Eamonn Brophy (born 10 March 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for St Mirren, as a striker.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eamonn Brophy[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 (age 26)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | St Mirren | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2011 | Celtic | ||
| 2011–2012 | Hibernian | ||
| 2012–2013 | Hamilton Academical | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Hamilton Academical | 66 | (7) |
| 2014 | → Queen's Park (loan) | 9 | (7) |
| 2015 | → Dumbarton (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2017–2021 | Kilmarnock | 100 | (29) |
| 2021 | → St Mirren (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2021– | St Mirren | 39 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Scotland U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Scotland U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:44, 10 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:34, 9 June 2019 (UTC) | |||
Brophy has previously played for Celtic, Hibernian, Hamilton Academical, Queen's Park, Dumbarton and Kilmarnock, and made his senior international debut for Scotland in 2019.
Brophy is a product of the Celtic and Hibernian youth systems, but both considered him too short at the time.[4] He turned professional with Hamilton Academical in July 2012.[5] He made his senior debut on 9 April 2013, scoring a goal in the process.[6][7][8]
On 6 March 2014, Brophy signed for Scottish League Two club Queen's Park on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season.[9] He made his debut for the club on 8 March 2014, scoring in a 3–1 defeat against Clyde.[10]
He joined Scottish Championship outfit Dumbarton on loan in September 2015.[11]
On 18 August 2017, Brophy signed for Kilmarnock, on a three-year contract.[12] On the last day of the 2018–19 season, Brophy's 89th-minute penalty saw Kilmarnock beat Rangers 2–1 to seal a place in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League – the first time the club had qualified for a European competition since the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.[13][14]
Brophy signed a pre-contract agreement with St Mirren in January 2021 to transfer in the summer, although St Mirren were hoping to sign him that month instead.[15][16][17] Kilmarnock manager Alex Dyer said that he "probably" wouldn't select Brophy again, as the player wanted to leave the club.[18] Brophy was loaned to St Mirren for the rest of the 2020–21 season, filling the period before his permanent move.[19]
Brophy has played for Scotland at under-19 level.[20] He was selected for the under-21 squad for the first time in October 2016, for a friendly match against Slovakia,[21] in which he made his debut as Scotland lost 4–0 on 9 November 2016.[22][23]
He received his first call-up to the Scotland senior national team for UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying fixtures in May 2019.[24] He made his senior debut on 8 June 2019 in a 2–1 victory against Cyprus at Hampden Park.[25]
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hamilton Academical | 2012–13[26] | Scottish First Division | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013–14[27] | Scottish Championship | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2014–15[28] | Scottish Premiership | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16[29] | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 4 | |||
| 2016–17[30] | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
| Total | 66 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 8 | ||
| Queen's Park (loan) | 2013–14[27] | Scottish League Two | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| Dumbarton (loan) | 2015–16[29] | Scottish Championship | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Kilmarnock | 2017–18[31] | Scottish Premiership | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 32 | 8 | |
| 2018–19[32] | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 33 | 12 | |||
| 2019–20[33] | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 34 | 11 | ||
| 2020–21[34] | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | ||
| Total | 100 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 116 | 34 | ||
| St Mirren (loan) | 2020–21[34] | Scottish Premiership | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| St Mirren | 2021–22[35] | Scottish Premiership | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 |
| 2022–23[36] | Scottish Premiership | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 230 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 263 | 57 | ||
St Mirren F.C. – current squad | |
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