Sean Mackie

Sean Mackie (born 4 November 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Championship club Falkirk. Mackie has previously played for Raith Rovers, Hibernian, Berwick Rangers, Edinburgh City and Dundee.

Sean Mackie

Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-11-04) 4 November 1998 (age 26)
Position(s)	Left-back / Winger
Team information
Current team	Falkirk
Number	26
Youth career
	Fife Elite Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	Raith Rovers	1	(0)
2016–2022	Hibernian	15	(0)
2016–2017	→ Berwick Rangers (loan)	3	(0)
2017	→ Edinburgh City (loan)	6	(0)
2019–2020	→ Dundee (loan)	12	(1)
2022	→ Raith Rovers (loan)	7	(0)
2022–	Falkirk	42	(2)
International career‡
2019	Scotland U21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:00, 5 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:33, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Career

Club

Mackie joined Raith Rovers in 2015 from the Fife Elite Academy, signing a two-year contract.^[1] He made one first team appearance for Raith before moving to Hibernian in February 2016.^[1] Hibs paid a fee of £25,000 for the player.^[2]

Mackie was loaned to Berwick Rangers for the first part of the 2016–17 season.^[3] He made his first team debut for Hibs in April 2017, in a 3–2 win against Raith Rovers.^[4] On 6 July 2017, Mackie joined Scottish League Two club Edinburgh City on a six-month development loan deal.^[5]

In July 2019, Mackie signed an extended contract with Hibs.^[6] In September 2019, Mackie joined Dundee on loan.^[7][8] This arrangement was curtailed in January 2020 due to Mackie suffering an injury.^[9]

Mackie continued to suffer from injury problems over the next two seasons, limiting his appearances for Hibs. With his contract due to expire at the end of the 2021–22 season, he was loaned to former club Raith Rovers in February 2022.^[10] While with Raith, Mackie would win the Scottish Challenge Cup.^[11] He was released by Hibs in June 2022, at the end of his contract.^[12]

On 9 June 2022, Mackie was signed by Scottish League One side Falkirk on a two-year deal.^[13][14] In March 2024, Mackie won the League One title with the Bairns on the same night they destroyed Montrose at Links Park.^[15] After completing an unbeaten league season with Falkirk, Mackie signed an extension with the Bairns to keep him there for the following season.^[16]

On 20 July 2024, Mackie scored his first goal for Falkirk in a Scottish League Cup group stage win over Buckie Thistle.^[17] Two weeks later, he netted his first league goal in Falkirk's first game back in the Scottish Championship, scoring the winning goal against Queen's Park.^[18]

International

Mackie made one appearance for the Scotland under-21 team, in March 2019.^[19][20]

Career statistics

As of 5 October 2024

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
Raith Rovers	2015–16[21]	Scottish Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hibernian	2015–16[21]	Scottish Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2016–17[22]	Scottish Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2017–18[23]	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2018–19[24]	Scottish Premiership	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	2019–20[25]	Scottish Premiership	2	0	1	0	2	0	—		5	0
	2020–21[26]	Scottish Premiership	2	0	0	0	3	0	—		5	0
	2021–22[27]	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		15	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	22	0
Berwick Rangers (loan)	2016–17[22]	League Two	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	1
Hibernian U20/U21	2017–18[23]	Development League	—		—		—		1[a]	0	1	0
	2018–19[24]	Reserve League	—		—		—		1[a]	1	1	1
	Total		—		—		—		2	1	2	1
Edinburgh City (loan)	2017–18[23]	Scottish League Two	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	0
Dundee (loan)	2019–20[25]	Scottish Championship	12	1	0	0	0	0	1[b]	0	13	1
Raith Rovers (loan)	2021–22[27]	Scottish Championship	7	0	1	0	0	0	1[b]	0	9	0
Falkirk	2022–23[28]	Scottish League One	21	0	3	0	5	0	2[c]	0	31	0
	2023–24[29]	Scottish League One	14	0	1	0	2	0	2[b]	0	19	0
	2024–25[30]	Scottish Championship	7	2	0	0	6	1	1[b]	0	14	3
	Total		42	2	4	0	13	1	5	0	64	3
Career total			86	3	7	0	23	2	9	1	125	6

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup for Hibernian under-20/under-21s in which age-restricted sides from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs
2. Appearance(s) in the Scottish Challenge Cup
3. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and one appearance in the Scottish Championship play-offs

Honours

Raith Rovers

• Scottish Challenge Cup: 2021–22^[11]

Falkirk

• Scottish League One: 2023–24^[15]

References

1. "Hibernian move for Raith Rovers teenager Mackie". BBC Sport. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
2. "Hibs complete signing of Sean Mackie". Edinburgh Evening News. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
3. "Mackie and Stirling join Berwick on loan". Hibernian FC. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
4. Brown, Anthony (26 April 2017). "Hibs 3, Raith 2: Keatings free-kick wins it at the death". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
5. "Allan and Mackie join Edinburgh City on loan". Hibernian FC. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
6. "SEAN MACKIE AGREES CONTRACT EXTENSION". Hibernian FC. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
7. "Jason Naismith signs season loan at Hibernian from Peterborough". BBC Sport. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
8. Smith, Tyrone (4 September 2019). "Sean Mackie: Hibs defender aims to boost prospects at Dundee". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
9. Cran, George (31 January 2020). "Frustration for Dee as Mullen and Murray moves hit buffers". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
10. "Sean Mackie Joins Raith Rovers On Loan". Hibernian FC. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
11. "Raith beat Queens to claim SPFL Trust Trophy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
12. "Hibernian: Scott Allan, Alex Gogic, Drey Wright and Jamie Murphy among six exits". BBC Sport. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
13. "McGinn teams up with former Hibs team-mate as he completes Falkirk switch". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com.
14. "SEAN MACKIE JOINS THE BAIRNS!". Falkirk Football Club. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
15. "Falkirk crowned champions prior to rampant victory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
16. "SEAN MACKIE PENS NEW DEAL - Falkirk Football Club". 15 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
17. "Buckie Thistle vs Falkirk: League Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
18. "Winning start for Falkirk | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
19. Wales, Peter (4 March 2019). "Four players from Hearts and Hibs included in Scotland Under-21 squad". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
20. "Scotland U21 1-2 Sweden U21: Barry McGuire goal not enough". BBC Sport. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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