Ryan Porteous


Ryan Porteous is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays for Hibernian. He has also played on loan at Edinburgh City and has represented Scotland at the under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels.

Club career

Raised in Dalkeith in Midlothian, Porteous supported Hibernian in childhood and attended Dalkeith High School. After establishing himself in the Hibernian youth system, he was loaned to Edinburgh City for the 2016–17 season. Porteous scored goals that secured wins for Edinburgh against Annan Athletic and Arbroath.
He made his first team debut for Hibernian in a 2017–18 Scottish League Cup group stage match against Montrose. He then scored two goals in his second appearance for Hibs, a 6–1 win against Arbroath in the same competition. Although becoming a regular in the senior squad during that season, Porteous also continued to appear for the club's Under-20s, whose campaign ended with a 'double' of SPFL Development League and Scottish Youth Cup.
During October 2018, Porteous signed a new contract with Hibernian, due to run until the summer of 2023. He suffered a knee injury in January 2019 that required surgery, which prevented him from playing for the rest of the 2018–19 season.
On 20 December 2019, Porteous was shown a straight red card for a dangerous tackle on Borna Barišić, with the incident provoking an angry confrontation between both coaching teams. Porteous suffered a serious knee injury during a Scottish Cup match at Dundee United in January 2020.

International career

Porteous was named in the Scotland under-19 squad for the elite round of qualification for the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He made his first appearance for the under-21 team in the 2018 Toulon Tournament
He earned a first senior Scotland call-up for Euro 2020 qualifiers against Cyprus and Kazakhstan in November 2019, but did not play in either fixture.

Personal life

His older sister Emma is also a footballer who played for Hibernian and was selected for Scotland at youth level before taking a university scholarship in Pennsylvania to combine her sporting and academic studies. Ryan missed her graduation to play for Scotland Under-21s.
As of 2018, Porteous was signed to an agency operated by tennis player Andy Murray.

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