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Dougie Hill
Personal information
Full name Douglas Hill
Date of birth (1985-01-16) 16 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Brechin City
Youth career
Falkirk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Alloa Athletic 15 (2)
2005–2008 Cowdenbeath 79 (3)
2008–2009 Alloa Athletic 32 (0)
2009–2015 Raith Rovers 132 (6)
2011 → Brechin City (loan) 4 (1)
2015–2016 Alloa Athletic 29 (1)
2016– Brechin City 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Dougie Hill (born 16 January 1985) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Brechin City. He has previously played for Alloa Athletic, Cowdenbeath and Raith Rovers.

Career

Hill started his career in the youth side of Falkirk and in July 2004, signed for Alloa Athletic[1] After one season at Alloa, Hill signed for Cowdenbeath in July 2005.[2] On 17 June 2008, Hill signed for Alloa Athletic for a second time.[1] On 17 July 2009, Hill signed for Raith Rovers.[3] He made his debut on 8 August 2009, as a substitute against Queen of The South in the Scottish First Division.[4] He went on to score his first goal and the winning goal for the club in their game against Ross County on 22 August 2009.[5] In all he made 33 appearances scoring two goals that season.

At the start of the 2010–11 season, Hill suffered a broken ankle in the Reserve League Cup Final against Dunfermline Athletic.[6] On his return from injury, in order to regain full fitness, he went out on loan to Brechin City.[7] He made his debut on 29 January 2011, in a 2–1 win against Dumbarton scoring the opening goal.[8] In all he made five appearances for Brechin but unfortunately was sent off in his last game for the club.[9] On his return to Raith Rovers, Hill broke back into the first team making a further eight appearances for them.

On 6 April 2014, Hill was named man of the match in a 1–0 win against Rangers in the 2014 Scottish Challenge Cup Final.[10] In June 2015, after six-years with the Kirkcaldy side, Hill was released by Raith Rovers.[11] On 22 June 2015, Hill signed for a third spell with Scottish Championship club Alloa Athletic.[12] After one season at Recreation Park, Hill moved to Scottish League One side Brechin City in June 2016, who he previously had a short spell on loan with in 2011.[13]

Career statistics

As of 23 July 2015[14][15][16][17][18]
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Alloa Athletic 2004–05 15 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 20 2
Cowdenbeath 2005–06 24 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 27 1
2006–07 28 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 32 2
2007–08 27 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 34 1
Total 79 3 7 1 3 0 4 0 93 4
Alloa Athletic 2008–09 32 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 39 0
Raith Rovers 2009–10 29 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 37 2
2010–11 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
2011–12 29 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 0
2012–13 25 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 33 5
2013–14 30 3 3 1 2 0 4 1 39 5
2014–15 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Total 132 6 14 2 8 2 6 2 160 12
Brechin City (loan) 2010–11 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Alloa Athletic 2015–16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 262 12 26 3 15 2 14 2 317 19

Honours

Club

Raith Rovers

References

  1. ^ a b "First two signings for next season". Alloa Athletic F.C. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ^ "U-21 cap in surprise move to Stranraer". The Scotsman. 30 July 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Murray and Hill join Raith Rovers". BBC Sport. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Queen o' South 1–1 Raith Rovers". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Ross County v Raith". Raith Rovers. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Raith Rovers rocked by injury to Dougie Hill". The Courier. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Hill Signs". Brechin City. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Dumbarton 1 – 2 Brechin". STV. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  9. ^ "East Fife v Brechin". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  10. ^ a b "Raith beat Rangers in Cup final". BBC Sport. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  11. ^ "Rovers Retained and Released Lists". Raith Rovers F.C. 2 June 2015. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  12. ^ "Three players added". alloaathletic.co.uk. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  13. ^ "Dougie Hill Signs for City". Brechin City FC. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  14. ^ Dougie Hill at Soccerbase
  15. ^ Dougie Hill at Soccerbase
  16. ^ Dougie Hill at Soccerbase
  17. ^ Dougie Hill at Soccerbase
  18. ^ "Soccerway Stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
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