Youth career
Lochend Boys Club
Celtic
Heart of Midlothian
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Heart of Midlothian 12 (0)
2025 → Livingston (loan) 15 (0)
2025– → Livingston (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2024– Scotland U19 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:08, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Macaulay Tait (born 27 August 2005) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Livingston on loan from Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian. [2]

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Career

Having initially been scouted playing for local Edinburgh club Lochend Boys Club, Tait joined Celtic aged eight, before joining Heart of Midlothian. [3] He signed a two-year deal with the club in April 2023 having impressed for the reserve side in the Lowland Football League whom he captained. [4] [5]

Having made his debut in December 2023, [6] he signed a new four-year deal in February 2024. [7] [8] [9]

On 24 January 2025, Tait joined Scottish Championship side Livingston on loan for the remainder of the season. [10] Tait featured 23 times for Livingston, helping them to a second-placed finish in the Championship. [11] Livingston would go on to play-off success, with Tait playing in both the semi-final and final victories, which secured promotion back to the Premiership. [11]

On 27 June 2025, Hearts announced that Tait had re-joined Livingston on a season-long loan. [11] [12]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 July 2025
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Heart of Midlothian 2023–24 [13] Scottish Premiership 120200000–140
2024–25 [14] Scottish Premiership0000002 [a] 0–20
Total120200020–160
Livingston (loan) 2024–25 Scottish Championship 1502000–6 [b] 0230
Livingston (loan) 2025–26 Scottish Premiership1600051––31
Career total27040312060421
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  2. ↑ Two appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup, four appearances in Scottish Premiership play-offs

Honours

Livingston

References

  1. ↑ "The One Touch Kid". Edinburgh Evening News . 10 January 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "MACAULAY TAIT". Heart of Midlothian . Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Inside story on Hearts' Macaulay Tait". Edinburgh Evening News . 10 January 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Hearts tie down Macaulay Tait as he makes 'next level' admission over Lowland League challenge". Edinburgh Live. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Steven Naismith bigs up Peter Haring's midfield role in Hearts squad". The Herald . 27 April 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "5 Scottish Premiership teenage talents everyone will want". Daily Record . 28 February 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Tait Pens Long Term Deal". Heart of Midlothian F.C. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "Macaulay Tait signs a new long-term deal at Hearts with the promise of more to come". Edinburgh Evening News . 9 February 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Tait signs long-term Hearts deal". BBC Sport . 9 February 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "Welcome, Macaulay Tait!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 "Taits Livi Loan". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian F.C. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Livingston deal for Hearts midfielder Macaulay Tait - including a key clause". .edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Macaulay Tait in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Macaulay Tait in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "Queen's Park vs Livingston". BBC. 30 March 2025.
  16. ↑ "Ross County 2-4 Livingston". BBC. 26 May 2025.