Jamie Mccart

Biography

Jamie Daniel McCart (born 20 June 1997) is a Scottish footballer, who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian. A product of Celtic's youth system, McCart made his competitive debut for the Glasgow club as a substitute against Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup during August 2016. On 31 January 2017, McCart joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a loan deal until the end of the season. He then made an emergency loan move to St Mirren in September 2017, and returned to Celtic at the end of the year having made just three appearances for the Buddies. McCart moved on loan again in January 2018, joining Scottish League One side Alloa Athletic until the end of the season. McCart returned to Inverness ahead of the 2018–19 season, signing a two-year contract with the club. McCart signed a pre-contract agreement with St Johnstone in January 2020. Later in the month, Inverness and St Johnstone agreed a deal that allowed him to join the Saints immediately. He quickly established a defensive partnership with Jason Kerr and Liam Gordon. In March 2017 he made his debut for the Scotland Under-21 side in a friendly against Estonia. He is the son of former Motherwell defender Chris McCart, who is now the Head of Celtic's Youth Academy.