Craig Halkett

Craig Halkett (born 29 May 1995) is a Scottish footballer who plays as defender for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian.

Craig Halkett
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-05-29) 29 May 1995
Place of birth Campsie, Scotland
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Heart of Midlothian
Number 26
Youth career
Rosebank United[1]
2010–2014 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Rangers 0 (0)
2014 → Clyde (loan) 12 (0)
2015 → Berwick Rangers (loan) 4 (0)
2016–2019 Livingston 117 (16)
2019– Heart of Midlothian 23 (2)
National team
2014 Scotland U19[2] 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2020

Club career

Raised in Kirkintilloch[3] and a boyhood Rangers fan,[4][5][6] Halkett joined the club as a youngster, initially playing as a striker.[5] After winning the Scottish Youth Cup in 2014,[7][5] he was loaned out twice, to Clyde[8] and Berwick Rangers,[9] both playing in the fourth tier.

In January 2016, Halkett was informed by Rangers that there was no immediate prospect of him progressing to the first team and he left the Ibrox club without having made a senior appearance, joining then Scottish Championship side Livingston.[5][10] He scored his first professional goal against Rangers in a 1–0 win for Livingston on 26 April 2016.[11]

The Lions were relegated from the Championship at the end of his first campaign in a play-off, but Halkett became an increasingly important player for the West Lothian side, helping them to immediately return from League One in 2016–17,[12] followed by a second consecutive promotion to the Scottish Premiership after finishing runners-up in the regular season, once more via the play-offs.[13]

Halkett signed a pre-contract agreement with Hearts in April 2019.[14] In October 2019 it was announced he would be out for 10 weeks due to a knee injury.[15]

International career

Halkett represented Scotland once, at under-19 level in 2014.[2]

Career statistics
As of 26 July 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers 2014–15[16] Scottish Championship 0000000000
2015–16[17] Scottish Championship 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Clyde (loan) 2014–15[18] Scottish League Two 100200000120
Berwick Rangers 2015–16[17] Scottish League Two 4000000040
Livingston 2015–16[17] Scottish Championship 15100002[lower-alpha 1]1172
2016–17[19] Scottish League One 33120404[lower-alpha 2]0431
2017–18[20] Scottish Championship 357206160498
2018–19[21] Scottish Premiership 347105000407
Total 117165015112114918
Heart of Midlothian 2019–20[22] Scottish Premiership 232315400317
Career total 1541810120512119625
  1. Appearances in the Championship play-offs
  2. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Livingston

Individual

References
  1. https://www.kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk/news/game-in-protest-against-loss-of-waterside-pitch-as-professional-footballers-lend-their-support-to-campaign-1-4869312
  2. "Craig Halkett". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  3. https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/latest-hearts-news/craig-halkett-hearts-and-hibs-are-big-celtic-and-rangers-545009
  4. https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/14201851.craig-halkett-eyes-livi-bow-against-rangers-at-ibrox/
  5. Gordon Parks (26 January 2019). "Leaving Rangers was like stepping off a cliff but it's the best decision I've ever made insists Craig Halkett". Daily Record. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  6. "Halkett: I Learned A Lot". Rangers F.C. 18 February 2015.
  7. "Rangers break Hearts in Youth Cup penalty shoot-out win". BBC Sport. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  8. "Ibrox club loans out seven fringe players". BBC. BBC Sport. 2 September 2014.
  9. "Halkett Heads Out On Loan". Rangers Football Club. Rangers F.C. 30 October 2015.
  10. "Andy Halliday & Jason Holt sign new Ibrox deals". BBC Sport. 13 January 2016.
  11. Chick Young (26 April 2016). "Livingston 1-0 Rangers". BBC Sport.
  12. "Livingston 2–1 Alloa Athletic". Livingston F.C. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  13. "Partick Thistle 0 - 1 Livingston (agg 1-3): Hopkin's men seal promotion". The Scotsman. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  14. "Hearts: Livingston's Craig Halkett signs pre-contract to switch on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  15. "Craig Halkett: Hearts defender to miss 10 weeks with knee injury". 4 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. "Games played by Craig Halkett in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  17. "Games played by Craig Halkett in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  18. "Games played by Craig Halkett in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  19. "Games played by Craig Halkett in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  20. "Games played by Craig Halkett in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  21. "Games played by Craig Halkett in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  22. "Games played by Craig Halkett in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  23. "James Forrest, Steve Clarke & Ryan Kent win PFA Scotland annual awards". BBC Sport. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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