Ross Caldwell

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Ross Caldwell
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 Darvel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2014 Hibernian 21 (2)
2014 → Alloa Athletic (loan) 12 (2)
2014–2015 St Mirren 13 (0)
2015 Greenock Morton 17 (4)
2015–2016 Ayr United 17 (4)
2016 Cowdenbeath 16 (1)
2016–2017 Brechin City 27 (5)
2017 East Kilbride
2017–2020 Blantyre Victoria
2020– Darvel
International career‡
2008 Scotland U16 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:00, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 November 2013

Ross Caldwell (born 26 October 1993) [1] is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder or striker for Darvel.

Contents

Caldwell has previously played for Hibernian, Alloa Athletic, St Mirren, Greenock Morton, Ayr United, Cowdenbeath, Brechin City, and Blantyre Victoria.

Career

Caldwell, who was educated at Hamilton Grammar School, started playing football relatively late in childhood. [2] He played for various boys teams before joining the youth system of Edinburgh professional club Hibernian (Hibs). [2] Hibs manager Pat Fenlon added Caldwell to the first team squad soon after he took charge in November 2011. [3] Caldwell was named as a substitute in a game against Motherwell, but was prevented from playing because the match was abandoned. [3] He made his senior debut on 10 December 2011, appearing as a substitute in a 2–0 defeat against Rangers.[ citation needed ] Caldwell agreed a new two-year contract with Hibs in March 2012. [4]

Caldwell was mainly used as a substitute during the 2012–13 season. In his second starting appearance for Hibs, he scored a match-winning goal against Hearts at Tynecastle on 12 May 2013. [5] He made seven first team appearances in the early months of the 2013–14 season, but did not play for Hibs after 30 November. [6] Caldwell was loaned to Alloa Athletic in January 2014 for the rest of the season. [6] He scored a goal in his first appearance for Alloa, in a 3–1 defeat against Queen of the South. [7]

Caldwell went on trial with St Mirren in July 2014 and subsequently signed a one-year contract with the club, with the option of a second year. [8] After limited appearances for the club, Caldwell terminated his contract by mutual consent on 9 January 2015. [9] In his time at the club, Caldwell made 15 appearances, scoring two goals.

On the same day Caldwell left St Mirren, he signed a contract with Scottish League One side Greenock Morton until the end of season 2014–15. [10] He was released by Morton at the end of the season. [11] In July 2015, Caldwell signed for Ayr United on a six-month deal. [12] At the start of January 2016, Caldwell was released by Ayr United [13] having made 22 appearances, scoring five times for the side. He subsequently signed for league rivals Cowdenbeath shortly after his released from Ayr. [14] Caldwell left Central Park and just four months, signing for Brechin City in June 2016. [15] Caldwell was released by the club on 30 May 2017, after one season at Glebe Park. [16]

On 3 October 2020, Caldwell announced that he had joined West of Scotland Football League side Darvel ahead of the upcoming season. [17]

International

Caldwell was invited to a training camp of the Scotland national under-19 football team in March 2011. [18]

Career statistics

As of 30 May 2017 [19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoals
Hibernian 2011–12 [20] Premier League 1000000010
2012–13 [21] 172200000192
2013–14 [22] Premiership 3010201 [lower-alpha 1] 070
Total212302010272
Alloa Athletic (loan) 2013–14 [22] Championship 122000000122
St Mirren 2014–15 [23] Premiership 130002200152
Greenock Morton 2014–15 [23] League One 174000000174
Ayr United 2015–16 [24] League One 17410202 [lower-alpha 2] 1225
Cowdenbeath 2015–16 [24] League One 16100002 [lower-alpha 3] 0181
Brechin City 2016–17 [25] League One 27510406 [lower-alpha 4] 3388
East Kilbride 2017–18 [26] Lowland League 0000300030
Blantyre Victoria 2017–18 West of Scotland League
Central District, 1st Div. 		4400—0044
Total12722501329415628
  1. ↑ Appearance in the Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in the League One play-offs
  4. ↑ Two appearances and a goal in the Scottish Challenge Cup; four appearances and two goals in the Championship play-offs

Honours

Morton

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  2. 1 2 McGilvray, Andrew (15 March 2012). "Hamilton footballer Ross Caldwell is making a name for himself at Hibs". Hamilton Advertiser . Scottish & Universal Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Fire's still burning for striker Ross". Edinburgh Evening News . Johnston Press. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Hibs sign Ross Caldwell for another two years". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Moffat, Colin (12 May 2013). "Hearts 1–2 Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  6. 1 2 McLauchlin, Brian (10 January 2014). "Alloa eye Rudi Skacel after landing Hibs' Ross Caldwell". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "New Alloa Athletic star Ross Caldwell hopes debut goal can help him push for first team start". Alloa Advertiser. Romanes Media Group. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  8. ↑ St Mirren: Ross Caldwell signs deal after leaving Hibernian, BBC Sport.
  9. ↑ Ross Leaves Saints Archived 9 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Official St Mirren website.
  10. ↑ Player News Archived 9 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Official Greenock Morton website.
  11. ↑ "Contact (sic) Expiries – Players Departing". Greenock Morton F.C. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Double signing". ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Players released". ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "New signing". cowdenbeathfc.com. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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  16. ↑ "Squad update". Brechin City FC. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  17. ↑ "New Signing". Darvel FC. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  18. ↑ "Under-19 training camp squad". Scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  19. ↑ Ross Caldwell at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
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  21. ↑ "Games played by Ross Caldwell in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
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