Jamie McCart
Jamie Daniel McCart (born 20 June 1997) is a Scottish footballer, who plays as a defender for Barnsley on loan from Rotherham United. McCart has previously played for Celtic, St Mirren, Alloa Athletic, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and St Johnstone.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jamie Daniel McCart[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 June 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Barnsley (on loan from Rotherham United) | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Celtic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Celtic | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2017 | → St Mirren (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Alloa Athletic (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 45 | (2) |
| 2020–2022 | St Johnstone | 82 | (1) |
| 2022– | Rotherham United | 8 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2023– | → Barnsley (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Scotland U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017 | Scotland U21 | 1 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2019 | |||
Club career edit
A product of Celtic's youth system,[3] McCart made his competitive debut for the Glasgow club as a substitute against Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup during August 2016.[4]
On 31 January 2017, McCart joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a loan deal until the end of the season.[5] He then made an emergency loan move to St Mirren in September 2017,[6] and returned to Celtic at the end of the year having made just three appearances for the Buddies.[7] McCart moved on loan again in January 2018, joining Scottish League One side Alloa Athletic until the end of the season.[8]
McCart returned to Inverness ahead of the 2018–19 season,[9] signing a two-year contract with the club.[10]
McCart signed a pre-contract agreement with St Johnstone in January 2020.[11] Later in the month, Inverness and St Johnstone agreed a deal that allowed him to join the Saints immediately.[12] He quickly established a defensive partnership with Jason Kerr and Liam Gordon.[3]
On 27 June 2022 McCart signed a three-year contract with EFL Championship side Rotherham United, after signing a pre-contract earlier in the month.[13] McCart made just one league start for Rotherham during the first half of the 2022–23 season, and he moved on loan to Leyton Orient in January 2023.[14]
International career edit
In March 2017 he made his debut for the Scotland Under-21 side in a friendly against Estonia.[15][16]
Selected for the Scotland under-20 squad in the 2017 Toulon Tournament.[17] The team went to claim the bronze medal.[18] It was the nations first ever medal at the competition.[2]
Personal life edit
He is the son of former Motherwell defender Chris McCart, who is now the Head of Celtic's Youth Academy.[19]
Career statistics edit
- As of match played 29 August 2023
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Celtic | 2016–17[20] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017–18[21] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Celtic U-20s | 2016–17[20] | SPFL Development League | — | — | — | 3[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18[21] | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) | 2016–17[20] | Scottish Premiership | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| St Mirren (loan) | 2017–18[21] | Scottish Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Alloa Athletic (loan) | 2017–18[21] | Scottish League One | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2018–19[22] | Scottish Championship | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 2019–20[23] | Scottish Championship | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
| Total | 45 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 2 | ||
| St Johnstone | 2019–20[23] | Scottish Premiership | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| 2020–21[24] | Scottish Premiership | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 48 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[25] | Scottish Premiership | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5[d] | 0 | 46 | 1 | |
| Total | 82 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 104 | 2 | ||
| Rotherham United | 2022–23[26] | EFL Championship | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| 2023–24[27] | EFL Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Leyton Orient (loan) | 2022–23[26] | EFL League Two | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 170 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 224 | 5 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
- ^ Appearances in the Scottish Championship play-offs
- ^ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and five appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
- ^ Two appearances in the UEFA Europa League, two appearance in the UEFA Conference League and one appearance in the Scottish Premiership play-offs.
Honours edit
St Johnstone
Leyton Orient
References edit
- ^ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
- ^ a b "JULES AND HOLSGROVE TAKE BRONZE WITH SCOTLAND IN TOULON". Reading FC. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ a b Jamie McCart on why leaving Celtic was so important for his career and St Johnstone rise, Aiden Smith, The Herald, 13 February 2021
- ^ McConnell, Alison (10 August 2016). "Celtic hammer Motherwell to ease into quarter-finals of BetFred League Cup". Evening Times. Glasgow. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ "Jamie McCart joins Inverness Caley Thistle on loan". Celtic FC. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Jamie McCart joins St Mirren on an emergency loan". Celtic FC. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Jamie McCart returns to Celtic". St Mirren FC. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "Jamie McCart makes loan move to Alloa Athletic". www.celticfc.net. Celtic FC. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ . SPFL. 14 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Jamie McCart: Inverness CT sign defender from Celtic". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ McBeath, Amy (23 January 2020). "Jamie McCart: Inverness CT say defender has agreed St Johnstone deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Jamie McCart: St Johnstone complete signing of Inverness defender". BBC Sport. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Millers finalise McCart deal". Rotherham United F.C. 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Jamie McCart: Leyton Orient sign Rotherham United defender on loan". BBC Sport. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Scotland U21 profile". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Scotland Under-21 0-0 Estonia Under-21". BBC Sport. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Scotland squad for Toulon announced". Scottish Football Association. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Scotland finish third at Toulon Tournament with 3-0 win". Scottish Football Association. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ McAllion, Kevin (9 February 2016). "Three to watch: Celtic academy kids hoping to make big breakthrough". Daily Record. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ a b c "Games played by Jamie McCart in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Games played by Jamie McCart in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Jamie McCart in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Games played by Jamie McCart in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Jamie McCart in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Jamie McCart in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Games played by Jamie McCart in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "Games played by Jamie McCart in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Lindsay, Clive (22 May 2021). "Perth side complete domestic cup double". BBC. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "St Johnstone beat Livingston to clinch their first League Cup". BBC. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Leyton Orient 2-0 Crewe: Richie Wellens' side seal League Two title". Sky Sports. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
External links edit
- Jamie McCart profile at Soccerbase
- Jamie McCart at the Scottish Football Association
- at Celtic FC (archived)