Ryan Porteous

Ryan Porteous (born 25 March 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. He has also played on loan at Edinburgh City and has represented Scotland at the under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels.

Ryan Porteous
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-25) 25 March 1999
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Centre-Back
Club information
Current team
 Hibernian
Number 5
Youth career
Hibernian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Hibernian 62 (6)
2016–2017 → Edinburgh City (loan) 23 (3)
National team‡
2017–2018 Scotland U19 7 (0)
2018 Scotland U20 1 (0)
2018–2020 Scotland U21 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:54, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:53, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Raised in Dalkeith in Midlothian,[1][2] Porteous supported Hibernian in childhood[3][4] and attended Dalkeith High School.[5] After establishing himself in the Hibernian youth system, he was loaned to Edinburgh City for the 2016–17 season.[1] Porteous scored goals that secured wins for Edinburgh against Annan Athletic (their first in the SPFL) and Arbroath.[1]

He made his first team debut for Hibernian in a 2017–18 Scottish League Cup group stage match against Montrose. He then scored two goals in his second appearance for Hibs, a 6–1 win against Arbroath in the same competition.[6] Although becoming a regular in the senior squad during that season (30 times an unused substitute in addition to six Scottish Premiership matches in which he did feature),[7] Porteous also continued to appear for the club's Under-20s, whose campaign ended with a 'double' of SPFL Development League[8] and Scottish Youth Cup.[9]

During October 2018, Porteous signed a new contract with Hibernian, due to run until the summer of 2023.[10] He suffered a knee injury in January 2019 that required surgery, which prevented him from playing for the rest of the 2018–19 season.[11][12]

On 20 December 2019, Porteous was shown a straight red card for a dangerous tackle on Borna Barišić, with the incident provoking an angry confrontation between both coaching teams.[13] Porteous suffered a serious knee injury during a Scottish Cup match at Dundee United in January 2020.[14]

International career

Porteous was named in the Scotland under-19 squad for the elite round of qualification for the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[15][4] He made his first appearance for the under-21 team in the 2018 Toulon Tournament, and made 14 appearances in total over the following two years.

He earned a first senior Scotland call-up for Euro 2020 qualifiers against Cyprus and Kazakhstan in November 2019, but did not play in either fixture.[16]

Personal life

His older sister Emma is also a footballer who played for Hibernian[17] and was selected for Scotland at youth level before taking a university scholarship in Pennsylvania to combine her sporting and academic studies.[18][19] Ryan missed her graduation to play for Scotland Under-21s.[2]

As of 2018, Porteous was signed to an agency operated by tennis player Andy Murray.[3]

In October 2020, Porteous declared his support for the Common Goal charity.[20]

Career statistics
As of 2 February 2021[21]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hibernian 2017–18[22] Scottish Premiership 610032—93
2018–19[23][note 1] Scottish Premiership 163002050233
2019–20[24][note 2] Scottish Premiership 1412010—171
2020–21[25][note 2] Scottish Premiership 2610030—291
Total 626209250788
Edinburgh City (loan) 2016–17[26] Scottish League Two 233100000243
Hibernian Under-20s[note 3]
2017–18[22] —1010
2018–19[23] ———
2019–20[24] —1111
Total —2121
Career total 85930927110412

Notes
  1. Soccerbase did not record appearances made by Porteous against NSI Runavik on 19 July, Asteras Tripolis on 26 July and 2 August, and Molde on 9 August and 16 August 2018.
  2. One appearance in the 2019–20 Scottish Cup was in a match delayed until October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. Appearances for the Hibs development squad in the Scottish Challenge Cup against senior clubs.

References
  1. Hardie, David (12 May 2017). "City boss sure Ryan Porteous has a big future at Hibs". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. "Porteous cancelled holiday plans for Scotland Under-21 duty". Hibernian F.C. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  3. Jonathan Sutherland (11 October 2018). "Andy Murray: Why Hibs' Ryan Porteous has tennis champion on speed dial". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  4. "Hibs' Ryan Porteous recalls previous battle with Erling Haaland". The Scotsman. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  5. "Football success for two former DHS pupils". Dalkeith High School. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  6. "League Cup Groups C& D: Hibs hammer Arbroath, Raith collect three points". BBC Sport. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  7. Ryan Porteous at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  8. "Hibs clinch the SPFL Development League title". Edinburgh Evening News. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  9. Kenny Crawford (26 April 2018). "Scottish Youth Cup final: Hibernian beat Aberdeen 3–1". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  10. Hardie, David (24 October 2018). "Ryan Porteous and Fraser Murray sign new Hibs deals". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  11. "Hibernian sign Marc McNulty, Darnell Johnson & Gael Bigirimana". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  12. Lamont, Alasdair (7 May 2019). "Andy Murray 'a real inspiration' for Hibernian's Ryan Porteous in injury recovery". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  13. "Hibernian 0–3 Rangers: Visitors move within two points of leaders Celtic". BBC Sport. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  14. "Hibernian: Jason Naismith and Ryan Porteous surgery confirmed". BBC Sport. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  15. "Under-19s knocked out at Elite Round stage". Scottish Football Association. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  16. "Porteous: Training with Scotland was great experience". FourFourTwo. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  17. "Football – Dalkeith's Emma Porteous scores hit with Hibs". Midlothian Advertiser. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  18. "Emma Porteous – from Hibernian FC to Seton Hill". FirstPoint USA. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  19. "2016 Women's Soccer Roster: Emma Porteous". Seton Hill University. 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  20. "Ryan Porteous: Hibs defender makes salary pledge for gender equality". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  21. Ryan Porteous at Soccerbase
  22. "Games played by Ryan Porteous in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  23. "Games played by Ryan Porteous in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  24. "Games played by Ryan Porteous in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  25. "Games played by Ryan Porteous in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  26. "Games played by Ryan Porteous in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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