Mark Hill (Scottish footballer)

Mark Hill (born 10 July 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Forfar Athletic. He has previously played for Celtic and was on loan at St Mirren, Forfar Athletic and Charlotte Independence.

Mark Hill

Personal information
Date of birth	10 July 1998
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Forfar Athletic
Youth career
2005–2012[1]	Hamilton Academical[2]
2012–2018	Celtic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	Celtic	0	(0)
2018	→ St Mirren (loan)	3	(0)
2018–2019	→ Forfar Athletic (loan)	13	(3)
2019	→ Charlotte Independence (loan)	9	(0)
2020–	Forfar Athletic	0	(0)
National team
2014–2015	Scotland U17[3]	9	(0)
2015–2017	Scotland U19[3]	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:59, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Career

Hill first attracted media attention as a 13-year-old in April 2012, when he was selected for the reserve team at Hamilton Academical and was said to be in contention for the club's first team.[1] He signed for Scottish champions Celtic a few months later,[4] making steady progress through their youth system including appearances in the UEFA Youth League,[5][6] in Scottish Youth Cup final wins[7][8] and in the Scottish Challenge Cup.[9][10]

Hill signed a new contract with Celtic in 2017,[4] and moved on loan to St Mirren in January 2018,[11][12] making three league appearances[6] as the club gained promotion to the Scottish Premiership as winners of the 2017–18 Scottish Championship. He returned to Celtic but was then loaned again to third-tier Forfar Athletic,[13] becoming a regular in their team until being recalled in January 2019.[13] Two months later, he moved to Charlotte Independence in the USL Championship for the 2019 USL season,[14] but was recalled by Celtic on 1 August 2019.[15]

Hill has also represented Scotland at the under-17 and under-19 levels.[3]

Career statistics

As of 8 August 2019[16][6]

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celtic	2017–18	Scottish Premiership	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2018–19		0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2019–20		0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic U20/U21[lower-alpha 1]	2016–17		—						2	0	2	0
	2017–18		—						1	0	1	0
	2018–19		—						1	0	1	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0
St Mirren (loan)	2017–18	Scottish Championship	3	0	1	0	—		—		4	0
Forfar Athletic (loan)	2018–19	Scottish League One	13	3	1	0	—		—		14	3
Charlotte Independence (loan)	2019	USL Championship	9	0	—		—		—		9	0
Career total			25	3	2	0	0	0	4	0	31	3

1. Matches in the Scottish Challenge Cup, in which age-restricted teams from the SPFL Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs.

References

1. Mark Hill closing on Hamilton Accies debut, aged 13, 29 April 2012
2. "The Next Step: Young Accies". Youth Football Scotland. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
3. Mark Hill at the Scottish Football Association
4. Celtic announce midfielder deal, three-year contract, NinetyMinutesOnline, 20 May 2017
5. "Celtic-Mönchengladbach: Line-ups". UEFA. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
6. M. Hill, Soccerway
7. "Nesbitt the hat-trick hero as emphatic Celtic claim the Little Big Shot Youth Cup". Youth Football Scotland. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
8. "Celtic 3 Rangers 0: Young Hoops claim Scottish Youth Cup glory". The Herald. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
9. Annan Athletic v Celtic FC U20's, Annan Athletic FC, 15 August 2017
10. Starting Lineups: Annan vs Celtic U21, Sky Sports, 14 August 2018
11. St Mirren sign midfielder Mark Hill on loan from Celtic, BBC Sport, 17 January 2018
12. Celtic's Mark Hill can make a major impact on loan at St Mirren, HITC, 17 January 2018
13. Mark Hill heads back to Parkhead, Forfar Athletic FC, 7 January 2019
14. Scottish national team midfielder loaned to Charlotte from Celtic, Charlotte Independence, 15 March 2019
15. Celtic loan recalled from Independence, Charlotte Independence, 1 August 2019
16. Mark Hill at Soccerbase