Jamie Brandon
Scottish footballer
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Jamie Brandon (born 5 February 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a right-back, midfielder or right winger for Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock.[1] Brandon has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Greenock Morton and Livingston.
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Brandon with Livingston FC | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jamie Brandon | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Whitburn, Scotland | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kilmarnock | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2016 | Rangers | ||
| 2016–2017 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2022 | Heart of Midlothian | 30 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Greenock Morton (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Livingston | 74 | (1) |
| 2025– | Kilmarnock | 1 | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Scotland U21 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:46, 14 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 June 2019 (UTC) | |||
Career
Heart of Midlothian
Brandon began his football career with Rangers at the age of 6, before signing his first professional contract in May 2015.[2] He was released by Rangers in May 2016,[3] before joining Heart of Midlothian[4] alongside fellow youth Rory Currie.[5]
He made his professional debut for Hearts on 21 May 2017,[6] playing from the start in a 2–0 defeat against Celtic at Celtic Park.[7] Having played in every pre-season friendly at the start of the 2017–18 season,[8] his next appearance[9] was in the League Cup against Dunfermline Athletic on 29 July 2017.[10] He had been due to appear as a substitute in the previous game versus Peterhead, however was not allowed to enter the field of play due to an error on the teamsheet.[1]
On 10 January 2022 Brandon was loaned to Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton until the end of the season.[11]
Livingston
On 10 May 2022, Brandon signed a pre-contract agreement to join Livingston on a free transfer upon the expiration of his Hearts contract.[12]
International
Brandon made his debut for the Scotland under-21 team in March 2019.[13]
Career statistics
- As of match played 1 July 2021[14]
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Heart of Midlothian | 2016–17[15] | Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017–18[16] | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Greenock Morton (loan) | 2021–22[17] | Championship | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Career total | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
Honours
Livingston