Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Stanton | ||
Date of birth | 19 April 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Raith Rovers | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
Hutchison Vale B.C. | |||
2006–2012 | Hibernian | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 62 | (5) |
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 18:24, 28 August 2023 (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 Scottish Championship club Raith Rovers. 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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
On 15 December it was announced that Stanton had returned to Scotland to sign for Scottish Championship side Raith Rovers on a 2 and a half year contract that would commence on 1 January 2022. [23] [24]
Stanton was selected for the Scotland national under-19 football team in August 2012. [25] He appeared as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat against Germany. [26] He then scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory against Norway. [27] On 5 March 2014, he made his debut for the Scotland under-21 side in a 2–2 draw against Hungary at Tannadice. [28]
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