Greg Alexander Docherty (born 10 September 1996)[5] is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for EFL Championship club Hull City as a midfielder. He has previously played for Hamilton Academical, Rangers, Shrewsbury Town and Hibernian.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Greg Alexander Docherty[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 10 September 1996||
Place of birth | Milngavie, Scotland[3] | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)[4] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hull City | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2012 | Hamilton Academical | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2018 | Hamilton Academical | 94 | (6) |
2018–2020 | Rangers | 11 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 41 | (7) |
2020 | → Hibernian (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2020– | Hull City | 134 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | Scotland U17 | 2 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Scotland U21 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:10, 13 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2019 |
Docherty is from Milngavie[3] and attended Douglas Academy.[6] He is of Irish heritage, through his grandparents.[7]
Docherty joined Hamilton Academical at the age of 9 and progressed through all academy levels from u10s to the first team,[3] and turned professional in October 2012.[8] He made his senior debut on 7 December 2013.[9] In April 2015 he signed a new contract with the club, until the summer of 2017.[10] He scored his first senior career goal on 9 May 2015, an 85th-minute equaliser in a 1–1 home draw against Partick Thistle.[3][11]
On 28 May 2017 he scored the only goal of the two-legged 2016–17 Scottish Premiership playoff tie against Dundee United, ensuring Hamilton would remain in the top division for the next season.[12] He signed a new contract in August 2017, until 2020.[13]
On 25 January 2018, Docherty signed for his boyhood club Rangers on a four-and-a-half-year contract.[14] On 8 August 2018, Docherty joined League One side Shrewsbury Town on a season-long loan deal.[15][16] At the end of the 2018–19 season he was voted Shrewsbury's Player of the Year.[17]
Upon his return to Rangers for the 2019–20 season he made 5 appearances, but none after August, and in December 2019 he was linked with a move away from the club in the January transfer window.[18] Docherty was loaned to Hibernian on 31 January, with Florian Kamberi moving in the opposite direction.[19] Docherty had an immediate impact with Hibs, scoring in a 2–1 win at Kilmarnock on 16 February.[20] Following the formal conclusion of the truncated 2019/20 season, Docherty returned to his parent club in May 2020.[21]
On 20 August 2020, Docherty signed for Hull City on a three-year deal.[22][23] He scored his first goal for the Tigers in a 1–1 draw away at Oxford United on 5 December 2020.[24] On 2 May 2023, it was announced that Docherty's goal in Hull's 3–1 win over Blackpool had won the club's Goal of the Season award for the 2022–23 campaign.[25]
Docherty has represented Scotland at under-17 and under-21 youth international levels.[26] After Docherty was left out of the under-21 squad in September 2017, it was suggested in media reports that he may instead play for the Republic of Ireland.[7]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hamilton Academical | 2013–14[27] | Scottish Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2014–15[28] | Scottish Premiership | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | ||
2015–16[29] | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | |||
2016–17[30] | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 37 | 2 | ||
2017–18[31] | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | |||
Total | 94 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 108 | 8 | ||
Rangers | 2017–18[31] | Scottish Premiership | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
2018–19[32] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2019–20[33] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Total | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 2018–19[32] | EFL League One | 41 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 1 | 50 | 10 |
Rangers U20s | 2019–20[33] | — | — | — | 1[d] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Hibernian (loan) | 2019–20[33] | Scottish Premiership | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 3 | |
Hull City | 2020–21[34] | EFL League One | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[c] | 1 | 48 | 6 |
2021–22[35] | EFL Championship | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
2022–23[36] | EFL Championship | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
2023–24[37] | EFL Championship | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
Total | 134 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 142 | 7 | ||
Career total | 286 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 328 | 28 |
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