Harrison Theodore Paton (born May 23, 1998) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Ross County. He made his debut for Ross County against Alloa in the Scottish League Cup, where he also scored his first goal for the club.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Harrison Theodore Paton | ||
Date of birth | (1998-05-23) May 23, 1998 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Ross County | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2016 | Fulham | ||
2016–2017 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Heart of Midlothian | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Stenhousemuir (loan) | 31 | (8) |
2018– | Ross County | 89 | (1) |
2018–2019 | → Stenhousemuir (loan) | 13 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2015 | Canada U17 | 6 | (0) |
2015 | Canada U20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 July 2018 (UTC) |
After helping Stenhousemuir gain promotion to League One in the 2017-18 season on loan from Hearts, Paton would sign a one year deal with Scottish Championship side Ross County in July 2018.[2] In his first season with Ross County, Paton would spend the first half of the season back on loan with Stenhousemuir, but would return from loan in January, and would make 7 appearances for the club.[3] Ross County would re-sign Paton for the 2019-20 season, and he would make his first start for the club in September 2019.[4][5] Paton would make 23 appearances for the club in 2019-20, breaking into the first team on a full-time basis.[6] On May 25, 2020 Ross County announced Paton had signed a new deal with the club.[7]
Paton was part of the Canada U17 team who participated in the 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship where Paton played 6 times.[8] He would be named to Canada's provisional squad for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in February 2020.[9] Paton was set to be named to the team ahead of the re-scheduled tournament in March 2021, but Ross County opted to not release him.[10]
In June 2021 Paton was named to Canada's 60-man preliminary squad for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[11] On July 1 he was named to the final 23-man squad.[12] However he did not make an appearance for Canada in 2021.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Stenhousemuir (loan) | 2017–18 | Scottish League Two | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 39 | 8 |
Ross County | 2018–19 | Scottish Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 7 | 1 |
2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
2020–21 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
Total | 89 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 103 | 4 | ||
Stenhousemuir (loan) | 2018–19 | Scottish League One | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
Career total | 133 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 156 | 13 |
2017–18 PFA Scotland Scottish League Two Team of the Year | |
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Ross County F.C. – current squad | |
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Canada squad – 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists | ||
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