Oli Shaw

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Oli Shaw
Personal information
Full name Oliver Glen Shaw [1]
Date of birth (1998-03-12) 12 March 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Motherwell
(on loan from Barnsley)
Number 18
Youth career
Heart of Midlothian
2013–2016 Hibernian
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2020 Hibernian 46 (10)
2016–2017 → Stenhousemuir (loan) 24 (7)
2020–2021 Ross County 33 (6)
2021–2023 Kilmarnock 52 (14)
2023– Barnsley 7 (0)
2023– → Motherwell (loan) 13 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Scotland U19 7 (2)
2018–2019 Scotland U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:30, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:31, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Oliver Glen Shaw (born 12 March 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Motherwell, on loan from Barnsley.[ citation needed ] He has previously played for Kilmarnock, Hibernian, Stenhousemuir, Ross County and represented Scotland at the under-19 and under-21 levels.

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Early life

Shaw is from the Barnton area of Edinburgh, and although a Hibernian fan initially joined local rivals Heart of Midlothian as a youth player before signing for Hibernian. [2] His father is retired footballer Greg Shaw, who played for Ayr United, Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic, Airdrieonians, Clydebank and Berwick Rangers. [2]

Club career

After establishing himself in the Hibernian youth team squad, he made his first team debut for the club in a Scottish League Cup match against Montrose on 1 August 2015, which Hibernian won 3–0. [2] Having passed his driving test the same day, he was included as a substitute by then-manager Alan Stubbs, and replaced Alex Harris in the 75th minute. [3]

Shaw was sent to Scottish League One side Stenhousemuir on a development loan for the 2016–17 season. [4] He also continued to play for the Hibs development team and was the top goalscorer in the 2016–17 SPFL Development League. [5]

Shaw scored his first goal for the Hibs first team on 22 October 2017, in a 4–2 defeat against Celtic in the 2017–18 Scottish League Cup semi-final. [6] He scored his first league game for Hibs on 10 December, also against Celtic. [7] In January 2018, Shaw signed a contract with Hibs that was due to run until the end of the 2020–21 season. [8] He continued to play for the Hibs under-20 team, and was again the top goalscorer in the Development League in 2017–18. [9]

Shaw struggled to get playing time during 2019, with his last start for Hibs coming in February 2019. [10] He was sold to Ross County in January 2020 for an undisclosed fee. [10]

Kilmarnock

On 31 August 2021, Shaw joined Kilmarnock on a two-year deal, signing for an undisclosed fee. [11]

After a good start in front of goal for Kilmarnock, he won the Scottish Championship player of the Month award for October 2021 having scored five goals in five games in the league that month. [12] [13]

Barnsley

On 31 January 2023, Shaw joined Barnsley on a two-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee. [14]

International career

Shaw scored for the Scotland under-19s against Sweden on 4 October 2016 in a warm-up game ahead of qualification for the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. [15] Scotland were drawn against Israel, Andorra and Liechtenstein in Group C of the qualification tournament, and progressed to the Elite qualifying stage after finishing second in the group. With all three matches being played in Andorra over 6 days from 25 October 2016, Shaw scored the only goal of the game against Liechtenstein and also featured in the matches against Andorra and Israel. [16] Shaw was added to the Scotland under-21 squad in August 2018. [17]

Career statistics

As of 18 February 2023 [18]
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hibernian 2015–16 [19] Scottish Championship 0000100010
2016–17 [20] 0000000000
2017–18 [21] Scottish Premiership 1641041—215
2018–19 [22] [lower-alpha 1] 26630204 [lower-alpha 2] 1357
2019–20 [23] 400040—80
Total461040111416512
Stenhousemuir (loan) 2016–17 [24] Scottish League One 247100000257
Hibernian Under-20s 2017–18 [25] ————1 [lower-alpha 3] 010
2018–19 [26] ————1 [lower-alpha 3] 111
Total0000002121
Ross County 2019–20 [27] Scottish Premiership700000—70
2020–21 [28] 2561052—318
2021–22 [29] 100020—30
Total336107200488
Kilmarnock 2021–22 [30] Scottish Championship291420004 [lower-alpha 4] 23516
2022–23 [31] Scottish Premiership1200044–164
Total41142044425120
Barnsley 2022–23 [32] League One 3000000030
Career total147378022710418748

Notes

  1. ↑ Soccerbase did not record appearances made by Shaw against NSI Runavik on 19 July and Molde on 9 August and 16 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Matches in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 Matches for SPFL Development League squad in the Scottish Challenge Cup against senior clubs
  4. ↑ Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

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  3. ↑ "Hibernian 3–0 Montrose". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Oliver Shaw Player Profile". Stenhousemuir F.C. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Shaw tops U20 scoring charts". SPFL. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
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  7. ↑ English, Tom (10 December 2017). "Hibernian 2–2 Celtic". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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  10. 1 2 "Oli Shaw: Ross County sign striker from Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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  13. ↑ Paterson, Colin (6 November 2021). "Kilmarnock v Partick Thistle match preview as Oli Shaw named Championship player of the month". dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  14. ↑ "OLI SHAW SIGNS FOR THE REDS". barnsleyfc.co.uk. 31 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "Scotland 2 Sweden 0: Hibs hitman Oli Shaw and Celtic ace Mark Hill on the mark as Sbragia's U19s smash young Swedes". Daily Record. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "Skipper McCrorie satisfied as Under-19s progress". Scottish Football Association. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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  18. ↑ Oliver Shaw at Soccerbase
  19. ↑ "Games played by Oli Shaw in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Oli Shaw in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Oli Shaw in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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