Scott Robinson (footballer)

Scott Robinson (born 12 March 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer as a midfielder for Livingston. He has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Kilmarnock, Dunfermline Athletic and East Fife. Robinson made his debut appearance for Heart of Midlothian aged 16, which made him the youngest ever player to appear in the Scottish Premier League.

Scott Robinson

Personal information
Full name	Scott Robinson
Date of birth	(1992-03-12) 12 March 1992
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Livingston
Number	17
Youth career
0000–2006	Hutchison Vale Boys Club
2006–2008	Heart of Midlothian
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2015	Heart of Midlothian	92	(2)
2015–2016	Kilmarnock	12	(0)
2016	Dunfermline Athletic	2	(0)
2016–2017	East Fife	23	(5)
2017–	Livingston	68	(9)
National team
2008	Scotland U16	3	(2)
2008–2009	Scotland U17	10	(0)
2009	Scotland U19	6	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:54, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Career

Club

Robinson was born in Edinburgh on 12 March 1992 and attended Royal Mile Primary and Boroughmuir High School[1] and played for Hutchison Vale Boys Club before signing his first professional contract at Hearts in April 2008.[2]

He made his first team debut as a substitute on 26 April 2008, as a striker, against Inverness Caledonian Thistle in Hearts 1–0 win at Tynecastle Stadium.[3] In doing so he became the youngest player in SPL history[4] and also the youngest player to have ever played competitive football for Hearts.[5] He was 16 years, 1 month and 14 days old.[6] He was given a new contract on 14 July 2008, extending his stay until 2011.[7]

Robinson spent the following season playing reserve and under 19 fixtures to gain experience.[2][6] He returned to first team football on 26 September 2009, against Hamilton as a substitute,[8] going on to score his first competitive goal for Hearts in a 1–1 draw with Rangers at Ibrox on 23 January 2010.[9] He made 14 appearances in total that season.[10]

Having impressed during his four first team appearances during the 2010–11 season, Robinson was awarded a new two-year deal, extending his stay until 2013.[11] Robinson featured during pre-season in Germany for the 2011–12 season[12] and began to establish himself as a regular under new manager Paulo Sergio at the start of the season, in a new central midfield role.[13] He made his European debut against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.[14] He played as a substitute as Hearts won the 2012 Scottish Cup Final.[15]

On 3 June 2015, Robinson joined Kilmarnock on a three-year deal.[16] Towards the end of March 2016, Robinson joined Dunfermline Athletic on trial after being released by Kilmarnock, [17] subsequently signing a short-term contract as an amateur for the Scottish League One side at the start of April 2016.[18][19] Robinson made his debut in a two-all draw with Forfar Athletic at East End Park.[20] After making just two appearances for the Pars, Robinson was released by the club at the end of his contract in May 2016.[21] Shortly after leaving Dunfermline, Robinson signed for Fife rivals East Fife.[22]

On 11 May 2017, Robinson signed a pre-contract with Livingston.[23]

International

Robinson has represented Scotland at U16, U17 and U19 level.[24]

His first appearance for Scotland came at under 17 level against Malta on 14 January 2008.[25] With his first goals for Scotland coming at under 16 level scoring twice against Spain on 2 February 2008[26] and on 16 August 2010 he captained the under 19 squad in an International Challenge Match against Malta.[27]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 August 2020 [28]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hearts	2007–08[29]	Scottish Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2009–10[30]		13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
	2010–11[31]		4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	1
	2011–12[32]		20	0	6	0	1	1	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	28	1
	2012–13[33]		13	0	1	0	3	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	18	0
	2013–14[34]	Scottish Premiership	36	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	41	1
	2014–15[35]	Scottish Championship	5	0	1	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	8	0
	Total		92	2	10	0	10	2	3	0	115	4
Kilmarnock	2015–16[36]	Scottish Premiership	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0
Dunfermline Athletic	2015–16[36]	Scottish League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
East Fife	2016–17[37]	Scottish League One	23	5	4	0	3	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	32	5
Livingston	2017–18[38]	Scottish Championship	17	5	1	0	2	2	5[lower-alpha 3]	0	25	7
	2018–19[39]	Scottish Premiership	26	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	31	2
	2019–20[40]		22	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	27	2
	2020–21[41]		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		68	9	3	0	10	2	5	0	86	11
Career total			197	16	17	0	24	4	10	0	248	20

1. Appearances in the Europa League
2. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
3. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Four appearances in the 2018 Scottish Premiership play offs

References

1. "Hearts youngster Scott knows his work is only just beginning". Scotsman Publications. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
2. "Scott Robinson Hearts Profile". Heart of Midlothian F.C. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
3. "Hearts 1–0 Inverness CT". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
4. "SPL Individual Records". 26 April 2008. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010.
5. "Will you see history be made today?". 26 April 2008. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
6. "Hearts youngster Scott Robinson is desperate for more games". Daily Record. 26 December 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
7. "New Hearts contract for Robinson". BBC Sport. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
8. "Hearts 2 – 1 Hamilton". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 September 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
9. "Rangers 1 – 1 Hearts". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
10. "Games played by Scott Robinson Soccerbase Stats in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
11. "New Hearts Deals". Retrieved 13 May 2011.
12. "Hearts starlet Scott Robinson: Scoring goal at Ibrox was highlight of my career so far.. but it was false dawn". Daily Record. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
13. "I'm glad I made decision to focus on being a midfielder – I'm a rubbish up front, says Hearts kid Scott Robinson". Daily Record. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
14. "Scott Robinson Uefa Profile". Uefa. Retrieved 15 November 2011..
15. "Starting Lineups Hibernian vs Hearts". Sky Sports. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
16. "Hearts: Scott Robinson re-united with Gary Locke at Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. 3 June 2015.
17. http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2016/03/24/scott-robinson-joins-dunfermline-trial-kilmarnock-departure/
18. "Scott Robinson signs". dafc.co.uk. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
19. "Dunfermline: Scott Robinson joins as amateur to restart career". BBC Sport. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
20. "Michael Moffat hits a double as Dunfermline Athletic draw with Forfar Athletic". Dunfermline Press. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
21. "DAFC First team player update". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
22. "New Players Signed". East Fife FC. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
23. Haggerty, Tony (11 May 2017). "Livingston land former Hearts and Kilmarnock midfielder Scott Robinson". Daily Record. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
24. "Scott Robinson SFA Profile". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
25. "MALTA v SCOTLAND". SFA. 16 January 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
26. "SPAIN 2 v 2 SCOTLAND". SFA. 2 February 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
27. "Scotland 2 v 0 Malta". SFA. 16 August 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
28. Scott Robinson at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
29. "Games played by Scott Robinson in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
30. "Games played by Scott Robinson in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
31. "Games played by Scott Robinson in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
32. "Games played by Scott Robinson in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
33. "Games played by Scott Robinson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
34. "Games played by Scott Robinson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
35. "Games played by Scott Robinson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
36. "Games played by Scott Robinson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
37. "Games played by Scott Robinson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
38. "Games played by Scott Robinson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
39. "Games played by Scott Robinson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
40. "Games played by Scott Robinson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
41. "Games played by Scott Robinson in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

External links

• Scott Robinson at Soccerbase
• Profile at londonhearts.com