Jacob MacIntyre

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|position = Midfielder

|currentclub = Kelty Hearts F.C. on loan from Hibernian

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|youthyears1 = 2015-2024

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|years1 = 2024–

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|caps1 = 1

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Jacob MacIntyre (born 29 January 2006) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian as a midfielder.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jacob-macintyre/857311/|website=Soccerway|title=Jacob McIntyre|accessdate=3 April 2024}}

Career

MacIntyre joined the Hibs academy at nine years-old. In July 2022 he signed a professional contract with the club.{{cite web|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/exclusive-hibs-interview-jacob-and-oscar-macintyre-speak-on-new-deals-first-team-hopes-and-josh-doig-inspiration-3796079|website=The Scotsman|accessdate=17 July 2023|first=Patrick|last=McPartlin|title= Exclusive Hibs interview: Jacob and Oscar MacIntyre speak on new deals, first-team hopes, and Josh Doig inspiration|date=22 August 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/sport/football/hibs-hand-five-promising-young-24500484.amp|date=15 July 2022|accessdate=25 July 2023|website=Edinburgh Live|first=Alan|last=Galindo|title= Hibs hand five promising young stars first pro deals as Steve Kean lays down challenge}} He was named among the first-team match day substitutes on 27 July 2023, in the UEFA Europa Conference League against Inter Club d'Escaldes.{{cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2023/07/27/europe/uefa-europa-conference-league/inter-descaldes/hibernian-football-club/4086495/|title= INTER CLUB D'ESCALDES VS. HIBERNIAN|date=27 July 2023|website=Soccerway|accessdate=27 July 2023}} He made his professional debut for Hibs on 16 March 2024, in a 3-0 win in the Scottish Premiership against Livingstone.{{cite web|url= https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/03/16/scotland/premier-league/hibernian-football-club/livingston-fc/4104857/|website=Soccerway|date=16 March 2024|accessdate=3 April 2024|title= HIBERNIAN VS. LIVINGSTON 3 - 0}}{{cite web|url= https://glasgowstandard.com/2024/03/21/the-brothers-who-defied-the-odds-to-live-their-hibernian-dream/|website=Glasgow Standard|accessdate=3 April 2024|title= The brothers who "defied the odds" to live their Hibernian dream|date=21 March 2024|first=Daniel|last= MacLeod}}

International career

In March 2023, he helped the Scotland U-17 team qualify for the 2023 UEFA European U-17 Championship. He was also subsequently then named in the Scotland U17 squad for the tournament.{{cite web|website=Edinburgh News|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-and-hibs-players-named-in-the-scotland-squad-for-the-european-under-17-championship-4130804|accessdate=25 July 2023|title= Hearts and Hibs players named in the Scotland squad for the European Under-17 Championship|first=Barry|last=Anderson|date=4 May 2023}}{{cite web|website=The Scotsman|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-international-round-up-euro-joy-for-macintyre-and-molotnikov-kukharevych-gets-gametime-4084840|first=Patrick|last=McPartlin|date=23 March 2023|title= Hibs international round-up: Euro joy for MacIntyre and Molotnikov; Kukharevych gets gametime |accessdate=25 July 2023}}

Personal life

His brother Oscar MacIntyre is also a professional footballer at Hibernian. They are both cousins of professional golfer Robert MacIntyre.{{cite web|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/exclusive-hibs-interview-jacob-and-oscar-macintyre-speak-on-new-deals-first-team-hopes-and-josh-doig-inspiration-3796079|website=The Scotsman|accessdate=17 July 2023|title= Hibs brothers Jacob and Oscar MacIntyre speak on first-team hopes, rejection, and family influence|first=Peter|last=Wales|date=22 December 2022}}

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