Sam Stanton

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Sam Stanton
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 32)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 St Johnstone
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 88 (9)
2025 → Arbroath (loan) 16 (3)
2025– St Johnstone 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 as of 11 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:03, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Samuel Stanton (born 19 April 1994) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for St Johnstone.

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

Early life

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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

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Hibernian

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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 Caledonian Thistle.[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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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[30] Scottish Premier League 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2012–13[31] 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2013–14[32] Scottish Premiership 28 2 1 1 1 0 1[c] 0 2[d] 0 33 3
2014–15[33] Scottish Championship 22 1 3 1 2 1 — 1[e] 0 28 3
2015–16[34] 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[31] Scottish First Division 2 0 — — — — 2 0
Livingston (loan) 2015–16[34] Scottish Championship 13 3 1 0 — — 2[f] 0 16 3
Dumbarton (loan) 2016–17[35] Scottish Championship 26 4 0 0 — — 1[e] 0 27 4
Dundee United (loan) 2017–18[36] Scottish Championship 21 4 0 0 5 1 — 2[e] 0 28 5
Dundee United 2017–18[36] Scottish Championship 14 0 2 0 0 0 — 4[g] 1 20 1
2018–19[37] 25 2 1 0 4 0 — 2[g] 0 32 2
2019–20[38] 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

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Raith Rovers

References

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