Michael Hewitt
Personal information
Full name Michael Joseph Hewitt[1]
Date of birth (2000-10-23) 23 October 2000
Place of birth Irvine, Scotland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Hamilton Academical
Youth career
0000–2017 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Rangers 0 (0)
2017 → Edusport Academy (loan)
2018–2023 Ayr United 19 (0)
2019 → Kilwinning Rangers (loan)
2020 → Annan Athletic (loan) 5 (0)
2022–2023 → Peterhead (loan) 11 (1)
2023– Hamilton Academical 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 August 2023

Michael Joseph Hewitt (born 23 October 2000) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hamilton Academical.

Career

Born in Irvine,[2] Hewitt played youth football with Rangers and had a loan spell with Edusport Academy in 2017. Making 37 appearances in the Scottish lowland league.[3][4][5]

After playing for their reserve side in the 2018–19 season, he signed a two-year contract with Ayr United in summer 2019.[6] He had a spell at Kilwinning Rangers in the first half of the 2019–20 season, making 22 appearances before joining Annan Athletic on loan in January 2020.[3][7] He appeared in 5 league matches for Annan Athletic. Before the league was cut short due to the corona virus pandemic.[2][8]

He made his first-team debut on 6 October 2020 in a 5–2 Scottish League Cup victory away to Albion Rovers, before making his league debut for the club away to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Championship on 24 October. Hewitt made 8 appearances for Ayr in the 2020/2021 season. [2][8]

Hewitt was loaned to Peterhead in September 2022.[9]

On 4 August 2023, Hewitt joined Scottish League One club Hamilton Academical on a permanent deal.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. 1 2 3 4 Michael Hewitt at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Hewitt signs temporary transfer". 31 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Dev Squad: Rangers 1-6 Leicester City". www.rangers.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Scottish Cup Matches". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Luke signs new deal – Ayr United Football Club". Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Thistle's new generation push league leaders all the way but lose out". Largs and Millport Weekly News. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  8. 1 2 Michael Hewitt at Soccerbase
  9. ↑ "Michael Hewitt Joins Peterhead on Loan". Ayr United FC. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "🔴⚪️Hamilton Academical FC are delighted to announce the signing of 22-year-old versatile midfielder Michael Hewitt on a permanent transfer from Ayr... | By Hamilton Academical Football Club 1874 | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
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