Oli Shaw

Oliver Shaw (born 12 March 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Ross County. He has previously played for Hibernian, Stenhousemuir and represented Scotland at the under-19 and under-21 levels.

Oli Shaw

Personal information
Date of birth	12 March 1998
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Ross County
Number	8
Youth career
	Heart of Midlothian
2013–2016	Hibernian
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2020	Hibernian	46	(10)
2016–2017	→ Stenhousemuir (loan)	24	(7)
2020–	Ross County	25	(6)
National team^‡
2016–2017	Scotland U19	7	(2)
2018–2019	Scotland U21	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:11, 27 January 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:31, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Early life

Shaw is from the Barnton area of Edinburgh, and although a Hibernian fan initially joined local rivals Heart of Midlothian as a youth player before signing for Hibernian.[1] His father is retired footballer Greg Shaw, who played for Ayr United, Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic, Airdrieonians, Clydebank and Berwick Rangers.[1]

Club career

After establishing himself in the Hibernian youth team squad, he made his first team debut for the club in a Scottish League Cup match against Montrose on 1 August 2015, which Hibernian won 3–0.[1] Having passed his driving test the same day, he was included as a substitute by then-manager Alan Stubbs, and replaced Alex Harris in the 75th minute.[2]

Shaw was sent to Scottish League One side Stenhousemuir on a development loan for the 2016–17 season.[3] He also continued to play for the Hibs development team and was the top goalscorer in the 2016–17 SPFL Development League.[4]

Shaw scored his first goal for the Hibs first team on 22 October 2017, in a 4–2 defeat against Celtic in the 2017–18 Scottish League Cup semi-final.[5] He scored his first league game for Hibs on 10 December, also against Celtic.[6] In January 2018, Shaw signed a contract with Hibs that was due to run until the end of the 2020–21 season.[7] He continued to play for the Hibs under-20 team, and was again the top goalscorer in the Development League in 2017–18.[8]

Shaw struggled to get playing time during 2019, with his last start for Hibs coming in February 2019.[9] He was sold to Ross County in January 2020 for an undisclosed fee.[9]

International career

Shaw scored for the Scotland under-19s against Sweden on 4 October 2016 in a warm-up game ahead of qualification for the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[10] Scotland were drawn against Israel, Andorra and Liechtenstein in Group C of the qualification tournament, and progressed to the Elite qualifying stage after finishing second in the group. With all three matches being played in Andorra over 6 days from 25 October 2016, Shaw scored the only goal of the game against Liechtenstein and also featured in the matches against Andorra and Israel.[11] Shaw was added to the Scotland under-21 squad in August 2018.[12]

Career statistics

As of 27 January 2021[13]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hibernian	2015–16	Scottish Championship	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	2016–17	Scottish Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2017–18	Scottish Premiership	16	4	1	0	4	1	—		21	5
	2018–19[lower-alpha 1]	Scottish Premiership	26	6	3	0	2	0	4[lower-alpha 2]	1	35	7
	2019–20	Scottish Premiership	4	0	0	0	4	0	—		8	0
	Total		46	10	4	0	11	1	4	1	65	12
Stenhousemuir (loan)	2016–17	Scottish League One	24	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	7
Hibernian Under-20s	2017–18		—						1[lower-alpha 3]	0	1	0
	2018–19		—						1[lower-alpha 3]	1	1	1
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1
Ross County	2019–20	Scottish Premiership	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	0
	2020–21		18	6	0	0	5	2	—		23	8
	Total		25	6	0	0	5	2	0	0	30	8
Career total			95	23	5	0	16	3	6	2	122	28

Notes

1. Soccerbase did not record appearances made by Shaw against NSI Runavik on 19 July and Molde on 9 August and 16 August 2018.
2. Matches in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League
3. Matches for SPFL Development League squad in the Scottish Challenge Cup against senior clubs

References

1. "Driven Hibs kid Oli Shaw passes two tests in one day". Edinburgh Evening News. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
2. "Hibernian 3–0 Montrose". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
3. "Oliver Shaw Player Profile". Stenhousemuir F.C. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
4. "Shaw tops U20 scoring charts". SPFL. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
5. English, Tom (21 October 2017). "Hibernian 2–4 Celtic". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
6. English, Tom (10 December 2017). "Hibernian 2–2 Celtic". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
7. "Hibernian: Oli Shaw signs contract extension to stay at Easter Road". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
8. "Shaw tops U20 scoring charts". Scottish Professional Football League. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
9. "Oli Shaw: Ross County sign striker from Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
10. "Scotland 2 Sweden 0: Hibs hitman Oli Shaw and Celtic ace Mark Hill on the mark as Sbragia's U19s smash young Swedes". Daily Record. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
11. "Skipper McCrorie satisfied as Under-19s progress". Scottish Football Association. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
12. Wales, Peter (21 August 2018). "Oli Shaw heads up Hibs trio handed Scotland Under-21 call-ups". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
13. Oliver Shaw at Soccerbase

External links

• Oli Shaw at the Scottish Football Association