Ryan Fulton

Ryan Fulton

Fulton playing for Chesterfield in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Ryan William Fulton[1]
Date of birth	(1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth	Burnley, England
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Heart of Midlothian
Number	12
Youth career
2007–2015	Liverpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Liverpool	0	(0)
2016	→ Portsmouth (loan)	12	(0)
2016–2017	→ Chesterfield (loan)	26	(0)
2017–2024	Hamilton Academical	103	(0)
2024-	Heart of Midlothian	0	(0)
International career‡
2011	Scotland U16	2	(0)
2014–2015	Scotland U19	6	(0)
2016–2018	Scotland U21	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2019

Ryan William Fulton (born 23 May 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian. He has previously played for Hamilton Academical, as well as loan spells at Portsmouth and Chesterfield.

Born in England, he was a youth player for Liverpool and a youth international for Scotland.

Fulton was born in Burnley, Lancashire^[2] and joined Liverpool in 2007, representing them at under-10 level and upwards.^{[citation needed]} Towards the end of the 2013–14 season, he made progress into the Under-21 squad. He featured sporadically during the 2014–15 campaign but was a regular starter in the UEFA Youth League for under-19 teams.^{[citation needed]}

He was first called up to the senior squad for their 2015 summer tour of Asia prior to the 2015–16 season.^{[citation needed]} He was made Liverpool's third-choice keeper, behind Simon Mignolet and Ádám Bogdán, after fellow reserve shot stoppers Danny Ward and Lawrence Vigouroux were sent out on loan.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2016, Fulton emerged as a loan target for Portsmouth as well as Aberdeen.^{[citation needed]}

On 22 January 2016, he was signed by Portsmouth on a one-month youth loan deal.^{[citation needed]} He made his senior debut the following day in a 1–0 defeat to Oxford United, a game in which he saved a penalty from Liam Sercombe.^[3]

On 9 July 2016, he was signed by Chesterfield on a season long loan deal for the 2016–17 season, as cover for the injured first-choice goalkeeper Tommy Lee.^[4]

On 18 July 2017, Fulton joined Hamilton Academical on a two-year deal.^[5][6]

On 19 June 2024, Fulton joined Heart of Midlothian on a two-year deal after his contract with Hamilton expired.^[7]

Although born in England, he has represented Scotland at under-16, under-19 and under-21 level.^[8]

As of match played 3 April 2021

Hamilton Academical

• Scottish Challenge Cup: 2022–23^[16]

• Ryan Fulton – UEFA competition record (archive)