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Paul Lawson

Paul Lawson

Midfield - Defensive Midfield  at Retired
Age42
CitizenshipScotland
Height1.75 m
Footright
BornMay 15, 1984
👕200+ Apps ⏳Veteran
Market value —
Defensive Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

7
clubs played for
04/05
debut season
0.07
goals / match
Ross County FC
top club · 163 apps

Career highs

€450k
peak value · 2013
—
top transfer fee
6
best season · 09/10
10 / 0
int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Zé Rodolpho
Midfield - Left Midfield · Retired
Mehdi Lacen
Midfield - Defensive Midfield · Retired
Andi Toompuu
Midfield - Central Midfield · Retired
Iñigo Díaz de Cerio
Attack - Centre-Forward · Retired

Shares 1984-05-15 · 6 players total

223Appearances
16Goals
10Assists
34Yellow cards
1Red cards
72Full matches (90′)
Full namePaul Lawson
Name in home countryPaul William Lawson
Date of birth1984-05-15 (42 yrs)
Place of birthAberdeen, Scotland
CitizenshipScotland
PositionMidfield - Defensive Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height175.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2023-07-01
Contract expires—
Jul 2023
Transfer: Banks O' Dee → Retired
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — Banks O' Dee FC
8 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2022
Transfer: Without Club → Banks O' Dee
22/23 · Transfer
Mar 2022
Transfer: Formartine → Without Club
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
21/22 — Formartine United FC
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2020
20/21 — Formartine United FC
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2019
19/20 — Formartine United FC
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — Formartine United FC
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — Formartine United FC
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Formartine United FC
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2015
Transfer: Motherwell FC → Formartine
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — Formartine United FC
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Nov 2014
Injury: unknown
29 games missed
Oct 2014
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Aug 2014
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2014
14/15 — Motherwell FC
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Feb 2014
Injury: unknown
15 games missed
Jul 2013
13/14 — Motherwell FC
22 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2013
Transfer: Ross County → Motherwell FC
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — Ross County FC
23 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Ross County FC
38 matches · 3 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — Ross County FC
34 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — Ross County FC
42 matches · 6 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — Ross County FC
24 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Aug 2007
Transfer: Celtic → Ross County
07/08 · Transfer
Jul 2007
07/08 — Ross County FC
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2007
Transfer: St. Mirren → Celtic
06/07 · Return from loan
Jan 2007
Transfer: Celtic → St. Mirren
06/07 · Loan
Dec 2006
Transfer: St. Johnstone → Celtic
06/07 · Return from loan
Jul 2006
06/07 — St. Johnstone FC, St. Mirren FC, Celtic FC
13 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2006
Transfer: Celtic → St. Johnstone
06/07 · Loan
Jul 2005
05/06 — Celtic FC
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2005
Transfer: Celtic U20 → Celtic
04/05 · Transfer
Jul 2004
04/05 — Celtic FC
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €450k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
6,446 min
Minutes played by club
Banks O' Dee FC 0.0%
Formartine United FC 0.0%
Motherwell FC 0.0%
Ross County FC 93.8%
Celtic FC 0.0%
St. Mirren FC 0.0%
St. Johnstone FC 6.2%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Banks O' Dee FC 1 22/23 22/23 8 0 0 0
Formartine United FC 7 15/16 21/22 9 0 0 0
Motherwell FC 2 13/14 14/15 26 0 0 0
Ross County FC 6 07/08 12/13 163 15 10 6,049
Celtic FC 3 04/05 06/07 4 0 0 0
St. Mirren FC 1 06/07 06/07 4 0 0 0
St. Johnstone FC 1 06/07 06/07 9 1 0 397

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

3€113K6€225K8€338K11€450K04/0505/0606/07 — 1 goals (St. Johnstone FC)106/0708/0909/10 — 6 goals (Ross County FC)09/10 — 5 assists1109/1010/11 — 4 goals (Ross County FC)410/1111/12 — 3 goals (Ross County FC)11/12 — 4 assists711/1212/13 — 2 goals (Ross County FC)12/13 — 1 assists312/1313/1414/1504/05 — €50K05/06 — €300K06/07 — €175K08/09 — €200K09/10 — €250K10/11 — €275K11/12 — €300K13/14 — €450K14/15 — €400KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

04/05: 0004/0505/06: 0005/0606/07: 1106/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 6609/1010/11: 4410/1111/12: 3311/1212/13: 2212/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 0022/23

Assists by season

04/05: 0004/0505/06: 0005/0606/07: 0006/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 5509/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 4411/1212/13: 1112/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 0022/23
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
22/23 Highland League Banks O' Dee FC 7 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 SFA Cup Banks O' Dee FC 1 0 0 1 0 0
21/22 Highland League Formartine United FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 SFA Cup Formartine United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Trust Trophy Formartine United FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 SFA Cup Formartine United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 SFA Cup Formartine United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Tunnock Ch. Cup Formartine United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Irn-Bru Cup Formartine United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 SFA Cup Formartine United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Irn-Bru Cup Formartine United FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 SFA Cup Formartine United FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
16/17 Irn-Bru Cup Formartine United FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 SFA Cup Formartine United FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 SFA Cup Formartine United FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 League Cup Motherwell FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Premiership Motherwell FC 3 0 0 1 0 0
14/15 SFA Cup Motherwell FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Europa League Qualifying Motherwell FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 League Cup Motherwell FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Premiership Motherwell FC 17 0 0 5 0 0
13/14 SFA Cup Motherwell FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Premiership Ross County FC 22 2 1 4 0 888
12/13 Scot. League Cup Ross County FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Championship Ross County FC 33 2 4 6 0 1,326
11/12 Ramsdens Cup Ross County FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Scot. League Cup Ross County FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 SFA Cup Ross County FC 2 1 0 0 0 163
10/11 ALBA Chal. Cup Ross County FC 5 3 0 1 0 119
10/11 Championship Ross County FC 25 1 0 4 0 2,199
10/11 Co-op. Ins. Cup Ross County FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 SFA Cup Ross County FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 ALBA Chal. Cup Ross County FC 4 1 1 0 0 334
09/10 Championship Ross County FC 28 4 1 5 0 559
09/10 Co-op. Ins. Cup Ross County FC 3 0 1 0 0 0
09/10 SFA Cup Ross County FC 7 1 2 1 0 461
08/09 ALBA Chal. Cup Ross County FC 3 0 0 1 0 0
08/09 Championship Ross County FC 20 0 0 2 0 0
08/09 Co-op. Ins. Cup Ross County FC 1 0 0 1 0 0
07/08 Challenge Cup Ross County FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 League One Ross County FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Championship St. Johnstone FC 8 1 0 0 1 397
06/07 CIS Insur. Cup St. Johnstone FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Premiership St. Mirren FC 4 0 0 1 0 0
06/07 Premiership Celtic FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 Champions League Qu. Celtic FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 CIS Insur. Cup Celtic FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 Premiership Celtic FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 Premiership Celtic FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
04/05 2005-01-01 Celtic U20 Celtic Transfer 50000 —
06/07 2006-07-01 Celtic St. Johnstone Loan 175000 —
06/07 2006-12-31 St. Johnstone Celtic Return from loan 175000 —
06/07 2007-01-31 Celtic St. Mirren Loan 175000 —
06/07 2007-06-30 St. Mirren Celtic Return from loan 175000 —
07/08 2007-08-01 Celtic Ross County Transfer 175000 —
13/14 2013-07-01 Ross County Motherwell FC Transfer 325000 —
15/16 2015-07-06 Motherwell FC Formartine Transfer 400000 —
21/22 2022-03-13 Formartine Without Club Transfer 0 —
22/23 2022-07-01 Without Club Banks O' Dee Transfer 0 —
23/24 2023-07-01 Banks O' Dee Retired Transfer 0 —
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
13/14 Knee injury 2014-02-18 2014-05-14 86 15
14/15 Knee injury 2014-08-07 2014-08-14 8 2
14/15 Knee injury 2014-10-01 2014-10-30 30 3
14/15 Calf injury 2014-11-17 2015-05-31 196 29
Current—
Peak€450k
Low—
Δ since start−€50k
—€113k€225k€338k€450k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 —
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €325k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €275k
Jan 1, 1970 €225k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €175k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #16868 — 10 0 — — former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Scott Boyd 2 0 0
Iain Vigurs 2 1 0
Gary Miller 2 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
09/10 Championship Ross County FC 4 28
10/11 ALBA Chal. Cup Ross County FC 3 5
11/12 Championship Ross County FC 2 33

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
11/12 Championship Ross County FC 4 33
09/10 SFA Cup Ross County FC 2 7
09/10 Championship Ross County FC 1 28

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
06/07 2007-06-30 St. Mirren Celtic Return from loan — €175k
06/07 2007-01-31 Celtic St. Mirren Loan — €175k
06/07 2006-12-31 St. Johnstone Celtic Return from loan — €175k
06/07 2006-07-01 Celtic St. Johnstone Loan — €175k

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
06/07 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
22/23 8 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 3 0 1 0 0 0
14/15 4 0 1 0 0 0
13/14 22 0 5 0 0 0
12/13 23 888 4 0 0 0.41
11/12 38 1,489 6 0 0 0.36
10/11 34 2,318 5 1 0 0.23
09/10 42 1,354 6 0 0 0.4
08/09 24 0 4 0 0 0
06/07 13 397 1 1 1 0.68

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Championship
114 apps
8 G
5 A
Tunnock Ch. Cup
17 apps
4 G
1 A
SFA Cup
18 apps
2 G
2 A
Premiership
49 apps
2 G
1 A
Scot. League Cup
14 apps
0 G
1 A
Highland League
8 apps
0 G
0 A

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Frequently asked about Paul Lawson

Who is Paul Lawson?

Paul Lawson is a Scotland professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfield for Retired.

How old is Paul Lawson?

Paul Lawson is 42 years old. He was born on May 15, 1984 in Aberdeen.

What position does Paul Lawson play?

Paul Lawson plays as a defensive midfield (Midfield - Defensive Midfield).

What club does Paul Lawson play for?

Paul Lawson currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Paul Lawson scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Paul Lawson has scored 16 goals in 223 appearances.