Scott Hogan

Scott Andrew Hogan (born 13 April 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Birmingham City and the Republic of Ireland national team.

Hogan played in the youth system at Rochdale but was released in 2010. He entered non-league football, playing for Woodley Sports, FC Halifax Town, Mossley, Stocksbridge Park Steels, Ashton United and Hyde before a return to Rochdale. He scored 17 goals in 2013–14 which prompted Brentford to sign him in July 2014 for a fee of £750,000. Hogan spent two-and-a-half seasons at Griffin Park and moved to Aston Villa in January 2017. He struggled to establish himself at Villa Park and spent time on loan at Sheffield United in 2018–19 and at Stoke City and Birmingham City in 2019–20 before rejoining Birmingham on a permanent contract in September 2020.

Born in England, he represents the Republic of Ireland at international level.

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Hogan was born in Salford, Greater Manchester.[1] He began his career as a student at Salford College, studying for a BTEC National Diploma in Sport and playing in the college’s Football Academy first team,[3] before moving onto the youth academy at League Two club Rochdale in 2009.[4] After just one call into the first team squad,[5] he was released at the end of the 2009–10 season.[6]

Hogan dropped into non-League football to join Northern Premier League First Division North club Woodley Sports during the 2010 off-season.[7] He had a prolific spell with the club, scoring 21 goals in 27 league games.[8] He departed the club in November 2010, but immediately returned on loan for a further month.[9]

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