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Harvey St Clair (born 13 November 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for USL Championship club FC Tulsa. He has represented Scotland at youth level.

Club career

St Clair joined Chelsea as an 8-year-old,[1] and played for their under-18 team when he was 15.[2] After 12 years at the club, he turned down a new contract and instead signed for four years at Serie B side Venezia in June 2018.[2][3]

On 23 August 2018, St Clair made his senior debut for Venezia in the Coppa Italia, starting in the 1–0 home loss to Serie C side Südtirol.[4] After injury ruled him out of the opening weeks of the season,[3] St Clair made his Serie B debut on 30 October as an 88th-minute substitute for Francesco Di Mariano in a 1–0 away win over Cremonese.[5] He made his first Serie B start on 30 March 2019 in a 1–1 draw away to Salernitana.[6]

On 2 September 2019, St Clair signed for Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock on a season-long loan.[7] He made his debut twenty days later in a 3–1 loss at holders Celtic, as a 72nd-minute substitute for Liam Millar.[8]

On 31 January 2022, St Clair joined Triestina on loan.[9]

On 27 January 2023, St Clair moved to Vis Pesaro in Serie C and signed a contract until the end of the season.[10]

On 1 September 2023, he left Venezia by mutual consent.[11]

On 7 February 2024, St Clair signed with FC Tulsa for the 2024 USL Championship season.[12]

International career

Born and raised in London, St Clair qualified for Scotland through his mother, Heather, coming from Edinburgh. He made his debut for the under-17 team in their European qualifier against the Faroe Islands. This was at Eamonn Deacy Park in Galway, Ireland on 22 September 2014 and scored in a 4–0 win before a crowd of 25 people in a 'tornado'.[13] In March 2018, he was first called up to the under-21 team.[13] In June that year at the 2018 Toulon Tournament the Scots came fourth, with St Clair winning a penalty in the third-place match against Turkey, which was saved by Altay Bayındır.[14]

Career statistics

As of 17 October 2022[15]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Venezia 2018–19 Serie B 12 0 1 0 13 0
2019–20 Serie B 0 0 1 0 1 0
2020–21 Serie B 7 0 2 0 9 0
2022-23 Serie B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 20 0 4 0 24 0
Kilmarnock (loan) 2019–20 Scottish Premiership 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Seregno(loan) 2021–22 Serie C 17 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 0
Triestina (loan) 2021–22 Serie C 13 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 16 2
Career total 52 2 4 0 1 0 3 0 62 2

References

  1. ^ "Harvy St Clair profile at Chelsea". Chelsea. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Chelsea starlet St Clair leaves for Venezia after rejecting new deal". Goal. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Harvey St Clair: Another Chelsea prospect who slipped through the net at Stamford Bridge". The Independent. 12 October 2018. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Coppa Italia: Venezia FC - FC Sudtirol, 0-1" (Press release) (in Italian). Venezia. 5 August 2018. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  5. ^ "CREMONESE VS. VENEZIA 0 - 1 match report". uk.soccerway.com. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Salernitana – Venezia 1 – 1: Il Tabellino" (in Italian). U.S. Salernitana. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Kilmarnock: Osman Sow, Connor Johnson and Harvey St Clair on loan". BBC Sport. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  8. ^ Watt, Martin (22 September 2019). "Celtic 3–1 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Classe '98, scuola Chelsea, reduce da due anni in B a Venezia inframezzati da una stagione in Serie A scozzese, in questo girone d'andata ha collezionato 17 presenze e 3 assist con il Seregno" (Press release) (in Italian). Triestina. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  10. ^ "HARVEY ST. CLAIR E' UN GIOCATORE DELLA VIS PESARO!" (in Italian). Vis Pesaro dal 1898. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  11. ^ "RISOLUZIONE CONSENSUALE PER HARVEY ST CLAIR" (in Italian). Venezia. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Chelsea Academy Product Harvey St Clair Inks Deal with FC Tulsa". FC Tulsa. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  13. ^ a b Smith, Andrew (14 March 2018). "Chelsea winger Harvey St Clair named in Scotland U21 squad". The Scotsman. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Scotland Under-21s pay penalty as Turkey take third at Toulon Tournament". BBC Sport. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  15. ^ Harvey St Clair at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 August 2018.

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