Ross MacIver

Ross MacIver (born 28 February 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Motherwell. He previously played for Ross County and has spent time on loan at Wick Academy, Forfar Athletic, Elgin City and Greenock Morton.

Ross MacIver

Personal information
Date of birth	28 February 1999[1]
Place of birth	Inverness, Scotland[1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Motherwell
Number	25
Youth career
0000–2017	Ross County
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	Ross County	0	(0)
2017	→ Wick Academy (loan)
2018	→ Forfar Athletic (loan)	10	(1)
2019	→ Elgin City (loan)	15	(4)
2019–	Motherwell	8	(1)
2020–	→ Greenock Morton (loan)	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:07, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Career

Ross County

MacIver came through the Ross County Academy and was part of the Ross County Under-20s team that won the 2016–17 SPFL Development League for the first time in the club's history. He made his first team debut in the 2018–19 Scottish Challenge Cup third round against Montrose coming on for the last 13 minutes of the match and taking home the man of the match reward for his outstanding efforts.[2]

Loans

In January 2017, MacIver was loaned out to Highland Football League Club Wick Academy until the end of the season.[3] On 26 January 2018, along with teammate Russell Dingwall, he was loaned to Scottish League One team Forfar Athletic until the end of the season. MacIver went on to score one goal in ten games for the club which caught the attention of premier league sides such as Aberdeen and Kilmarnock who were in desperate need of a predator type attacker. [4]

In February 2019, MacIver joined Elgin City on loan for the remainder of the season.[5][6]

Motherwell

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, having been released by Ross County, MacIver signed for Motherwell.[1] He made his debut as a substitute on 26 December 2019, away to his former club Ross County, scoring Motherwell's equalising goal in a 2–1 win. This ended up being the only goal of his senior Motherwell career. In other performances he ran around efficiently which was highly commended by the Steelmen faithful .[7]

MacIver joined Greenock Morton on a season-long loan in September 2020,[8] but was recalled by Motherwell in January 2021.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 January 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ross County Under 20s	2016–17[10]	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	2017–18[11]		0	0	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	1	2	1
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1
Ross County	2017–18[11]	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2018–19[12]	Scottish Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Forfar (loan)	2017–18[11]	Scottish League One	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
Elgin (loan)	2018–19[12]	Scottish League Two	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	4
Motherwell	2019–20[13]	Scottish Premiership	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
	2020–21[14]	Scottish Premiership	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
Greenock Morton (loan)	2020–21[14]	Scottish Championship	6	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	9	1
Career total			39	6	1	0	3	1	4	1	47	8

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References

1. "Ross MacIver player profile". Motherwell F.C. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
2. "Ross County Vs. Montrose". SPFL. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
3. "Ross MacIver Signs Loan Deal". Wick Academy FC. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
4. "Russell Dingwall and Ross MacIver complete loan move to Forfar". Ross County FC. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
5. "Ross MacIver loaned to Elgin City FC". Ross County F.C. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
6. Skinner, Andy (26 February 2019). "MacIver aims to grasp senior opportunity with Elgin". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
7. Mullen, Scott (26 December 2019). "Ross County 1–2 Motherwell". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
8. "MORTON MOVE FOR MacIver". spfl.co.uk. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
9. Dodds, Christopher (8 January 2021). "Morton loanee MacIver recalled by parent club Motherwell". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
10. "Games played by Ross MacIver in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
11. "Games played by Ross MacIver in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
12. "Games played by Ross MacIver in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
13. "Games played by Ross MacIver in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
14. "Games played by Ross MacIver in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 October 2020.