Russell Dingwall

Russell Dingwall (born 26 June 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish League Two club Elgin City. Dingwall has also previously played for Ross County as well as Forfar Athletic and Stenhousemuir on loan.

Russell Dingwall

Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-06-26) 26 June 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Inverness, Scotland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Elgin City
Number	7
Youth career
0000–2017	Ross County
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	Ross County	1	(0)
2018	→ Forfar Athletic (loan)	14	(1)
2019	→ Stenhousemuir (loan)	12	(0)
2019–	Elgin City	186	(32)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 01:02, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Career

Ross County

Dingwall was part of the Ross County Under-20s team that won the 2016–17 SPFL Development League for the first time in the club's history and after interest from clubs such as Valencia this earned him a professional contract with the club in 2017.^[1] He made his professional debut for Ross County coming off the bench to replace Jim O'Brien against Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership on 20 May 2017, playing the final seven minutes of the match. He received the man of the match award for this brief cameo.^[2]

Forfar (loan)

On 26 January 2018 Dingwall joined Scottish League 1 side Forfar Athletic for the rest of the season along with teammate Ross Maciver.^[3]

Personal life

Russell's brother Tony is also a professional footballer and currently plays for Brora Rangers.^[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 May 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ross County Under 20s	2016–17[5]	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[a]	0	1	0
	2017–18[6]		0	0	0	0	0	0	2[a]	0	2	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
Ross County	2016–17[7]	Scottish Premiership	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2017–18[8]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2018–19[9]	Scottish Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[a]	0	1	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Forfar Athletic (loan)	2017–18[10]	Scottish League One	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
Stenhousemuir (loan)	2018–19[11]		12	0	1	0	0	0	1[b]	0	14	0
Elgin City	2019–20[12]	Scottish League Two	27	0	2	0	4	1	5[a]	0	38	1
	2020–21[13]		22	5	1	0	4	1	2[b]	0	29	6
	2021–22[14]		36	1	2	0	4	0	2[a]	0	44	1
	2022–23[15]		36	11	4	1	2	1	4[a]	2	46	15
	2023–24[16]		31	6	0	0	4	1	2[a]	0	37	7
	2024–25[17]		34	9	3	0	3	0	4[c]	1	44	10
	Total		186	32	12	1	21	4	19	3	238	40
Career total			187	32	12	1	21	4	23	3	243	40

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
2. Appearances in the League One play-offs
3. Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the League One play-offs