Ross MacLean | |
Birth Date: | 13 March 1997 |
Birth Place: | Bellshill, Scotland |
Currentclub: | Forfar Athletic |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 2014–2019 |
Clubs1: | Motherwell |
Caps1: | 16 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs2: | → Greenock Morton (loan) |
Caps2: | 16 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs3: | Falkirk |
Caps3: | 22 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs4: | Queen's Park |
Caps4: | 22 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Years5: | 2021–2024 |
Clubs5: | Dumbarton |
Caps5: | 68 |
Goals5: | 12 |
Years6: | 2024– |
Clubs6: | Forfar Athletic |
Caps6: | 0 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 21:06, 7 June 2024 (UTC) |
Ross MacLean (born 13 March 1997) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for side Forfar Athletic. MacLean has previously played for Greenock Morton, Motherwell, Falkirk, Queen's Park and Dumbarton.
On 10 January 2015, MacLean made his debut for Motherwell as a substitute in a 4–1 defeat against Dundee.[1]
On 7 December 2016, MacLean signed a new two-and-a-half-year deal with Motherwell.[2] He scored his first career goal on 9 August 2017, scoring the winner in extra-time as Motherwell won 3–2 away to Ross County in the Scottish League Cup.[3] [4]
MacLean was loaned to Greenock Morton in June 2018 for the 2018–19 season;[5] scoring for the club on his league debut against Queen of the South.[6]
MacLean signed for Falkirk in January 2019.[7] He left Falkirk in January 2020 and signed for Queen's Park.[8] After winning the 2020–21 Scottish League Two title with the Spiders, MacLean signed a two-year deal with Dumbarton in June 2021[9] scoring on his debut in a 2-1 defeat to Stenhousemuir.[10] He finished the season as the club's top scorer, with nine goals, as the Sons were relegated to Scottish League Two. He signed a new two year deal with the club in April 2023.[11] In January 2024 he announced he would be taking a leave of absence from the Sons after a change in his working circumstances.[12] He officially left the club in June 2024, joining Forfar Athletic for an undisclosed fee.[13]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Motherwell | 2014–15 | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2016–17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[15] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
Greenock Morton (loan) | 2018–19 | Scottish Championship | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1[16] | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
Falkirk | 2018–19 | Scottish Championship | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
2019–20 | Scottish League One | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
Total | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
Queen's Park | 2019–20 | Scottish League Two | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
2020–21 | Scottish League Two | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
Total | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | |||
Dumbarton | 2021–22 | Scottish League One | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 9 | |
2022–23 | Scottish League Two | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | ||
2023–24 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |||
Total | 68 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 89 | 17 | |||
Career total | 151 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 193 | 23 |