Sam Stanton

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Sam Stanton
Personal information
Full name Samuel Stanton
Date of birth (1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Central Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Arbroath
(on loan from Raith Rovers)
Youth career
Hutchison Vale B.C.
2006–2012 Hibernian
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2018 Hibernian 57 (3)
2013 → Cowdenbeath (loan) 2 (0)
2016 → Livingston (loan) 13 (3)
2016–2017 → Dumbarton (loan) 26 (4)
2017–2018 → Dundee United (loan) 21 (4)
2018–2020 Dundee United 56 (5)
2020 Phoenix Rising 14 (3)
2021 Dundalk 29 (1)
2022– Raith Rovers 88 (9)
2025– → Arbroath (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2012 Scotland U18 2 (0)
2012 Scotland U19 3 (1)
2014 Scotland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:58, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:03, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Samuel Stanton (born 19 April 1994) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Arbroath on loan from Scottish Championship club Raith Rovers.

Contents

He has also previously played for Hibernian, with loan spells at each of Cowdenbeath, Livingston & Dumbarton, before moving to Dundee United, Phoenix Rising and Dundalk as well as representing Scotland at youth international level.

Early life

Stanton attended Broughton Primary and Trinity Academy, Edinburgh. [1] Stanton shares his surname with a famous former Hibs player, Pat Stanton, however he is not related to him. [2]

Career

Hibernian

Stanton was a member of the Hibernian under-19 squad. [3] He was promoted to the first team on 28 December 2011 when he was an unused substitute for the match against Inverness CT. [2] He went on to make his first team debut aged 17 as a substitute against Rangers on 28 January 2012. [4] [5]

He signed a three-year contract with Hibs in September 2012. [6] Stanton was loaned to Cowdenbeath in January 2013 [7] and made his debut in a 1–1 draw against Morton. [8] His stint at Cowdenbeath ended after just two appearances, however, as he suffered a knee injury that required surgery. [9]

Stanton established himself in the Hibs first team during the second half of the 2013–14 season. He won the SPFL young player of the month award for February 2014. [10] In April 2014, Stanton signed a four-year contract extension with Hibs. [11]

On 8 January 2016, Stanton signed for Livingston for the remainder of the 2015–16 Scottish Championship season.

Stanton joined Scottish Championship side Dumbarton on a season-long loan on deadline day in August 2016. [12] He scored his first goals for the club in a 2–2 draw with Ayr United in February 2017 [13]

Dundee United

Stanton joined Championship team Dundee United in July 2017, initially on loan. [14] The move was made permanent on 19 January 2018, with Stanton signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with United. [15]

Phoenix Rising

Stanton signed with Phoenix Rising on 23 January 2020. [16] After a successful season winning the Western Conference and reaching the USL Championship Final (which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Stanton and the club mutually agreed to part ways in December. [17]

Dundalk

He signed for League of Ireland Premier Division side Dundalk in January 2021. [18] Stanton made his debut in the 2021 President of Ireland's Cup on 12 March 2021, as his side beat Shamrock Rovers on penalties to lift the trophy. [19] He featured in all 6 of the clubs UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers [20] as they were narrowly knocked out 4–3 on aggregate by Vitesse Arnhem in the Third Qualifying Round. [21] He scored his first goal for the club on 27 September in a 2–1 win over Bohemians. [22] Stanton made a total of 40 appearances for the club in all competitions as they finished in 6th place in the league. [20]

Raith Rovers

On 15 December it was announced that Stanton had returned to Scotland to sign for Scottish Championship side Raith Rovers on a 2+1⁄2-year contract that would commence on 1 January 2022. [23] [24]

In January 2025, he joined Scottish League One club Arbroath on loan for the remainder of the season. [25]

International Career

Stanton was selected for the Scotland national under-19 football team in August 2012. [26] He appeared as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat against Germany. [27] He then scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory against Norway. [28] On 5 March 2014, he made his debut for the Scotland under-21 side in a 2–2 draw against Hungary at Tannadice. [29]

Career statistics

As of 15 December 2021 [20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [a] League Cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hibernian 2011–12 [30] Scottish Premier League 200000——20
2012–13 [31] 100000——10
2013–14 [32] Scottish Premiership 28211101 [c] 02 [d] 0333
2014–15 [33] Scottish Championship 2213121—1 [e] 0283
2015–16 [34] 40—10—1 [e] 161
Total57342411041707
Cowdenbeath (loan) 2012–13 [31] Scottish First Division 20————20
Livingston (loan) 2015–16 [34] Scottish Championship13310——2 [f] 0163
Dumbarton (loan) 2016–17 [35] Scottish Championship26400——1 [e] 0274
Dundee United (loan) 2017–18 [36] Scottish Championship2140051—2 [e] 0285
Dundee United 2017–18 [36] Scottish Championship1402000—4 [g] 1201
2018–19 [37] 2521040—2 [g] 0322
2019–20 [38] 1730040—1 [e] 0223
Total5653080—71746
Phoenix Rising 2020 USL Championship 14300——3 [h] 0173
Dundalk 2021 League of Ireland Premier Division 29140—6 [i] 01 [j] 0401
Raith Rovers 2021–22 Scottish Championship0000——0 [e] 000
Career total218231221727020227429

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    Raith Rovers

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