Dean Hawkshaw
{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dean Hawkshaw
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|04|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kilmarnock, Scotland
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| position = Left Midfielder
| currentclub =
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| youthyears1 = 2008-2017
| youthclubs1 = Kilmarnock
| years1 = 2015–2018
| clubs1 = Kilmarnock
| caps1 = 76
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2018
| clubs2 = → Stranraer (loan)
| caps2 = 12
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2018–2019
| clubs3 = Glenafton Athletic
| caps3 = 32
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2019–2021
| clubs4 = Airdrieonians
| caps4 = 15
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2021–2025
| clubs5 = Stranraer
| caps5 = 79
| goals5 = 4
| club-update = 01:59, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
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Dean Hawkshaw (born 24 April 1997) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder. Hawkshaw has previously played for Kilmarnock, Glenafton Athletic, Airdrieonians and Stranraer.
Career
Hawkshaw made his league debut for Kilmarnock in August 2016 against Motherwell, being taken off after a clash of heads with Carl McHugh. McHugh was out of play for several months with a head injury,{{Cite web|url=https://www.donegallive.ie/news/sport/221570/the-cruel-side-of-sport-carl-and-keith-face-long-lay-offs.html|title = The cruel side of sport - Carl and Keith face long lay-offs| date=27 October 2016 }} while Hawkshaw had a concussion.{{cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-angus-and-the-mearns-edition/20160820/282497183074627 |title=Morris not yet ready to make Dons debut |work=The Courier |date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203163948/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-angus-and-the-mearns-edition/20160820/282497183074627 |archive-date=2019-12-03 |url-status=live}} Hawkshaw was out for months with a later knee injury.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kilmarnock-v-celtic-team-news-9282694|title=Kilmarnock v Celtic team news ahead of the Premiership clash|date=18 November 2016}} He remained in and around the first-team under the management of both Lee Clark and Lee McCulloch, but dropped out of the squad under Steve Clarke. Hawkshaw was loaned to Stranraer in January 2018,{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/completed-transfers-deadline-day-january-2018/?rid=13929 |title=Completed Transfers - Deadline Day January 2018 |publisher=Scottish FA |date=31 January 2018 |accessdate=31 January 2018}} and released by Kilmarnock at the end of the 2017–18 season.{{cite news |last1=Haggerty |first1=Anthony |title=Kilmarnock midfielder Dean Hawkshaw set to leave club at the end of the season |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/kilmarnock-midfielder-dean-hawkshaw-set-12359977 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |work=Daily Record |date=13 April 2018}}
Hawkshaw made a trial appearance for Greenock Morton in a friendly against Forfar Athletic in July 2018.{{cite news|url=https://gmfc.net/2018/07/07/match-report-forfar-athletic-0-0-morton/|title=Match Report: Forfar Athletic 0-0 Morton|publisher=Greenock Morton F.C.|author=Jonathan Mitchell|date=7 July 2018|accessdate=9 July 2018|archive-date=8 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708162619/https://gmfc.net/2018/07/07/match-report-forfar-athletic-0-0-morton/|url-status=dead}} He signed for Junior side Glenafton Athletic in September 2018.{{cite news |last1=Cassidy |first1=Frank |title=Ex-Killie starlet signs for Glens |url=https://www.cumnockchronicle.com/sport/16906976.ex-killie-starlet-signs-for-glens/?ref=mr&lp=8 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |work=Cumnock Chronicle |date=28 September 2018 |language=en}}
Hawkshaw then moved to Scottish League One club Airdrieonians,{{cite web|title=DIAMONDS SWOOP TO SIGN HAWKSHAW|url=https://www.airdriefc.com/1819-news/070319/Diamonds-swoop-to-sign-Hawkshaw|publisher=Airdrieonians F.C.|date=7 March 2019|accessdate=21 October 2019}} and made his first league appearance for the club in a 1–0 win against Forfar on 23 March 2019. In May 2019, he signed a new contract with the club.{{cite web|title=MILLAR AND HAWKSHAW RETURN TO BOOST MIDFIELD|url=https://www.airdriefc.com/1819-news/220519/Millar-and-Hawkshaw-return-to-boost-midfield|publisher=Airdrieonians F.C.|date=22 May 2019|accessdate=21 October 2019}} Hawkshaw returned to Stranraer in July 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://stranraerfc.org/tag/dean-hawkshaw/|title=Dean Hawkshaw – Stranraer FC}} Hawkshaw departed Stranraer in 2025.{{Cite web |last=LIVE |first=Stranraer FC |date=2025-05-08 |title=Hawkshaw moves on - Stranraer FC |url=https://stranraerfc.org/hawkshaw-moves-on/ |access-date=2025-05-31 |language=en-US}}
Career statistics
{{Updated|match played 07 August 2021}}
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References
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External links
- {{soccerbase|71270|Dean Hawkshaw}}
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Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Kilmarnock F.C. players
Category:Scottish Professional Football League players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Stranraer F.C. players
Category:Glenafton Athletic F.C. players
Category:Scottish Junior Football Association players
Category:Airdrieonians F.C. players
Category:Footballers from Kilmarnock
Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen
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