{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Robbie Buchanan | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|2|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Blantyre, Scotland | height = | position = Midfield | currentclub = Cumnock Juniors | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2009–2014 | youthclubs1 = Heart of Midlothian | years1 = 2014–2017 | clubs1 = Heart of Midlothian | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2015 | clubs2 = → Cowdenbeath (loan) | caps2 = 10 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2015 | clubs3 = → Cowdenbeath (loan) | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2016 | clubs4 = → Brechin City (loan) | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2017 | clubs5 = → Cowdenbeath (loan) | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2017–2022 | clubs6 = Cowdenbeath | caps6 = 119 | goals6 = 12 | club-update = 23:38, 29 October 2020 (UTC) | years7 = 2022-2023 | clubs7 = Pollok | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 }} '''Robbie Buchanan''' (born 23 February 1996) is a Scottish footballer who plays in midfield for Cumnock Juniors.
==Career== ===Heart of Midlothian=== Born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Buchanan joined Heart of Midlothian aged 13, having been released by Rangers.<ref name="Blantyre">{{cite web | url=http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/robbie-buchanan-living-the-dream-at-hearts-1-3604848 | title=Robbie Buchanan living the dream at Hearts | publisher=Edinburgh Evening News | work=edinburghnews.scotsman.com | date=14 November 2014 | accessdate=6 September 2015}}</ref> He was first included in a matchday squad on 31 August 2013, remaining an unused substitute for their 3–0 loss at Inverness Caledonian Thistle.<ref>{{cite news|title=Inverness CT 3-0 Hearts|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23822889|access-date=5 September 2015|publisher=BBC Sport|date=31 August 2013}}</ref>
He made his debut on 20 August 2014 in the second round of the Scottish Challenge Cup away to Livingston, replacing Gary Oliver in the 56th minute of a 4–1 loss.<ref>{{cite news|title=Livingston 4-1 Hearts|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28767664|access-date=5 September 2015|publisher=BBC Sport|date=20 August 2014}}</ref> On 26 October, he made his professional debut in the Scottish Championship, replacing Billy King for the final three minutes of a 1–1 Edinburgh derby draw with Hibernian at Easter Road.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wilson|first1=Richard|title=Hibernian 1-1 Hearts|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29679479|access-date=5 September 2015|publisher=BBC Sport|date=26 October 2014}}</ref> On 5 May 2015, Buchanan signed a new two-year contract.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hearts sign up Billy King, Gary Oliver and Robbie Buchanan on new deals|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/13307495.Hearts_sign_up_Billy_King__Gary_Oliver_and_Robbie_Buchanan_on_new_deals/|accessdate=5 September 2015|work=Evening Times|date=5 May 2015}}</ref> Buchanan eventually left the club at the end of the 2016–17 season, following the end of his contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/news/5953 |title=New deal for Roy |publisher=Heart of Midlothian FC |date=25 May 2017 |accessdate=3 July 2017}}</ref>
====Loan moves==== Buchanan was loaned to fellow Scottish Championship team Cowdenbeath on 16 January 2015,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Morgan|first1=James|title=Cowdenbeath bring in Hearts tyro Buchanan|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13197524.Cowdenbeath_bring_in_Hearts_tyro_Buchanan/|accessdate=5 September 2015|work=Herald Scotland|date=16 January 2015}}</ref> playing 10 games without scoring,<ref>{{Soccerbase season|72133|2014|name=Robbie Buchanan|access-date=6 September 2015}}</ref> as the season ended with relegation.
He returned to Cowdenbeath, now of Scottish League One, on 7 August,<ref>{{cite news|title=Cowdenbeath V Stranraer at Central Park : Match Preview|url=http://www.football.co.uk/cowdenbeath/cowdenbeath-v-stranraer-at-central-park-match-preview/6612795/#5V8hP9Lm7hvstMwe.97|accessdate=5 September 2015|publisher=Football.co.uk|date=7 August 2015}}</ref> and his loan ended at the start of November 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Robbie Buchanan Departs |url=http://www.cowdenbeathfc.com/index.php?act=viewNews&id=1841 |accessdate=4 November 2015 |publisher=cowdenbeath.co.uk |date=4 November 2015}}</ref>
In November 2016, Buchanan joined Brechin City on a one-month emergency loan deal, in a bid to strengthen their squad.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brechinadvertiser.co.uk/sport/football/brechin-announce-emergency-loan-signing-1-4293575 |title=Brechin announce emergency loan signing |work=Brechin Advertiser |publisher=Johnston Publishing Ltd |date=18 November 2016 |accessdate=18 November 2016}}</ref> On 31 January 2017, Buchanan joined Cowdenbeath for his third spell on loan at the Fife club, this time in Scottish League Two, until the end of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/news/5712|title=Buchanan's Blue Brazil move Heart of Midlothian {{!}} News|website=www.heartsfc.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-01-31}}</ref>
===Cowdenbeath=== After leaving Hearts, Buchanan joined Cowdenbeath on 3 July 2017 for his fourth spell with the club, this time on a permanent contract. He left the club at the end of the 2021-22 season following Cowdenbeath's relegation from the Football League.
===Pollok=== In June 2022, he signed for WoSFL side Pollok.
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 15 September 2018}} <ref>{{soccerway|robbie-buchanan/311112|accessdate=6 September 2015}}</ref>
{| 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="3"|Heart of Midlothian |2014–15<ref name="RB14">{{soccerbase|72133|2014|accessdate=20 October 2017}}</ref> |Championship |4||0||1||0||0||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC">Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup</ref>||0||6||0 |- |2015–16<ref name="RB15">{{soccerbase|72133|2015|accessdate=20 October 2017}}</ref> |Premiership |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !4!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!6!!0 |- |rowspan="3"|Cowdenbeath (loan) |2014–15<ref name="RB14"/> |Championship |10||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||10||0 |- |2015–16<ref name="RB15"/> |League One |10||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||10||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !20!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!20!!2 |- |Brechin City (loan) |2016–17<ref name="RB16">{{soccerbase|72133|2016|accessdate=20 October 2017}}</ref> |League One |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |Cowdenbeath (loan) |2016–17<ref name="RB16"/> | rowspan="3" |League Two |12||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||12||2 |- | rowspan="2" |Cowdenbeath |2017–18<ref name="RB17">{{soccerbase|72133|2017|accessdate=20 October 2017}}</ref> |29||7||1||0||4||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC"/>||0||35||7 |- |2018-19<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=72133|title=Robbie Buchanan - 2018/19 Stats}}</ref> |5 |2 |0 |0 |4 |0 |1 |0 |10 |2 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !70!!13!!2!!0!!8!!0!!3!!0!!83!!13 |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buchanan, Robbie}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Category:Cowdenbeath F.C. players Category:Brechin City F.C. players Category:Scottish Professional Football League players Category:Footballers from Blantyre, South Lanarkshire Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen