Dale Carrick (born 7 January 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Stirling Albion. Carrick started his career with Heart of Midlothian, and has played for Raith Rovers, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Cowdenbeath and Airdrieonians. Carrick has represented Scotland at both under-16 and under-21 levels.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dale Carrick | ||
Date of birth | (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Stirling Albion | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2012 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Heart of Midlothian | 45 | (8) |
2015 | → Raith Rovers (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Kilmarnock | 11 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Livingston | 23 | (4) |
2017 | → Cowdenbeath (loan) | 16 | (6) |
2018–2021 | Airdrieonians | 87 | (28) |
2021– | Stirling Albion | 11 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2009 | Scotland U16 | 4 | (0) |
2012 | Scotland U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:47, 7 November 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:24, 13 January 2019 (UTC) |
Born in Edinburgh, Carrick grew up supporting his father's home-town club Queen of the South. A member of Hearts Under-20 team [1] Carrick made his Scottish Premier League debut on 4 August 2012 in a 2–0 win versus St Johnstone.[2] On 23 August 2012 in only his second appearance, Carrick made his European debut as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat versus Liverpool at Tynecastle.[3] Carrick's first goal for the Jambos arrived on 18 January 2014 in a thrilling 3–3 draw versus the Perth club at McDiarmid Park.[4]
Carrick had joined Raith Rovers on 30 January 2015 on a one-month loan deal.[5] The loan deal was then cut-short on 11 February 2015 as a result of Carrick suffering an injury.[6]
On 8 July 2015, Carrick departed the Tynecastle club to pursue regular first-team football elsewhere with his contract terminated by mutual consent.[7][8] Carrick then signed a three-year contract with Kilmarnock.[9]
After one season with Killie Carrick then signed for the West Lothian club Livingston in July 2016.[10] On 26 January 2017 Carrick moved on loan to Scottish League Two club Cowdenbeath for the remainder of the 2016-17 season.[11] Carrick departed the Lions in January 2018 and signed for Airdrieonians in an attempt to get more first-team football.[12] He remained at Airdrie until May 2021.
On 28 May 2021, Carrick signed for Scottish League Two side Stirling Albion.[13]
Carrick has represented Scotland at under-16 level. Carrick made his debut in an International Challenge match versus Jersey on 18 August 2009[14] and made four appearances in total.[15]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Heart of Midlothian | 2012–13[17] | Scottish Premier League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 20 | 0 |
2013–14[18] | Scottish Premiership | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 6 | ||
2014–15[19] | Scottish Championship | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
Total | 45 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 8 | ||
Raith Rovers (loan) | 2014–15[19] | Scottish Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Kilmarnock | 2015–16[20] | Scottish Premiership | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Livingston | 2016–17[21] | Scottish League One | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 20 | 4 |
2017–18[22] | Scottish Championship | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
Total | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 6 | ||
Cowdenbeath (loan) | 2016–17[21] | Scottish League Two | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 18 | 6 |
Airdrieonians | 2017–18[22] | Scottish League One | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
2018–19[23] | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 33 | 4 | ||
2019–20[24] | 24 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 33 | 13 | ||
2020–21[25] | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 30 | 9 | ||
Total | 87 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 112 | 31 | ||
Stirling Albion | 2021–22[26] | Scottish League Two | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
Career total | 194 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 246 | 55 |
Stirling Albion F.C. – current squad | |
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