Chris Hamilton (born 13 July 2001) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Dunfermline Athletic as a defensive midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 July 2001 | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Crossgates Primrose | |||
| 2009–2018 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Heart of Midlothian | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Berwick Rangers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Cowdenbeath (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Dumbarton (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Stirling Albion (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Arbroath (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| 2022– | Dunfermline Athletic | 63 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Scotland U16 | |||
| 2016–2018 | Scotland U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2018 | Scotland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018– | Scotland U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018– | Scotland U21 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:50, 20 February 2019 (UTC) | |||
Early life
Hamilton grew up as a Dunfermline Athletic fan.[1]
Club career
Hamilton moved from Crossgates Primrose to Heart of Midlothian at the age of 8.[2]
He made his senior debut for Hearts on 13 May 2018, in a 1–0 league defeat away at Kilmarnock.[3] He was one of four Hearts youth players to make their debuts in that match, alongside Cammy Logan, Leeroy Makovora and Connor Smith.[4][5]
Hamilton joined Scottish League One side Dumbarton on loan in September 2020.[6] Hamilton scored his first senior goal for the Sons on his full debut, in a 3–2 defeat to Clyde on 10 October 2020, a match in which he was also sent off.[7] On 8 January 2021, Hamilton joined Scottish League Two side Stirling Albion on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[8]
In July 2021 he was loaned to Scottish Championship club Arbroath.[9]
In June 2022 Hamilton signed for his boyhood club Dunfermline Athletic on a long term deal.[1][10] He was named vice captain as the season began[11] and the team achieved an immediate return to the Championship, winning League One in April 2023.[12]
International career
Hamilton was captain of the Scotland under-16 Victory Shield squad.[2] He has also represented Scotland at under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 youth levels.[13]
Selected for the Scotland under-21 squad in the 2018 Toulon Tournament,[14] the team lost to Turkey in a penalty-out and finished fourth.[15]
Career statistics
- As of 8 May 2023
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Heart of Midlothian | 2017–18[3] | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Heart of Midlothian U20/U21[a] | 2017–18 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 2018–19 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 2019–20 | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Hearts Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Berwick Rangers (Loan) | 2018–19 | Scottish League Two | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Cowdenbeath (Loan) | 2019–20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Dumbarton (Loan) | 2020–21 | Scottish League One | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Stirling Albion (Loan)[16] | 2020–21 | Scottish League Two | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Arbroath (Loan)[17] | 2021–22 | Scottish Championship | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Dunfermline Athletic[18] | 2022-23 | Scottish League One | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2[a] | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| 2023-24[19] | Scottish Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dunfermline Total | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 100 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 129 | 4 | ||
Honours
Dunfermline Athletic