Iain Hume

Iain Edward Hume (born 30 October 1983) is a Canadian soccer manager and former professional soccer player who played as a forward.

On 1 October, he scored his first goal for the team, an 86th-minute opener in a 1–1 draw at Derby County, and on 26 November he added two more in a 4–2 home win over Sheffield United.

He began his career at Tranmere Rovers in 2000, and six years later moved to Leicester City for an initial £500,000 fee.

Three years later he was signed by Barnsley for £1.2 million, where he suffered a serious head injury in a match against Sheffield United.

He later played for Preston North End, and was loaned to Doncaster Rovers and Fleetwood Town, where he won League One and the League Two play-offs respectively.

Hume progressed through the youth ranks at Tranmere Rovers, making his professional debut on 15 April 2000 as a 76th-minute substitute for Nick Henry in a 3–1 First Division loss at Swindon Town.

On 29 October 2002, he scored his first professional goal; two minutes after replacing Stuart Barlow, he headed in Gareth Roberts' free kick to open a 1–1 draw with Peterborough United at Prenton Park.

He debuted for them in 2003 and represented the nation at three CONCACAF Gold Cups.

He scored six goals from 23 games that Second Division season, including both of Tranmere's goals in a 2–1 win over Blackpool on 22 February 2003, ending the visitors' 12-game unbeaten run.

On 13 January 2004, Hume scored the winner in the first minute of extra time, as Tranmere defeated Premier League club Bolton Wanderers 2–1 in the third round replay of the FA Cup.

In the next round, he again scored the winner, from 20 yards for a 2–1 home victory against Swansea City on 14 February.

The team were eliminated in the quarter-finals by eventual finalists Millwall.

His best season for Tranmere was during the 2004–05 campaign where he finished as the club's top scorer with 16 goals, including braces in a 2–1 win at Torquay United on 25 September 2004 and a 4–5 home defeat to Bradford City on 16 October.

Signed on transfer deadline day at the end of August 2005, Hume was Craig Levein's most expensive signing in his first year as manager.

He was bought as a direct replacement for David Connolly who moved to Wigan the same day.

Hume put pen-to-paper on a three-year deal after leaving Tranmere where he made 176 appearances, scoring 37 goals.

The fee for Hume was an initial £500,000 that could rise to £750,000, while Tranmere were entitled to a 10% sell-on clause.

Hume made his debut for Leicester in the Championship on 10 September, replacing Elvis Hammond for the final 13 minutes of a 2–0 win over Sheffield Wednesday at the Walkers Stadium.

He finished his first season with the Foxes with 9 goals from 37 games, including one each in three consecutive matches in February 2006.

Hume signed a new three-year deal on 5 June 2007 to stay at the club.

He scored his first goal of the 2007–08 season against Watford on 25 August, and was named in the Championship Team of the Week two days later.

The goal was voted Goal of the Season on 28 April 2008.

Hume scored his 30th goal for Leicester on 16 February 2008, beating Norwich City 4–0.

Despite finishing as the club's top goalscorer with 11 league goals, Hume could not prevent Leicester from being relegated at the end of the season.

Despite announcing that he would stay at Leicester, on 25 June 2008, Barnsley secured the signing of Hume for £1.2 million.

On 9 August, the opening day of the Championship season, Hume scored just five minutes into his Barnsley debut away to Queens Park Rangers, but the Tykes lost the game 2–1.

He was sent off on his home debut eight days later, a loss by the same score to Coventry City at Oakwell.

On his return on 30 August, he scored what BBC Sport called a "spectacular volley" to open a 2–0 win over Derby, and in October he netted in victories against Yorkshire rivals Doncaster Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday, the former seeing his team come from a goal down to win 4–1 with ten men.

On 8 November 2008, Hume sustained a fractured skull and internal bleeding following an elbow to the head, prior to challenging for the ball, from Chris Morgan against Sheffield United.

He was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, and underwent surgery.

The opposing club issued a statement that "Sheffield United are saddened and concerned to hear that Barnsley striker Iain Hume is being monitored in a high dependency unit following last Saturday's fixture, and we wish him a speedy and full recovery."

Later in November, Hume was discharged, while the FA decided that they would not discipline Morgan.

Barnsley manager Simon Davey criticised this decision, opining that Morgan and referee Andy D'Urso should have been suspended and claiming that different action would have been taken if Cristiano Ronaldo were injured.

Hume was left with an 18-inch horseshoe-shaped scar and cognitive difficulties.

After missing the remainder of the season, Hume made his return to the team with a 50th-minute substitute appearance against Gainsborough on 21 July 2009, nearly scoring from a header with his first touch of the game.

Despite scoring a goal in his 100th match for Leicester on 11 December, his team still lost 3–1 to Ipswich.

He scored five goals in 35 games in his second season, including two in a 2–2 home draw against Peterborough United on 5 April 2010 which relegated the opponents to League One.

In 2014, Hume joined Kerala Blasters FC of the newly formed Indian Super League, and played the next two seasons with Atlético de Kolkata, winning the 2016 ISL season before returning to Kerala Blasters in 2017–18 Indian Super League season.

He then played for FC Pune City next season in ISL.

Hume was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, but played internationally for Canada.