Jack Hamilton (footballer, born 2000)

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Jack Hamilton

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|fullname =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|6|30|df=y}}

|birth_place = Coldingham, Scotland

|height = {{convert|1.87|m|order=flip}}{{cite news|url=https://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/teams/first-team/forward/jack-hamilton/ |title=Jack Hamilton |publisher=Hartlepool United |access-date=22 January 2023}}

|position = Striker

|currentclub = Raith Rovers

|clubnumber = 9

|youthyears1 =

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|years1 = 2017–2023

|clubs1 = Livingston

|caps1 = 26

|goals1 = 2

|years2 = 2017

|clubs2 = → Penicuik Athletic (loan)

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|goals2 =

|years3 = 2018

|clubs3 = → Berwick Rangers (loan)

|caps3 = 16

|goals3 = 8

|years4 = 2019

|clubs4 = → Alloa Athletic (loan)

|caps4 = 15

|goals4 = 1

|years5 = 2019–2020

|clubs5 = → Queen of the South (loan)

|caps5 = 22

|goals5 = 4

|years6 = 2020–2021

|clubs6 = → East Fife (loan)

|caps6 = 9

|goals6 = 7

|years7 = 2021

|clubs7 = → Arbroath (loan)

|caps7 = 14

|goals7 = 8

|years8 = 2022

|clubs8 = → Arbroath (loan)

|caps8 = 16

|goals8 = 7

|years9 = 2022–2023

|clubs9 = → Hartlepool United (loan)

|caps9 = 31

|goals9 = 3

|years10 = 2023–

|clubs10 = Raith Rovers

|caps10 = 43

|goals10 = 10

|club-update = 10:26, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

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Jack Hamilton (born 30 June 2000) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for {{Scottish football updater|RaithRov}} club Raith Rovers.

Career

=Livingston=

Hamilton started his career with Livingston and spent time on loan at Penicuik Athletic,{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/livingston-striker-jack-hamilton-loving-11412779|title=Livingston striker Jack Hamilton loving life on loan at Penicuik Athletic|first=Callum|last=Carson|date=26 October 2017|website=Daily Record}}{{cite web |url=https://www.midlothianadvertiser.co.uk/sport/football/penicuik-parkhead-hamilton-line-face-celtic-2046905 |title=From Penicuik to Parkhead: Hamilton in line to face Celtic |publisher=Midlothian Advertiser |date=2 August 2018 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128015038/https://www.midlothianadvertiser.co.uk/sport/football/penicuik-parkhead-hamilton-line-face-celtic-2046905 |url-status=dead }} and Berwick Rangers in 2018.{{soccerbase|104533}} During the January 2019 transfer window, Hamilton was then moved out on loan to Alloa Athletic.{{cite web|url=http://www.alloaathletic.co.uk/BlogView.aspx?pageid=2&ItemID=1894&mid=2|title=Jack Hamilton joins on loan|date=24 January 2019|access-date=25 January 2019|publisher=Alloa Athletic F.C.}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

On 1 July 2019, Hamilton was sent out to Queen of the South on a season long loan.{{cite web|url=http://www.qosfc.com/news-4610|title=QosFC: Jack Hamilton|website=www.qosfc.com}} In March 2020 he signed a new contract with Livingson.{{Cite web|url=https://livingstonfc.co.uk/jack-hamilton-contract-extension/|title=Jack Hamilton – contract extension|date=9 March 2020}} In September 2020 he moved on loan to East Fife.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/sport/football/east-fife-take-livingston-striker-jack-hamilton-loan-2967492|title=East Fife take Livingston striker Jack Hamilton on loan|website=www.fifetoday.co.uk}} After scoring seven goals from nine league games for the Fifers, Hamilton was named SPFL League 1 Player of the Month for December.{{Cite web|url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/hamilton-named-player-of-the-month|title=Hamilton named Player of the Month | SPFL|website=spfl.co.uk}} He was recalled by his parent club Livingston on 8 January 2021.{{Cite news |url=https://livingstonfc.co.uk/jack-is-back/ |title=Jack is back |publisher=Livingston FC |date=8 January 2021}} On 29 January, he headed out on loan once again, this time joining Scottish Championship side Arbroath{{cite web|url=https://www.arbroathfc.co.uk/jack-hamilton/|title=Jack Hamilton|publisher=Arbroath F.C.|date=29 January 2021|access-date=21 January 2021}} where he scored eight goals in fourteen games{{Cite web|url=https://www.arbroathfc.co.uk/thank-you-jack-hamilton-2/|title=Thank you Jack Hamilton|date=6 June 2022}} and earned Scottish Championship Player of the Month for April.{{Cite web|url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/hamilton-earns-april-award|title=Hamilton earns April award | SPFL|website=spfl.co.uk}} Thus, he collected two SPFL Player of the Month awards on two different teams for the 2020–2021 season.

In January 2022, Hamilton re-joined Arbroath on loan for the remainder for the 2021–22 season,{{Cite web|date=1 January 2022|title=Welcome back Jack Hamilton|url=https://www.arbroathfc.co.uk/welcome-back-jack/|access-date=1 January 2022|website=Arbroath FC|language=en-GB}} where he scored ten goals in twenty appearances. He was twice named SPFL Team of the Week.{{Cite web|url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/team-of-the-week-48196|title=Team of the Week | SPFL|website=spfl.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/team-of-the-week-48396|title=Team of the Week | SPFL|website=spfl.co.uk}} Between his two loan spells, he scored eighteen goals in thirty four games for Arbroath.

On 1 July 2022, Hamilton signed a new two-year deal at Livingston.{{Cite web|url=https://livingstonfc.co.uk/jack-hamilton-signs-contract-extension/|title=Hamilton signs contract extension|website=livingstongc.co.uk|date=July 2022 }}

On 20 July 2022, Hamilton signed for Hartlepool United on a season-long loan with a view to a permanent deal for the 2023–24 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62244036 |title=Jack Hamilton: Hartlepool United sign Livingston striker on initial loan deal |website=BBC Sport |date=20 July 2022 |access-date=22 January 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/news/2022/july/pools-sign-hamilton/|title=Pools sign Hamilton|website=HartlepoolUnited.co.uk}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62244036|title=Hartlepool sign Livingston striker Hamilton|work=BBC Sport }} He was named in the League Two Team of the Week for back to back weeks on 31 December 2022,{{cite tweet |author=Sky Bet League Two |author-link=Sky Bet League Two |user=SkyBetLeagueTwo |number=1609158804104437760 |date=31 December 2022 |title=Your final #SkyBetLeagueTwo Team of the Week of 2022 💪 #EFL {{!}} @CazooUK https://t.co/k99Q5tNa55 |language=en |access-date=16 January 2023}} and 3 January 2023.{{cite tweet |author=Sky Bet League Two |author-link=Sky Bet League Two |user=SkyBetLeagueTwo |number=1610252912508436485 |date=3 January 2023 |title=The first #SkyBetLeagueTwo Team of the Week of 2023 🙌 🔋 Powered by @WhoScored ratings. #EFL {{!}} @CazooUK https://t.co/9DacKyRFtZ |language=en |access-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103225735/https://twitter.com/skybetleaguetwo/status/1610252912508436485 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |url-status=live}}

=Raith Rovers=

On 29 May 2023, Hamilton moved to Raith Rovers for a nominal transfer fee.{{cite news|url=https://www.raithrovers.net/61839/jack-hamilton-signs-up.htm |title=Jack Hamilton Signs Up |website=Raith Rovers FC |date=29 May 2023 |access-date=29 May 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://livingstonfc.co.uk/jack-hamilton-departs/ |title=Jack Hamilton departs for Raith Rovers |publisher=Livingston FC |date=29 May 2023 |accessdate=29 May 2023}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cup !colspan="2"\|League Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="7"\|Livingston \|2017–18{{soccerbase season\|104533\|2017\|accessdate=20 July 2022}} \|Scottish Championship \|0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2018–19{{soccerbase season\|104533\|2018\|accessdate=20 July 2022}} \|Scottish Premiership \|13	1	1	0	4	1	2	0	20	2
2019–20{{soccerbase season\|104533\|2019\|accessdate=20 July 2022}} \|Scottish Premiership \|0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020–21{{soccerbase season\|104533\|2020\|accessdate=20 July 2022}} \|Scottish Premiership \|5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
2021–22{{soccerbase season\|104533\|2021\|accessdate=20 July 2022}} \|Scottish Premiership \|8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0
2022–23{{soccerbase season\|104533\|2022\|accessdate=20 July 2022}} \|Scottish Premiership \|0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
colspan="2"\|Total !26	2	1	0	7	1	2	0	36	3
Berwick Rangers (loan) \|2017–18 \|Scottish Second Division \|16	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	8
Alloa Athletic (loan) \|2018–19 \|Scottish Championship \|15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	1
Queen of the South (loan) \|2019–20	Scottish Championship \|22	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	25	4
East Fife (loan) \|2020–21 \|Scottish League One \|9	7	0	0	4	2	0	0	13	9
Arbroath (loan) \|2020–21 \|Scottish Championship \|14	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	8
Arbroath (loan) \|2021–22 \|Scottish Championship \|16	7	2	3	0	0	2	0	20	10
Hartlepool United (loan) \|2022–23 \|League Two \|31	3	4	1	1	0	2	0	38	4
rowspan="3"\|Raith Rovers \|2023–24{{soccerbase season\|104533\|2023\|accessdate=2 August 2023}} \|Scottish Championship \|30	7	2	2	4	0	3	3	40	12
2024–25{{soccerbase season\|104533\|2024\|accessdate=19 October 2024}} \|Scottish Championship \|11	3	0	0	4	1	0	0	15	4
colspan="2"\|Total !41	10	2	2	8	1	3	3	55	16
colspan="3"\|Career total !190	50	10	6	24	4	10	3	234	63