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Jamie Murphy

Jamie Murphy

Attack - Left Winger  at Ayr United FC
Age36
CitizenshipScotland
Height1.78 m
Footright
BornAugust 28, 1989
at Ayr United FC 1,058 days · joined 2023-07-01
👕500+ Apps 100+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists Veteran
Market value €50k
Left Winger Attack

Career snapshot

10
clubs played for
06/07
debut season
0.19
goals / match
Motherwell FC
top club · 213 apps

Career highs

€1.75m
peak value · 2016
€2.10m
top transfer fee · 15/16
13
best season · 11/12
19 / 4
int'l caps / goals
630Appearances
120Goals
85Assists
19Yellow cards
1Red cards
140Full matches (90′)
Full nameJamie Murphy
Name in home countryJames Murphy
Date of birth1989-08-28 (36 yrs)
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
CitizenshipScotland
PositionAttack - Left Winger (main: Attack)
Footright
Height178.00 m
Current clubAyr United FC
Joined2023-07-01
Contract expires2026-05-31
AgentMomentum Sports ...
Jul 2025
25/26 — Ayr United FC
4 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2024
24/25 — Ayr United FC
33 matches · 6 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2023
23/24 — Ayr United FC
39 matches · 7 G · 11 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2023
Transfer: St. Johnstone → Ayr United
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2022
Transfer: Hibernian FC → St. Johnstone
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — St. Johnstone FC
29 matches · 5 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
May 2022
Transfer: Mansfield Town → Hibernian FC
21/22 · Return from loan
Jan 2022
Transfer: Hibernian FC → Mansfield Town
21/22 · Loan
Aug 2021
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — Mansfield Town, Hibernian FC
40 matches · 4 G · 4 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2021
Transfer: Rangers → Hibernian FC
21/22 · Transfer
May 2021
Transfer: Hibernian FC → Rangers
20/21 · Return from loan
Dec 2020
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Oct 2020
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Aug 2020
Transfer: Rangers → Hibernian FC
20/21 · Loan
Jul 2020
20/21 — Hibernian FC, Rangers FC
25 matches · 2 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
May 2020
Transfer: Burton Albion → Rangers
19/20 · Return from loan
Jan 2020
Transfer: Rangers → Burton Albion
19/20 · Loan
Jul 2019
19/20 — Rangers FC, Burton Albion, Hibernian FC
13 matches · 7 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Aug 2018
Injury: unknown
52 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — Rangers FC
8 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2018
Transfer: Brighton → Rangers
18/19 · Transfer · €1.20m
May 2018
Transfer: Rangers → Brighton
17/18 · Return from loan
Jan 2018
Transfer: Brighton → Rangers
17/18 · Loan
Jul 2017
17/18 — Brighton & Hove Albion, Brighton & Hove Albion U23, Rangers FC
26 matches · 6 G · 11 A · across 7 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Brighton & Hove Albion
40 matches · 4 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Aug 2015
Transfer: Sheff Utd → Brighton
15/16 · Transfer · €2.10m
Jul 2015
15/16 — Brighton & Hove Albion, Sheffield United
39 matches · 6 G · 5 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Sheffield United
58 matches · 12 G · 12 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Sheffield United
42 matches · 7 G · 7 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2013
Transfer: Motherwell FC → Sheff Utd
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — Motherwell FC, Sheffield United
50 matches · 13 G · 5 A · across 8 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Motherwell FC
40 matches · 13 G · 6 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — Motherwell FC
49 matches · 12 G · 7 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — Motherwell FC
44 matches · 10 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — Motherwell FC
34 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2008
Transfer: Motherwell FC U20 → Motherwell FC
08/09 · Transfer
Jul 2007
07/08 — Motherwell FC
16 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2006
06/07 — Motherwell FC
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2006
Transfer: Motherwell FC U17 → Motherwell FC U20
06/07 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €1.75m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
12,586 min
Minutes played by club
Ayr United FC 12.2%
St. Johnstone FC 4.3%
Hibernian FC 15.6%
Mansfield Town 9.2%
Rangers FC 6.1%
Burton Albion 1.0%
Brighton & Hove Albion 11.8%
Brighton & Hove Albion U23 0.7%
Sheffield United 17.0%
Motherwell FC 21.9%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Ayr United FC 3 23/24 25/26 76 14 13 1,541
St. Johnstone FC 1 22/23 22/23 29 5 0 543
Hibernian FC 3 19/20 21/22 50 5 6 1,969
Mansfield Town 1 21/22 21/22 16 1 2 1,163
Rangers FC 4 17/18 20/21 29 6 13 772
Burton Albion 1 19/20 19/20 10 7 2 123
Brighton & Hove Albion 3 15/16 17/18 83 10 8 1,483
Brighton & Hove Albion U23 1 17/18 17/18 2 1 1 90
Sheffield United 4 12/13 15/16 122 21 22 2,140
Motherwell FC 7 06/07 12/13 213 50 18 2,762

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

6€438K12€875K18€1.3M24€1.8M07/08 — 1 goals (Motherwell FC)107/0808/09 — 3 goals (Motherwell FC)08/09 — 1 assists408/0909/10 — 10 goals (Motherwell FC)09/10 — 2 assists1209/1010/11 — 12 goals (Motherwell FC)10/11 — 7 assists1910/1111/12 — 13 goals (Motherwell FC)11/12 — 6 assists1911/1212/13 — 13 goals (Sheffield United)12/13 — 5 assists1812/1313/14 — 7 goals (Sheffield United)13/14 — 7 assists1413/1414/15 — 12 goals (Sheffield United)14/15 — 12 assists2414/1515/16 — 6 goals (Brighton & Hove Albion)15/16 — 5 assists1115/1616/17 — 4 goals (Brighton & Hove Albion)16/17 — 3 assists716/1717/18 — 6 goals (Rangers FC)17/18 — 11 assists1717/1818/19 — 1 goals (Rangers FC)18/19 — 3 assists418/1919/20 — 7 goals (Burton Albion)19/20 — 2 assists919/2020/21 — 2 goals (Hibernian FC)20/21 — 4 assists620/2121/22 — 4 goals (Mansfield Town)21/22 — 4 assists821/2222/23 — 5 goals (St. Johnstone FC)522/2323/24 — 7 goals (Ayr United FC)23/24 — 11 assists1823/2424/25 — 6 goals (Ayr United FC)24/25 — 1 assists724/2525/26 — 1 goals (Ayr United FC)25/26 — 1 assists225/2607/08 — €50K08/09 — €250K09/10 — €500K10/11 — €750K11/12 — €850K12/13 — €950K14/15 — €750K15/16 — €1.5M16/17 — €1.8M17/18 — €1.8M18/19 — €1.8M19/20 — €1.3M20/21 — €800K21/22 — €600K22/23 — €450K23/24 — €400K24/25 — €200K25/26 — €50KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

06/07: 0006/0707/08: 1107/0808/09: 3308/0909/10: 101009/1010/11: 121210/1111/12: 131311/1212/13: 131312/1313/14: 7713/1414/15: 121214/1515/16: 6615/1616/17: 4416/1717/18: 6617/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 7719/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 4421/2222/23: 5522/2323/24: 7723/2424/25: 6624/2525/26: 1125/26

Assists by season

06/07: 0006/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 1108/0909/10: 2209/1010/11: 7710/1111/12: 6611/1212/13: 5512/1313/14: 7713/1414/15: 121214/1515/16: 5515/1616/17: 3316/1717/18: 111117/1818/19: 3318/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 4420/2121/22: 4421/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 111123/2424/25: 1124/2525/26: 1125/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Championship Ayr United FC 1 1 0 0 0 70
25/26 League Cup Ayr United FC 3 0 1 0 0 0
24/25 Championship Ayr United FC 25 3 1 1 0 390
24/25 Prem. Sports Cup Ayr United FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Premiership Play-offs Ayr United FC 2 1 0 0 0 166
24/25 SFA Cup Ayr United FC 3 1 0 0 0 129
24/25 Trust Trophy Ayr United FC 1 1 0 0 0 72
23/24 Championship Ayr United FC 32 6 10 3 0 381
23/24 SFA Cup Ayr United FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Viaplay Cup Ayr United FC 4 1 1 1 0 333
22/23 Premiership St. Johnstone FC 23 3 0 1 0 414
22/23 Premiership Relegation St. Johnstone FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 SFA Cup St. Johnstone FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Viaplay Cup St. Johnstone FC 4 2 0 0 0 129
21/22 League Two Mansfield Town 14 1 1 0 0 1,163
21/22 League Two Play-Offs Mansfield Town 2 0 1 0 0 0
21/22 Prem. Sports Cup Hibernian FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Premiership Hibernian FC 18 2 2 1 0 400
21/22 SFA Cup Hibernian FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 UECL Quali Hibernian FC 3 1 0 0 0 164
20/21 Betfred Cup Hibernian FC 4 1 1 0 0 276
20/21 Premiership Rangers FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Premiership Hibernian FC 17 1 3 0 0 1,129
20/21 Scottish Premiership Top Six Split Hibernian FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 SFA Cup Hibernian FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Betfred Cup Rangers FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 League One Burton Albion 10 7 2 0 0 123
19/20 Premiership Rangers FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 SFA Cup Hibernian FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Betfred Cup Rangers FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Europa League Qualifying Rangers FC 5 1 2 1 0 336
18/19 Premiership Rangers FC 2 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 EFL Cup Brighton & Hove Albion 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 EFL Trophy Brighton & Hove Albion U23 1 1 0 0 0 90
17/18 Premier League Brighton & Hove Albion 4 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Premier League 2 Brighton & Hove Albion U23 1 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 Premiership Rangers FC 11 4 5 0 0 244
17/18 Scottish Premiership Top Six Split Rangers FC 5 0 3 0 0 0
17/18 SFA Cup Rangers FC 3 1 2 0 0 192
16/17 Championship Brighton & Hove Albion 35 2 3 1 0 937
16/17 EFL Cup Brighton & Hove Albion 3 2 0 0 0 99
16/17 FA Cup Brighton & Hove Albion 2 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Championship Brighton & Hove Albion 37 6 5 0 1 447
15/16 Championship Play-Offs Brighton & Hove Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 FA Cup Brighton & Hove Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 League Cup Brighton & Hove Albion 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 League One Sheffield United 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 EFL Trophy Sheffield United 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 FA Cup Sheffield United 6 1 2 0 0 393
14/15 League Cup Sheffield United 6 0 2 0 0 0
14/15 League One Sheffield United 43 11 8 3 0 341
14/15 League One Play-Offs Sheffield United 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 EFL Trophy Sheffield United 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 FA Cup Sheffield United 7 3 3 0 0 213
13/14 League Cup Sheffield United 0 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 League One Sheffield United 34 4 4 0 0 566
12/13 Champions League Qu. Motherwell FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Europa League Qualifying Motherwell FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 FA Cup Sheffield United 2 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 League One Sheffield United 17 2 2 0 0 627
12/13 League One Play-Offs Sheffield United 2 0 1 0 0 0
12/13 Premiership Motherwell FC 22 10 2 1 0 175
12/13 Scot. League Cup Motherwell FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 SFA Cup Motherwell FC 2 1 0 0 0 180
11/12 Premiership Motherwell FC 36 9 5 2 0 300
11/12 Scot. League Cup Motherwell FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 SFA Cup Motherwell FC 3 4 1 0 0 62
10/11 Co-op. Ins. Cup Motherwell FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Europa League Qualifying Motherwell FC 6 3 1 0 0 173
10/11 Premiership Motherwell FC 35 6 4 1 0 462
10/11 SFA Cup Motherwell FC 6 3 2 0 0 157
09/10 Co-op. Ins. Cup Motherwell FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Europa League Qualifying Motherwell FC 6 4 0 0 0 72
09/10 Premiership Motherwell FC 35 6 2 3 0 366
09/10 SFA Cup Motherwell FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Co-op. Ins. Cup Motherwell FC 1 1 0 0 0 72
08/09 Premiership Motherwell FC 30 2 1 0 0 562
08/09 SFA Cup Motherwell FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 UEFA Cup Motherwell FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 Premiership Motherwell FC 16 1 0 0 0 181
07/08 SFA Cup Motherwell FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Premiership Motherwell FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
06/07 2006-07-01 Motherwell FC U17 Motherwell FC U20 Transfer 0
08/09 2008-07-01 Motherwell FC U20 Motherwell FC Transfer 50000
12/13 2013-01-03 Motherwell FC Sheff Utd Transfer 950000
15/16 2015-08-14 Sheff Utd Brighton Transfer 750000 €2.10m
17/18 2018-01-07 Brighton Rangers Loan 1750000
17/18 2018-05-14 Rangers Brighton Return from loan 1750000
18/19 2018-07-01 Brighton Rangers Transfer 1750000 €1.20m
19/20 2020-01-20 Rangers Burton Albion Loan 1000000
19/20 2020-05-31 Burton Albion Rangers Return from loan 800000
20/21 2020-08-29 Rangers Hibernian FC Loan 800000
20/21 2021-05-23 Hibernian FC Rangers Return from loan 600000
21/22 2021-07-01 Rangers Hibernian FC Transfer 600000
21/22 2022-01-31 Hibernian FC Mansfield Town Loan 550000
21/22 2022-05-31 Mansfield Town Hibernian FC Return from loan 550000
22/23 2022-07-05 Hibernian FC St. Johnstone Transfer 450000
23/24 2023-07-01 St. Johnstone Ayr United Transfer 400000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
18/19 Cruciate ligament injury 2018-08-19 2019-06-17 303 52
20/21 Hamstring injury 2020-10-07 2020-10-28 22 5
20/21 Hamstring injury 2020-12-05 2021-01-01 28 7
21/22 Knee injury 2021-08-28 2021-09-27 31 5
Current€50k
Peak€1.75m
Low€50k
Δ since start+—
€50k€475k€900k€1.33m€1.75m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €550k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.75m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.75m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.75m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.75m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.75m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.75m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €950k
Jan 1, 1970 €950k
Jan 1, 1970 €850k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #17622 4 0 former national player
Team #16868 13 4 former national player
Team #3380 2 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Chris Humphrey 1 6 0
Mark Reynolds 1 0 0
Ryan Flynn 2 3 0
Mark Howard 2 0 0
Lewis Dunk 2 0 0

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

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
14/15 League One Sheffield United 11 43
12/13 Premiership Motherwell FC 10 22
11/12 Premiership Motherwell FC 9 36

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
23/24 Championship Ayr United FC 10 32
14/15 League One Sheffield United 8 43
15/16 Championship Brighton & Hove Albion 5 37

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
21/22 2022-05-31 Mansfield Town Hibernian FC Return from loan €550k
21/22 2022-01-31 Hibernian FC Mansfield Town Loan €550k
20/21 2021-05-23 Hibernian FC Rangers Return from loan €600k
20/21 2020-08-29 Rangers Hibernian FC Loan €800k
19/20 2020-05-31 Burton Albion Rangers Return from loan €800k
19/20 2020-01-20 Rangers Burton Albion Loan €1.00m
17/18 2018-05-14 Rangers Brighton Return from loan €1.75m
17/18 2018-01-07 Brighton Rangers Loan €1.75m

Teams faced most often by Jamie Murphy's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Aberdeen FC 66 23 19 24 89 76 +13 35%
St. Mirren FC 65 33 16 16 87 60 +27 51%
Kilmarnock FC 65 30 16 19 86 72 +14 46%
Celtic FC 63 9 13 41 50 139 -89 14%
Livingston FC 55 28 14 13 88 52 +36 51%
Heart of Midlothian 54 20 12 22 71 66 +5 37%
Ross County FC 53 27 15 11 103 51 +52 51%
Dundee FC 42 23 12 7 82 50 +32 55%
Northampton Town 42 15 14 13 52 46 +6 36%
Barnsley FC 41 15 12 14 47 44 +3 37%
Port Vale FC 40 18 9 13 64 50 +14 45%
Wycombe Wanderers 40 14 7 19 43 54 -11 35%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
06/07 Senior debut season
07/08 First senior goal
12/13 Goal #50 (career)
21/22 Goal #100 (career)

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

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 33 757 1 0 0 0.12
23/24 39 714 4 0 0 0.5
22/23 29 543 1 0 0 0.17
21/22 40 1,727 1 0 0 0.05
18/19 8 336 1 0 0 0.27
16/17 40 1,036 1 0 0 0.09
15/16 39 447 0 0 1 0.2
14/15 58 734 3 0 0 0.37
12/13 50 982 1 0 0 0.09
11/12 40 362 2 0 0 0.5
10/11 49 792 1 0 0 0.11
09/10 44 438 3 0 0 0.62

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Premiership
248 apps
44 G
25 A
League One
105 apps
24 G
16 A
Championship
58 apps
10 G
11 A
SFA Cup
27 apps
10 G
5 A
Championship
72 apps
8 G
8 A
Europa League Qualifying
19 apps
8 G
3 A
Viaplay Cup
27 apps
5 G
3 A
FA Cup
17 apps
4 G
5 A
League Cup
11 apps
2 G
2 A
League Two
14 apps
1 G
1 A

Frequently asked about Jamie Murphy

Who is Jamie Murphy?

Jamie Murphy is a Scotland professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ayr United FC.

How old is Jamie Murphy?

Jamie Murphy is 36 years old. He was born on August 28, 1989 in Glasgow.

What position does Jamie Murphy play?

Jamie Murphy plays as a left winger (Attack - Left Winger).

What club does Jamie Murphy play for?

Jamie Murphy currently plays for Ayr United FC.

How many career goals has Jamie Murphy scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Jamie Murphy has scored 120 goals in 630 appearances.

What is Jamie Murphy's market value?

Jamie Murphy's most recent reported market value is €50k.