Robert Thomson (footballer, born 1993)

Robert Thomson (born 28 May 1993) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward for Alloa Athletic. He has previously played for Dundee United, Alloa Athletic, Dunfermline Athletic, Brechin City, Dumbarton and Greenock Morton.

Robert Thomson
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-05-28) 28 May 1993
Place of birth Paisley, Scotland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Alloa Athletic
Number 19
Youth career
2004–2012 Dundee United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Dundee United 2 (0)
2012 → Alloa Athletic (loan) 14 (4)
2013 Dunfermline Athletic 9 (1)
2014–2016 Brechin City 80 (29)
2016–2017 Dumbarton 36 (12)
2017–2019 Greenock Morton 38 (4)
2019– Alloa Athletic 27 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:12, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

Career

Dundee United

Born in Paisley, Thomson spent the majority of his youth career as an academy player with Scottish Premier League side Dundee United.[2] After spending time on loan at Alloa in 2012–13, Thomson returned to Dundee United and made his official first-team debut in the Scottish Premier League on 9 March 2013, against St Mirren coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute for Rory Boulding as Dundee United drew the match 0–0.[3]

Alloa Athletic

On 11 August 2012, it was officially confirmed that Thomson had signed with Scottish Second Division side Alloa Athletic on loan till 1 January 2013.[4] Thomson then made his debut for Alloa Athletic that same day, in a 1–1 draw against East Fife as a substitute for Mark Docherty.[5] In the following game, on 18 August 2012, he scored the first professional goals of his career, with a brace against Albion Rovers in the 79th and 83rd minutes of the match to give Alloa Athletic a 3–0 away victory.[6] Thomson then scored two further goals for Alloa, on 1 September 2012 in a 3–1 win against Brechin City[7] and then on 15 December 2012, against Stranraer in a 3–2 defeat.[8]

Dunfermline Athletic

On 30 August 2013, Thomson signed for Dunfermline Athletic on a contract running until the end of December 2013.[9] He made his debut the following day in a 3–1 win against Stranraer.[10] On 14 September 2013, he scored what turned out to be his only goal for Dunfermline in a 1–1 draw against Brechin City.[11]

Brechin City

On 27 January 2014, Thomson signed for Brechin City until the end of the season.[12] He scored 15 goals in the 2015–16 season and won the Scottish League One Player of the Month for April[13] a month in which he scored his first senior hat-trick in a 5–1 victory over Peterhead.

Dumbarton

In May 2016, Thomson signed for Scottish Championship club Dumbarton.[14] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–3 draw with Peterhead in July 2016.[15] He scored the Sons 500th goal at the Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium in March 2017, with the first of a double against Raith Rovers in a 4–0 victory.[16]

Greenock Morton

After impressing Greenock Morton manager Jim Duffy with displays against his side, Thomson signed a pre-contract agreement for a two-year deal with the Cappielow club on 9 February 2017, with the move taking place during the summer of 2017.[17]

Alloa Athletic

On 18 June 2019, Thomson signed for Alloa Athletic.[18]

Career statistics
As of match played 18 January 2020 [19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Dundee United 2012–13[20] Scottish Premier League 2000000020
Alloa Athletic (loan) 2012–13[21] Scottish Second Division 144100000154
Dunfermline Athletic 2013–14[22] Scottish League One 9100000091
Brechin City 2013–14[22] Scottish League One 147000000147
2014–15[23] 34740104[lower-alpha 1]1438
2015–16[24] 321510101[lower-alpha 2]03515
Total 80295020519230
Dumbarton 2016–17[25] Scottish Championship 361120411[lower-alpha 2]04312
Greenock Morton 2017–18[26] Scottish Championship 25400321[lower-alpha 2]0296
2018–19[27] 13031001[lower-alpha 2]0171
Total 384313220467
Alloa Athletic 2019–20[28] Scottish Championship 15020102[lower-alpha 2]1201
Career total 1944913110310222755
  1. Two appearances and a goal in the Scottish Challenge Cup, two appearances in the Championship play-offs
  2. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References
  1. "Robert Thomson Joins the Wasps". Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  2. "Robert Thomson". Dundee United. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  3. "ST. MIRREN VS. DUNDEE UNITED 0 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  4. "Robert Thomson joins Wasps". Alloa Athletic. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  5. "ALLOA ATHLETIC VS. EAST FIFE 1 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  6. "ALBION ROVERS VS. ALLOA ATHLETIC 0 – 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  7. "BRECHIN CITY VS. ALLOA ATHLETIC 1 – 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  8. "STRANRAER VS. ALLOA ATHLETIC 3 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  9. "Robert Thomson Signs". dafc.co.uk. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  10. "Dunfermline Athletic 3–1 Stranraer". BBC Sport. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  11. "Brechin City 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic". 14 September 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  12. "Robert Thomson". brechincity.com. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  13. Findlay, Alan. "AN AWARD WINNER ALREADY!". Dumbarton Football Club. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  14. "Signing news: Striker joins from Brechin City". dumbartonfootballclub.com. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  15. Barrow, Simon. "SONS BEATEN IN BETFRED ON PENALTIES". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  16. Galloway, Andrew. "Dumbarton (4) v Raith Rovers (0)". Dumbarton Football Club. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  17. Mitchell, Jonathan (9 February 2017). "Robert Thomson signs pre-contract agreement". Greenock Morton FC. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  18. "DOUBLE DEAL FOR ALLOA". Scottish Professional Football League. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  19. Robert Thomson at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  20. "Games played by Robert Thomson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  21. "Games played by Robert Thomson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  22. "Games played by Robert Thomson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  23. "Games played by Robert Thomson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  24. "Games played by Robert Thomson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  25. "Games played by Robert Thomson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  26. "Games played by Robert Thomson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  27. "Games played by Robert Thomson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  28. "Games played by Robert Thomson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
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