Robert Thomson (footballer, born 1993)

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Robert Thomson
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-05-28) 28 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Paisley, Scotland
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Dumbarton
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– Dumbarton 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2016

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

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, scoring 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]

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