Ross MacIver

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Ross MacIver
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-28) 28 February 1999 (age 25) [1]
Place of birth Inverness, Scotland [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Falkirk
Number 9
Youth career
–2017 Ross County
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Ross County 0 (0)
2017 → Wick Academy (loan)
2018 → Forfar Athletic (loan) 10 (1)
2019 → Elgin City (loan) 15 (4)
2019–2021 Motherwell 8 (1)
2020–2021 → Greenock Morton (loan) 6 (0)
2021 → Partick Thistle (loan) 7 (2)
2021–2022 Partick Thistle 17 (0)
2022 → Alloa Athletic (loan) 9 (1)
2022–2023 Alloa Athletic 46 (6)
2023– Falkirk 51 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:28, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

Ross MacIver (born 28 February 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Championship club Falkirk. He previously played for Ross County, Motherwell and Partick Thistle, and has spent time on loan at Wick Academy, Forfar Athletic, Elgin City, Greenock Morton and Alloa Athletic.

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Career

Ross County

MacIver came through the Ross County Academy and was part of the Ross County Under-20s team that won the 2016–17 SPFL Development League for the first time in the club's history. He made his first team debut in the 2018–19 Scottish Challenge Cup third round against Montrose coming on for the last 13 minutes of the match and taking home the man of the match reward for his outstanding efforts. [2]

Loans

In January 2017, MacIver was loaned out to Highland Football League Club Wick Academy until the end of the season. [3] On 26 January 2018, along with teammate Russell Dingwall, he was loaned to Scottish League One team Forfar Athletic until the end of the season. MacIver went on to score one goal in ten games for the club which caught the attention of premier league sides such as Aberdeen and Kilmarnock who were in desperate need of a predator type attacker. [4]

In February 2019, MacIver joined Elgin City on loan for the remainder of the season. [5] [6]

Motherwell

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, having been released by Ross County, MacIver signed for Motherwell. [1] He made his debut as a substitute on 26 December 2019, away to his former club Ross County, scoring Motherwell's equalising goal in a 2–1 win. This ended up being the only goal of his senior Motherwell career. In other performances he ran around efficiently which was highly commended by the Steelmen faithful . [7]

MacIver joined Greenock Morton on a season-long loan in September 2020, [8] but was recalled by Motherwell in January 2021. [9] He was then loaned to Partick Thistle in March 2021. [10] MacIver scored his first goal for Thistle in a 2–0 win away to Dumbarton, which sent Thistle top of League One. [11]

Partick Thistle

MacIver joined Partick Thistle on a permanent basis after winning the League One title with the club, signing a one-year deal. [12] On 28 February 2022, MacIver joined Scottish League One side Alloa Athletic on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. [13]

Alloa Athletic

After a successful loan spell MacIver joined Alloa Athletic on a permanent deal after being released by Partick Thistle. [14]

Falkirk

MacIver joined Falkirk on a two year deal in May 2023. [15] After winning the League One title with Falkirk, MacIver signed a two year contract extension with the club. [16]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ross County Under 20s 2016–17 [17] —0000001 [a] 010
2017–18 [18] 0000002 [a] 121
Total0000003131
Ross County 2017–18 [18] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2018–19 [19] Scottish Championship 0000001 [a] 010
Total0000001010
Forfar (loan) 2017–18 [18] Scottish League One 101000000101
Elgin (loan) 2018–19 [19] Scottish League Two 154000000154
Motherwell 2019–20 [20] Scottish Premiership7110000081
2020–21 [21] Scottish Premiership1000000010
Total8110000091
Greenock Morton (loan) 2020–21 [21] Scottish Championship6000310091
Partick Thistle (loan) 2020–21 [21] Scottish League One7210000082
Partick Thistle 2021–22 [ citation needed ]Scottish Championship17030402 [a] 0260
Alloa Athletic (loan) 2021–22 Scottish League One9100000091
2022–23 Scottish League One366104020436
Total457104020527
Falkirk 2023–24 Scottish League One35142143404518
2024–25 Scottish Championship1000430053
Total36142186405021
Career total144299119715118738
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Partick Thistle
Falkirk

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ross MacIver player profile". Motherwell F.C. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Ross County Vs. Montrose". SPFL. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ross MacIver Signs Loan Deal". Wick Academy FC. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Russell Dingwall and Ross MacIver complete loan move to Forfar". Ross County FC. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ross MacIver loaned to Elgin City FC". Ross County F.C. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Skinner, Andy (26 February 2019). "MacIver aims to grasp senior opportunity with Elgin". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  7. ↑ Mullen, Scott (26 December 2019). "Ross County 1–2 Motherwell". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "MORTON MOVE FOR MacIver". spfl.co.uk. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  9. ↑ Dodds, Christopher (8 January 2021). "Morton loanee MacIver recalled by parent club Motherwell". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  10. ↑ Goldthorp, Craig (15 March 2021). "Yusuf Hussain and Ross MacIver depart Motherwell until summer". Motherwell Times. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Dumbarton v Partick Thistle". BBC Sport.
  12. ↑ "Signing News: Ross MacIver joins the Club". Partick Thistle FC.
  13. ↑ "Ross MacIver joins Alloa Athletic on loan for the remainder of the season". Partick Thistle FC. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "Ross MacIver joins Alloa as Brian Rice continues summer business". Alloa Adviser. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  15. ↑ https://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/2023/05/25/ross-maciver-joins-the-bairns/#:~:text=The%2024%2Dyear%2Dold%20striker,Wasps%20and%20scoring%20seven%20goals.
  16. ↑ https://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/2024/08/13/ross-maciver-extends-deal/
  17. ↑ "Games played by Ross MacIver in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  18. 1 2 3 "Games played by Ross MacIver in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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