Jamie McCart

Jamie Daniel McCart (born 20 June 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian.

Jamie McCart

Personal information
Full name	Jamie Daniel McCart[1]
Date of birth	(1997-06-20) 20 June 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Heart of Midlothian
Number	5
Youth career
	Celtic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	Celtic	1	(0)
2017	→ Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan)	11	(0)
2017	→ St Mirren (loan)	3	(0)
2018	→ Alloa Athletic (loan)	13	(1)
2018–2020	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	45	(2)
2020–2022	St Johnstone	82	(1)
2022–2025	Rotherham United	24	(0)
2023	→ Leyton Orient (loan)	8	(0)
2023–2024	→ Barnsley (loan)	26	(0)
2025–	Heart of Midlothian	11	(1)
International career‡
2015	Scotland U19	6	(0)
2017	Scotland U21	1	(0)
Medal record  Scotland Toulon Tournament[2] 2017 Toulon U–20 Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2019

McCart has previously played for Celtic, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, St Johnstone and Rotherham, as well as on loan for St Mirren, Alloa Athletic, Leyton Orient and Barnsley.

Club career

Celtic

A product of Celtic's youth system,^[3] McCart made his competitive debut for the Glasgow club as a substitute against Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup during August 2016.^[4]

On 31 January 2017, McCart joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a loan deal until the end of the season.^[5] He then made an emergency loan move to St Mirren in September 2017,^[6] and returned to Celtic at the end of the year having made just three appearances for the Buddies.^[7] McCart moved on loan again in January 2018, joining Scottish League One side Alloa Athletic until the end of the season.^[8]

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

McCart returned to Inverness ahead of the 2018–19 season,^[9] signing a two-year contract with the club.^[10]

St Johnstone

McCart signed a pre-contract agreement with St Johnstone in January 2020.^[11] Later in the month, Inverness and St Johnstone agreed a deal that allowed him to join the Saints immediately.^[12] He quickly established a defensive partnership with Jason Kerr and Liam Gordon.^[3]

Rotherham United

On 27 June 2022, McCart signed a three-year contract with EFL Championship side Rotherham United, after signing a pre-contract earlier in the month.^[13] McCart made just one league start for Rotherham during the first half of the 2022–23 season, and he moved on loan to Leyton Orient in January 2023^[14] and then Barnsley^[15] before returning to play as a regular starter for Rotherham, now in League One.

Heart of Midlothian

On 2 January 2025, McCart signed a pre-contract agreement to join Heart of Midlothian.^[16] The following day, the two clubs agreed an undisclosed fee for McCart to move to Hearts immediately.^[17][18]

International career

In March 2017 he made his debut for the Scotland Under-21 side in a friendly against Estonia.^[19][20]

Selected for the Scotland under-20 squad in the 2017 Toulon Tournament.^[21] The team went to claim the bronze medal.^[22] It was the nations first ever medal at the competition.^[2]

Personal life

He is the son of former Motherwell defender Chris McCart, who is now the Head of Celtic's Youth Academy.^[23]

Career statistics

As of 1 May 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celtic	2016–17[24]	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	2017–18[25]	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Celtic U-20s	2016–17[24]	SPFL Development League	—		—		—		3[c]	0	3	0
	2017–18[25]		—		—		—		1[c]	0	1	0
Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan)	2016–17[24]	Scottish Premiership	11	0	0	0	0	0	—		11	0
St Mirren (loan)	2017–18[25]	Scottish Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Alloa Athletic (loan)	2017–18[25]	Scottish League One	13	1	1	0	0	0	4[d]	0	18	1
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2018–19[26]	Scottish Championship	26	1	7	0	0	0	5[e]	0	38	1
	2019–20[27]	Scottish Championship	19	1	0	0	4	0	1[c]	0	24	1
	Total		45	2	7	0	4	0	6	0	62	2
St Johnstone	2019–20[27]	Scottish Premiership	8	0	2	0	0	0	—		10	0
	2020–21[28]	Scottish Premiership	37	0	5	0	6	0	—		48	0
	2021–22[29]	Scottish Premiership	37	1	1	0	3	1	5[f]	0	46	1
	Total		82	1	8	0	9	1	5	0	104	2
Rotherham United	2022–23[30]	EFL Championship	7	0	1	0	2	0	—		10	0
	2023–24[31]	EFL Championship	1	0	0	0	2	0	—		3	0
	2024–25[32]	EFL League One	16	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	20	1
	Total		34	0	1	0	6	1	2	0	33	1
Leyton Orient (loan)	2022–23[30]	EFL League Two	8	0	—		—		—		8	0
Barnsley (loan)	2023–24	EFL League One	26	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	32	0
Heart of Midlothian	2024–25	Scottish Premiership	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
Career total			233	5	22	0	20	2	23	0	290	7

1. Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup.
2. Includes Scottish League Cup, EFL Cup.
3. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
4. Appearances in the Scottish Championship play-offs
5. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and five appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
6. Two appearances in the UEFA Europa League, two appearance in the UEFA Conference League and one appearance in the Scottish Premiership play-offs.

Honours

St Johnstone

• Scottish Cup: 2020–21^[33]
• Scottish League Cup: 2020–21^[34]

Leyton Orient

• EFL League Two: 2022–23^[35]