# Robbie Mutch

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{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Third-party|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Robbie Mutch
| image = 
| fullname = 
| height = 1.94 m<ref name="SW">{{Soccerway|449231|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|8|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Elgin](/source/Elgin%2C_Moray), Scotland
| currentclub = [Cove Rangers](/source/Cove_Rangers_F.C.)
| clubnumber = 1<!-- 1 -->
| position = [Goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football))
| youthyears1 = 2006–2014
| youthclubs1 = [Aberdeen](/source/Aberdeen_F.C.)
| years1 = 2014–2017
| clubs1 = [Aberdeen](/source/Aberdeen_F.C.)
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2016–2017
| clubs2 = → [Arbroath](/source/Arbroath_F.C.) (loan)
| caps2 = 14
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2017–2022
| clubs3 = [Falkirk](/source/Falkirk_F.C.)
| caps3 = 79
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2018
| clubs4 = → [Dumbarton](/source/Dumbarton_F.C.) (loan)
| caps4 = 2
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2019
| clubs5 = → [Deveronvale](/source/Deveronvale_F.C.) (loan)
| caps5 = 9
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2022–2023
| clubs6 = [Edinburgh City](/source/F.C._Edinburgh)
| caps6 = 36
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2023–2025
| clubs7 = [Ayr United](/source/Ayr_United_F.C.)
| caps7 = 13
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2024–2025
| clubs8 = → [Stranraer](/source/Stranraer_F.C.) (loan)
| caps8 = 7
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2025–
| clubs9 = [Cove Rangers](/source/Cove_Rangers_F.C.)
| caps9 = 28
| goals9 = 0
<!--only domestic league appearances are counted-->| club-update = 4 May 2026
}}

'''Robbie Mutch''' (born 20 August 1998)<ref>{{cite web |title=YOUNG DONS ROBBIE MUTCH |url=https://www.afc.co.uk/2015/04/21/young-dons-robbie-mutch/?cn-reloaded=1 |website=Aberdeen Football Club |accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref> is a Scottish [footballer](/source/Association_football) who plays as a [goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)) for {{Scottish football updater|CoveRang}} side [Cove Rangers](/source/Cove_Rangers_F.C.).

==Career==
Mutch came through [Aberdeen](/source/Aberdeen_F.C.)'s youth system, and joined [Scottish League Two](/source/Scottish_League_Two) side [Arbroath](/source/Arbroath_F.C.) on loan in June 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=ROBBIE MUTCH JOINS ARBROATH ON LOAN |url=https://www.afc.co.uk/2016/06/29/robbie-mutch-joins-arbroath-on-loan/?cn-reloaded=1 |website=Aberdeen Football Club |accessdate=4 October 2018|date=29 June 2016}}</ref> After leaving the Dons he joined [Scottish Championship](/source/Scottish_Championship) side [Falkirk](/source/Falkirk_F.C.) in the summer of 2017. He won the club's Young Player of the Year Award in his first season, and signed a new three-year deal in May 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=ROBBIE MUTCH SIGNS UNTIL 2021 |url=https://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/2018/05/23/robbie-mutch-signs-until-2021/ |website=Falkirk Football Club |accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref> Mutch joined [Scottish League One](/source/Scottish_League_One) side [Dumbarton](/source/Dumbarton_F.C.) on a short-term loan as cover for the injured [Grant Adam](/source/Grant_Adam) in October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dumbartonfootballclub.com/news/?mode=view&id=3803|title=SIGNING NEWS: KEEPER ARRIVES ON LOAN|last=Galloway|first=Andy|date=5 October 2018|website=Dumbarton Football Club}}</ref> He returned to Falkirk a fortnight later to cover for the suspended [Leo Fasan](/source/Leo_Fasan).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/football/falkirk-fc/dumbarton-s-mutch-to-be-recalled-to-falkirk-as-ray-mckinnon-faces-selection-issues-1-4820202|title=Dumbarton's Mutch to be recalled to Falkirk as Ray McKinnon faces selection issues|last=Oliver|first=David|date=26 October 2018|website=The Falkirk Herald}}</ref> In January 2019, Mutch joined Scottish Highland Football League side Deveronvale on loan for the remainder of the 2018/19 campaign following an injury to Vale's regular goalkeeper Grant Pennet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deveronvale.co.uk/single-post/2019/01/31/Vale-Take-Keeper-Robbie-Mutch-on-Loan-from-Falkirk|title=Vale Take Keeper Robbie Mutch on Loan from Falkirk|date=31 January 2019|website=Devronvale Football Club}}</ref> Mutch returned to Falkirk in pre season of the 2019/20 season and started the season as back-up to [Cammy Bell](/source/Cammy_Bell). During the season he took the number one spot at Falkirk and, in January 2020 despite interest from English Premier League side Southampton<ref>{{Cite web |last=Emery |first=Daniel |date=2020-02-26 |title=Report: Southampton keep tabs on 21-year-old star ahead of potential summer swoop |url=https://readsouthampton.com/2020/02/26/southampton-scouting-robbie-mutch-ahead-of-possible-summer-swoop/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Read Southampton |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Oliver |first=David |date=25 February 2020 |title="Southampton FC interest in former Aberdeen goalkeeper Robbie Mutch not surprising for Falkirk boss McCracken" |url=https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/football/southampton-fc-interest-in-former-aberdeen-goalkeeper-robbie-mutch-not-surprising-for-falkirk-boss-mccracken-1890612 |access-date=22 June 2023 |website=The Falkirk Herald}}</ref> he signed a contract extension taking it up to the summer of 2022.

Mutch left Falkirk after the 2021–22 season ended, and then signed for [Edinburgh](/source/F.C._Edinburgh) in July 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/fc-edinburgh-secure-services-of-goalkeeper-robbie-mutch/ar-AA106A3D |title=FC Edinburgh secure services of goalkeeper Robbie Mutch |website=msn.com |date=29 July 2022 |accessdate=30 July 2022 |first=Neil |last=McGlade}}</ref>

After one season with Edinburgh, Mutch signed for Championship club [Ayr United](/source/Ayr_United_F.C.) in June 2023.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/ayr-united-sign-former-edinburgh-30159880 |title=Ayr United sign former Edinburgh and Falkirk goalkeeper Robbie Mutch |newspaper=Daily Record |first=Stuart |last=Wilson |date=5 June 2023 |accessdate=6 June 2023}}</ref>

On 30 September 2024, Mutch joined [Stranraer](/source/Stranraer_F.C.) on loan until January 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stranraerfc.org/mutch-excitement-as-keeper-robbie-signs/|title=Mutch excitement as keeper Robbie signs|website=stranraerfc.org|date=30 September 2024|accessdate=3 October 2024}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{Updated|match played 4 March 2025}}<ref name="SW"/>
{| 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](/source/Scottish_Cup)
!colspan="2"|[Scottish League Cup](/source/Scottish_League_Cup)
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[Aberdeen](/source/Aberdeen_F.C.)
|[2014-15](/source/2014-15_Scottish_Premiership)<ref name="SB">{{Soccerbase|80673|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref>
|[Scottish Premiership](/source/Scottish_Premiership)
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|[2015-16](/source/2015-16_Scottish_Premiership)<ref name="SB"/>
|Scottish Premiership
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|[2016-17](/source/2016-17_Scottish_Premiership)<ref name="S16">{{Soccerbase season|80673|2016|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref>
|Scottish Premiership
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0
|-
|[Arbroath](/source/Arbroath_F.C.) (loan)
|[2016-17](/source/2016-17_Scottish_League_Two)<ref name="S16"/>
|[Scottish League Two](/source/Scottish_League_Two)
|8||0||0||0||4||0||2{{efn|name="SCC"|Appearance(s) in [Scottish Challenge Cup](/source/Scottish_Challenge_Cup)}}||0||14||0
|-
|rowspan="6"|[Falkirk](/source/Falkirk_F.C.)
|[2017-18](/source/2017-18_Scottish_Championship)<ref name="S17">{{Soccerbase season|80673|2017|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref>
|[Scottish Championship](/source/Scottish_Championship)
|5||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||0
|-
|[2018-19](/source/2018-19_Scottish_Championship)<ref name="S18">{{Soccerbase season|80673|2018|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref>
|Scottish Championship
|0||0||0||0||1||0||1{{efn|name="SCC"}}||0||2||0
|-
|[2019-20](/source/2019-20_Scottish_League_One)<ref name="S19">{{Soccerbase season|80673|2019|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref>
|[Scottish League One](/source/Scottish_League_One)
|18||0||4||0||2||0||2{{efn|name="SCC"}}||0||26||0
|-
|[2020-21](/source/2020-21_Scottish_League_One)<ref name="S20">{{Soccerbase season|80673|2020|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref>
|Scottish League One
|17||0||2||0||2||0||0||0||21||0
|-
|[2021-22](/source/2021-22_Scottish_League_One)<ref name="S21">{{Soccerbase season|80673|2021|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref>
|Scottish League One
|23||0||0||0||2||0||0||0||25||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!63!!0!!6!!0!!7!!0!!3!!0!!79!!0
|-
|[Dumbarton](/source/Dumbarton_F.C.) (loan)
|[2018-19](/source/2018-19_Scottish_League_One)<ref name="S18"/>
|Scottish League One
|2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
|-
|[Deveronvale](/source/Deveronvale_F.C.) (loan)
|[2018–19](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Highland_Football_League)
|[Highland Football League](/source/Highland_Football_League)
|colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—
|-
|[Edinburgh City](/source/Edinburgh_City_F.C.)
|[2022-23](/source/2022-23_Scottish_League_One)<ref name="S22">{{Soccerbase season|80673|2022|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref>
|Scottish League One
|35||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||36||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[Ayr United](/source/Ayr_United_F.C.)
|[2023-24](/source/2023-24_Scottish_Championship)<ref name="S23">{{Soccerbase season|80673|2023|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref>
|Scottish Championship
|7||0||1||0||3||0||1{{efn|name="SCC"}}||0||12||0
|-
|[2024-25](/source/2024-25_Scottish_Championship)<ref name="S24">{{Soccerbase season|80673|2024|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref>
|Scottish Championship
|1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!8!!0!!1!!0!!3!!0!!1!!0!!13!!0
|-
|[Stranraer](/source/Stranraer_F.C.) (loan)
|[2024-25](/source/2024-25_Scottish_League_Two)<ref name="S24"/>
|Scottish League Two
|7||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||7||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!123!!0!!8!!0!!14!!0!!6!!0!!151!!0
|}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{soccerbase|80673|name=Robbie Mutch}}

{{Stranraer F.C. squad}}
<!-- {{Ayr United F.C. squad}} -->

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mutch, Robbie}}
Category:1998 births
Category:Living people
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Elgin, Moray
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Falkirk F.C. players
Category:Arbroath F.C. players
Category:Aberdeen F.C. players
Category:Dumbarton F.C. players
Category:Deveronvale F.C. players
Category:Edinburgh City F.C. players
Category:Ayr United F.C. players
Category:Stranraer F.C. players
Category:Scottish Professional Football League players
Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen

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