{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dean Hawkshaw | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|04|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Kilmarnock, Scotland | height = | position = Left Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2008-2017 | youthclubs1 = Kilmarnock | years1 = 2015–2018 | clubs1 = Kilmarnock | caps1 = 76 | goals1 = 5 | years2 = 2018. | clubs2 = Stranraer (loan) | caps2 = 12 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2018–2019 | clubs3 = Glenafton Athletic | caps3 = 32 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2019–2021 | clubs4 = Airdrieonians | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2021–2025 | clubs5 = Stranraer | caps5 = 79 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 2025- | clubs6 = Hurlford United | caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 1 | club-update = 01:59, 31 May 2025 (UTC) }} '''Dean Hawkshaw''' (born 24 April 1997) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hurlford United in the West of Scotland Premier Division. Hawkshaw has previously played for Kilmarnock, Glenafton Athletic, Airdrieonians and Stranraer.
==Career== Hawkshaw made his league debut for Kilmarnock in August 2016 against Motherwell, being taken off after a clash of heads with Carl McHugh. McHugh was out of play for several months with a head injury,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.donegallive.ie/news/sport/221570/the-cruel-side-of-sport-carl-and-keith-face-long-lay-offs.html|title = The cruel side of sport - Carl and Keith face long lay-offs| date=27 October 2016 }}</ref> while Hawkshaw had a concussion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-angus-and-the-mearns-edition/20160820/282497183074627 |title=Morris not yet ready to make Dons debut |work=The Courier |date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203163948/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-angus-and-the-mearns-edition/20160820/282497183074627 |archive-date=2019-12-03 |url-status=live}}</ref> Hawkshaw was out for months with a later knee injury.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kilmarnock-v-celtic-team-news-9282694|title=Kilmarnock v Celtic team news ahead of the Premiership clash|date=18 November 2016}}</ref> He remained in and around the first-team under the management of both Lee Clark and Lee McCulloch, but dropped out of the squad under Steve Clarke. Hawkshaw was loaned to Stranraer in January 2018,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/completed-transfers-deadline-day-january-2018/?rid=13929 |title=Completed Transfers - Deadline Day January 2018 |publisher=Scottish FA |date=31 January 2018 |accessdate=31 January 2018}}</ref> and released by Kilmarnock at the end of the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Haggerty |first1=Anthony |title=Kilmarnock midfielder Dean Hawkshaw set to leave club at the end of the season |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/kilmarnock-midfielder-dean-hawkshaw-set-12359977 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |work=Daily Record |date=13 April 2018}}</ref>
Hawkshaw made a trial appearance for Greenock Morton in a friendly against Forfar Athletic in July 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gmfc.net/2018/07/07/match-report-forfar-athletic-0-0-morton/|title=Match Report: Forfar Athletic 0-0 Morton|publisher=Greenock Morton F.C.|author=Jonathan Mitchell|date=7 July 2018|accessdate=9 July 2018|archive-date=8 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708162619/https://gmfc.net/2018/07/07/match-report-forfar-athletic-0-0-morton/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He signed for Junior side Glenafton Athletic in September 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cassidy |first1=Frank |title=Ex-Killie starlet signs for Glens |url=https://www.cumnockchronicle.com/sport/16906976.ex-killie-starlet-signs-for-glens/?ref=mr&lp=8 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |work=Cumnock Chronicle |date=28 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
Hawkshaw then moved to Scottish League One club Airdrieonians,<ref>{{cite web|title=DIAMONDS SWOOP TO SIGN HAWKSHAW|url=https://www.airdriefc.com/1819-news/070319/Diamonds-swoop-to-sign-Hawkshaw|publisher=Airdrieonians F.C.|date=7 March 2019|accessdate=21 October 2019}}</ref> and made his first league appearance for the club in a 1–0 win against Forfar on 23 March 2019. In May 2019, he signed a new contract with the club.<ref>{{cite web|title=MILLAR AND HAWKSHAW RETURN TO BOOST MIDFIELD|url=https://www.airdriefc.com/1819-news/220519/Millar-and-Hawkshaw-return-to-boost-midfield|publisher=Airdrieonians F.C.|date=22 May 2019|accessdate=21 October 2019}}</ref> Hawkshaw returned to Stranraer in July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stranraerfc.org/tag/dean-hawkshaw/|title=Dean Hawkshaw – Stranraer FC}}</ref> Hawkshaw departed Stranraer in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LIVE |first=Stranraer FC |date=2025-05-08 |title=Hawkshaw moves on - Stranraer FC |url=https://stranraerfc.org/hawkshaw-moves-on/ |access-date=2025-05-31 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{Updated|match played 07 August 2021}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Scottish Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals !Apps!!Goals !Apps!!Goals !Apps!!Goals !Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Kilmarnock |2015–16<ref name="DH15">{{soccerbase season|71270|2015|accessdate=22 October 2017}}</ref> |rowspan="3"|Scottish Premiership |0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |2016–17<ref name="DH16">{{soccerbase season|71270|2016|accessdate=22 October 2017}}</ref> |15||0||0||0||0||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC20">Appearance for Kilmarnock under-20s in the Scottish Challenge Cup in which age-restricted sides from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs</ref>||1||16||1 |- |2017–18<ref name="DH17">{{soccerbase season|71270|2017|accessdate=22 October 2017}}</ref> |5||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !20!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!1!!0!!22!!1 |- |Stranraer (loan) |2017–18<ref name="DH17"/> |Scottish League One |12||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||12||0 |- |rowspan=4|Airdrieonians |2018–19<ref>{{soccerbase season|71270|2018|accessdate=21 October 2019}}</ref> |rowspan=3|Scottish League One |6||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0 |- |2019–20<ref>{{soccerbase season|71270|2019|accessdate=21 October 2019}}</ref> |9||0||1||0||2||0||3<ref group=lower-alpha name=SCC>Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup</ref>||0||15||0 |- |2020–21<ref>{{soccerbase season|71270|2020|accessdate=7 November 2021}}</ref> |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !15!!0!!1!!0!!2!!0!!3!!0!!21!!0 |- |Stranraer |2021–22<ref>{{soccerbase season|71270|2021|accessdate=7 November 2021}}</ref> |Scottish League Two |2||0||0||0||3||0||0||0||5||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !49!!0!!1!!0!!6!!0!!4!!1!!60!!1 |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkshaw, Dean}} Category:Living people Category:1997 births Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Kilmarnock F.C. players Category:Scottish Professional Football League players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Stranraer F.C. players Category:Glenafton Athletic F.C. players Category:Scottish Junior Football Association players Category:Airdrieonians F.C. players Category:Footballers from Kilmarnock Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen
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