Mason Hancock

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Mason Hancock
Personal information
Full name Mason Colin Hancock [1]
Date of birth (2003-02-10) 10 February 2003 (age 20) [1]
Place of birth Surrey, England
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Airdrieonians
Youth career
2010–2018 Fulham
2018–2019 Oxford United
2019–2020 Woking
2020–2022 Aberdeen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Aberdeen 0 (0)
2022Stirling Albion (loan) 13 (0)
2022Arbroath (loan) 11 (0)
2023 Airdrieonians 19 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:53, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Mason Colin Hancock (born 10 February 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Championship outfit Airdrieonians. Hancock has previously played for Aberdeen, Stirling Albion and Arbroath.

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Career

Aberdeen

Originally starting his career with Fulham, where he spent eight years, Hancock also had spells with Oxford United and Woking, before moving to Scotland to join Aberdeen in 2020. [2] Following his arrival, he quickly progressed through the youth ranks and within the space of a year he was in and around the first-team squad, featuring as an unused substitute in their Scottish Premiership fixture with Heart of Midlothian. [3]

Six months later, Hancock signed a new one-year contract extension, tying him to the club until May 2023. Following this, he was loaned to Scottish League Two side Stirling Albion for the remainder of the season. [4] He went onto feature fourteen times in all competitions. [1]

Ahead of the 2022–23 campaign, Hancock was assigned the number 26 jersey. [5] On 10 July 2022, he made his first-team debut starting in a 2–0 victory over Peterhead in the Scottish League Cup. However he was substituted after 35 minutes after sustaining an injury. [6] On 28 July 2022, he featured four times for Aberdeen in the Scottish League Cup and was sent out on loan to Arbroath for the remainder of the season. [7] After making 13 appearances for Arbroath, Hancock returned to Aberdeen after sustaining a serious knee injury. [8] He left the club in 2023. [9]

Airdrieonians

Hancock signed for Scottish Championship outfit Airdrieonians in August 2023. [10] Scored his first goal for the club in a 2-1 win v Queen's Park in the Scottish Championship at Hampden on 30th December 2023.

Career statistics

As of match played 1 January 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague National Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aberdeen U20 2021–22 [1] 3 [lower-alpha 1] 030
Aberdeen 2021–22 [1] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2022–23 [1] Scottish Premiership00004040
Total0000400040
Stirling Albion (loan) 2021–22 [1] Scottish League Two 13010140
Arbroath (loan) 2022–23 [1] Scottish Championship 11000101 [lower-alpha 1] 0130
Career total240105040340
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

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