Sam Stanton
Personal information
Full name Samuel Stanton
Date of birth (1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 29)
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.

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]

International

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]

Career statistics

As of 15 December 2021[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hibernian 2011–12[29] Scottish Premier League 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2012–13[30] 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2013–14[31] Scottish Premiership 28 2 1 1 1 0 1[c] 0 2[d] 0 33 3
2014–15[32] Scottish Championship 22 1 3 1 2 1 — 1[e] 0 28 3
2015–16[33] 4 0 — 1 0 — 1[e] 1 6 1
Total 57 3 4 2 4 1 1 0 4 1 70 7
Cowdenbeath (loan) 2012–13[30] Scottish First Division 2 0 — — — — 2 0
Livingston (loan) 2015–16[33] Scottish Championship 13 3 1 0 — — 2[f] 0 16 3
Dumbarton (loan) 2016–17[34] Scottish Championship 26 4 0 0 — — 1[e] 0 27 4
Dundee United (loan) 2017–18[35] Scottish Championship 21 4 0 0 5 1 — 2[e] 0 28 5
Dundee United 2017–18[35] Scottish Championship 14 0 2 0 0 0 — 4[g] 1 20 1
2018–19[36] 25 2 1 0 4 0 — 2[g] 0 32 2
2019–20[37] 17 3 0 0 4 0 — 1[e] 0 22 3
Total 56 5 3 0 8 0 — 7 1 74 6
Phoenix Rising 2020 USL Championship 14 3 0 0 — — 3[h] 0 17 3
Dundalk 2021 League of Ireland Premier Division 29 1 4 0 — 6[i] 0 1[j] 0 40 1
Raith Rovers 2021–22 Scottish Championship 0 0 0 0 — — 0[e] 0 0 0
Career total 218 23 12 2 17 2 7 0 20 2 274 29
  1. ^ Includes Scottish Cup, U.S. Open Cup & FAI Cup
  2. ^ Includes Scottish League Cup & League of Ireland Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
  5. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  6. ^ Appearances in the Scottish Championship play-offs
  7. ^ a b Appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
  8. ^ Appearances in the USL Championship playoffs
  9. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  10. ^ Appearances in the President of Ireland's Cup

Honours

Raith Rovers

References

  1. ^ "Hibs kid Sam Stanton hungry after Ibrox debut". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Hibs youngster Sam Stanton on the verge of breakthrough". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Sam Stanton Hibernian Profile". www.hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian FC. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Rangers 4 – 0 Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  5. ^ Hardie, David (31 January 2012). "Hibs kid Sam Stanton hungry after Ibrox debut". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  6. ^ Hardie, David (4 September 2012). "Hibs rising star Sam Stanton signs three-year deal". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Cowdenbeath bring in trio on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Cowdenbeath 1–1 Morton". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Euan on Wonder Goal". www.hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian FC. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Sam Stanton: Hibs midfielder is February's young player of month". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Sam Stanton agrees long-term Hibernian deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  12. ^ Findlay, Alan. "SAM STANTON JOINS ON LOAN FROM HIBS". Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Dumbarton 2–2 Ayr United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Southampton goalkeeper Harry Lewis joins Dundee United on loan". BBC Sport. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  15. ^ "Stanton signs permanent contract". Dundee United. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Phoenix Rising Adds Midfielder Sam Stanton". Phoenix Rising Communications. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Phoenix Rising FC and Sam Stanton mutually agree to part ways". phxrisingfc.com. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  18. ^ Malone, Emmet. "Scottish midfielder Sam Stanton joins Dundalk from Phoenix Rising". The Irish Times.
  19. ^ "President's Cup Final Report: Shamrock Rovers 1 - 1 Dundalk (Dundalk win 4-3 on penalties)". ExtraTime.com.
  20. ^ a b c Sam Stanton at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  21. ^ O'Hehir, Paul (12 August 2021). "Dundalk 1-2 Vitesse Arnhem: Brave Dundalk downed in Tallaght as they exit Europe". Irish Mirror.
  22. ^ Newberry, Niall (27 September 2021). "Dundalk ease relegation fears with entertaining victory over Bohs". The42.
  23. ^ "Sam Stanton | Raith Rovers FC". www.raithrovers.net.
  24. ^ "Sam Stanton makes Dundalk exit to join Raith Rovers". 15 December 2021 – via www.rte.ie. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  25. ^ "Stanton Earns Scotland Call". www.hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian FC. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  26. ^ "Scotland Under-19s lose 1–0 to Germany". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  27. ^ "Scotland U19s come from behind to defeat Norway". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  28. ^ "Scotland U21 2–2 Hungary U21". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  29. ^ "Games played by Sam Stanton in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  30. ^ a b "Games played by Sam Stanton in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  31. ^ "Games played by Sam Stanton in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  32. ^ "Games played by Sam Stanton in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  33. ^ a b "Games played by Sam Stanton in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  34. ^ "Games played by Sam Stanton in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  35. ^ a b "Games played by Sam Stanton in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  36. ^ "Games played by Sam Stanton in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  37. ^ "Games played by Sam Stanton in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

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