# Dale Carrick

Dale Carrick (born 7 January 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish League Two club Stirling Albion. Carrick started his career with Heart of Midlothian, and has played for Raith Rovers, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Cowdenbeath and Airdrieonians. Carrick has represented Scotland at both under-16 and under-21 levels.

## Career

Born in Edinburgh, Carrick grew up supporting Hearts. A member of Hearts Under-20 team Carrick made his Scottish Premier League debut on 4 August 2012 in a 2–0 win versus St Johnstone. On 23 August 2012 in only his second appearance, Carrick made his European debut as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat versus Liverpool at Tynecastle. Carrick's first goal for the Jambos arrived on 18 January 2014 in a thrilling 3–3 draw versus the Perth club at McDiarmid Park.
Carrick had joined Raith Rovers on 30 January 2015 on a one-month loan deal. The loan deal was then cut-short on 11 February 2015 as a result of Carrick suffering an injury.
On 8 July 2015, Carrick departed the Tynecastle club to pursue regular first-team football elsewhere with his contract terminated by mutual consent. Carrick then signed a three-year contract with Kilmarnock.
After one season with Killie Carrick then signed for the West Lothian club Livingston in July 2016. On 26 January 2017 Carrick moved on loan to Scottish League Two club Cowdenbeath for the remainder of the 2016-17 season. Carrick departed the Lions in January 2018 and signed for Airdrieonians in an attempt to get more first-team football. He remained at Airdrie until May 2021.
On 28 May 2021, Carrick signed for Scottish League Two side Stirling Albion.

### Scotland

Carrick has represented Scotland at under-16 level. Carrick made his debut in an International Challenge match versus Jersey on 18 August 2009 and made four appearances in total.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 30 October 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2012–13 | Scottish Premier League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2013–14 | Scottish Premiership | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 6 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2014–15 | Scottish Championship | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Heart of Midlothian | Total | Total | 45 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 8 |
| Raith Rovers (loan) | 2014–15 | Scottish Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kilmarnock | 2015–16 | Scottish Premiership | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Livingston | 2016–17 | Scottish League One | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| Livingston | 2017–18 | Scottish Championship | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Livingston | Total | Total | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 6 |
| Cowdenbeath (loan) | 2016–17 | Scottish League Two | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| Airdrieonians | 2017–18 | Scottish League One | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
| Airdrieonians | 2018–19 | Scottish League One | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 4 |
| Airdrieonians | 2019–20 | Scottish League One | 24 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 13 |
| Airdrieonians | 2020–21 | Scottish League One | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 9 |
| Airdrieonians | Total | Total | 87 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 112 | 31 |
| Stirling Albion | 2021–22 | Scottish League Two | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 194 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 246 | 55 |
* ↑ Appearances in the Europa League
* 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
* ↑ Appearances in the League Two play-offs
* ↑ Appearances in the Championship play-offs

## Honours
### Heart of Midlothian

* Scottish League Cup: runner–up: 2012–13
* Scottish Championship: 2014–15

### Stirling Albion

* Scottish League Two: 2022-23