Scott Hogan

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

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, before moving onto the youth academy at League Two club Rochdale in 2009.

After just one call into the first team squad, he was released at the end of the 2009–10 season.

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.

Hogan dropped into non-League football to join Northern Premier League First Division North club Woodley Sports during the 2010 off-season.

He had a prolific spell with the club, scoring 21 goals in 27 league games.

He departed the club in November 2010, but immediately returned on loan for a further month.

Hogan signed with Northern Premier League Premier Division club F.C. Halifax Town in November 2010 and linked up with his brother Liam.

He made his debut in a West Riding County Cup second round match against Barnoldswick Town on 15 December and scored the second goal in a 5–0 victory.

Hogan slowly broke into the league squad and the Shaymen finished the 2010–11 season as Northern Premier League Premier Division champions, which promoted the club to the Conference North for the 2011–12 season.

On 10 January 2011, Hogan featured in a 3–0 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup third round win over Bradford Park Avenue, but his inclusion in the team caused Halifax's expulsion from the competition, as he was cup-tied after appearing for Woodley Sports in the competition earlier in the season.

In August 2011, Hogan joined Northern Premier League First Division North club Mossley on loan.

He made his debut on the opening day of the 2011–12 season, scoring in a 2–1 defeat to Ossett Townm and made three further appearances before returning to Halifax.

Hogan made his first Halifax appearance of the 2011–12 season on 29 August, as a 77th-minute substitute for Lee Gregory in a 0–0 draw with Boston United.

He fell out of favour and made a handful of further appearances before leaving The Shay in late December.

Hogan made 22 appearances and scored four goals during just over a year with F.C. Halifax.

Hogan signed for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Stocksbridge Park Steels in December 2011.

He quickly struck up a strike partnership with Jack Muldoon and made regular appearances for the club.

Hogan left the Steels in October 2012, after encountering problems commuting to Stocksbridge from his home in Warrington.

He made 16 appearances and scored seven goals during the early months of the 2012–13 season.

In October 2012, Hogan signed for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Ashton United.

He left Hyde at the end of the 2012–13 season having scored three goals from 11 Conference appearances.

He scored 17 goals in 2013–14 which prompted Brentford to sign him in July 2014 for a fee of £750,000.

He scored one goal in eight league appearances for the club, before departing in March 2013.

On 9 March 2013, Hogan signed a non-contract deal with Conference Premier strugglers Hyde and made his debut that day as a second-half substitute for Louis Almond in a 3–0 defeat to Gateshead.

On 9 May 2013, Hogan returned to Rochdale, signing a two-year deal.

He made his professional debut on 3 August, scoring the first goal of a 3–0 home win against Hartlepool United with a strike that was named as the Sky Sports News Goal of the Day.

He began the season in good form and scored 10 goals in his first 20 league appearances.

Four goals in five matches won Hogan the League Two Player of the Month award for February and he celebrated by scoring his second hat-trick in three weeks against Oxford United on 1 March.

Hogan finished the 2013–14 season with 19 goals in 40 appearances to help Rochdale to third place in League Two and automatic promotion to League One.

In addition to winning the club's Supporters' Player of the Year award, he was voted into the PFA Football League Two Team of the Year and was shortlisted for the League Two Player of the Year award.

He left the club in mid-July.

On 21 July 2014, Hogan signed a three-year contract with Championship club Brentford, for a fee reported to be approximately £750,000.

After missing a portion of the 2014–15 pre-season with an ankle injury, he made his Bees debut on 26 August as a second-half substitute for Nick Proschwitz in a 1–0 defeat to West London rivals Fulham in the second round of the League Cup.

Hogan made his league debut for Brentford in the following game against Rotherham United, coming on for Jota after 67 minutes, but he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his left knee on 82 minutes and was immediately substituted.

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.

Hogan was born in England, and represents the Republic of Ireland, for which he qualifies by descent, at international level.

Hogan was born in Salford, Greater Manchester.