Sam Stanton

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.

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

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 and a half 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[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hibernian 2011–12[29] Scottish Premier League 200000——20
2012–13[30] 100000——10
2013–14[31] Scottish Premiership 28211101[lower-alpha 3]02[lower-alpha 4]0333
2014–15[32] Scottish Championship 2213121—1[lower-alpha 5]0283
2015–16[33] 40—10—1[lower-alpha 5]161
Total 57342411041707
Cowdenbeath (loan) 2012–13[30] Scottish First Division 20————20
Livingston (loan) 2015–16[33] Scottish Championship 13310——2[lower-alpha 6]0163
Dumbarton (loan) 2016–17[34] Scottish Championship 26400——1[lower-alpha 5]0274
Dundee United (loan) 2017–18[35] Scottish Championship 2140051—2[lower-alpha 5]0285
Dundee United 2017–18[35] Scottish Championship 1402000—4[lower-alpha 7]1201
2018–19[36] 2521040—2[lower-alpha 7]0322
2019–20[37] 1730040—1[lower-alpha 5]0223
Total 5653080—71746
Phoenix Rising 2020 USL Championship 14300——3[lower-alpha 8]0173
Dundalk 2021 League of Ireland Premier Division 29140—6[lower-alpha 9]01[lower-alpha 10]0401
Raith Rovers 2021–22 Scottish Championship 0000——0[lower-alpha 5]000
Career total 218231221727020227429
  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. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  6. Appearances in the Scottish Championship play-offs
  7. 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
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    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.
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