Conor Scullion (born 20 March 1999) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a

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for club Albion Rovers.

Club career

Scullion began his career in the youth academy of

Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, who currently compete in . They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilto ...

. He joined

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on loan in 2016, making nine league appearances for the ''Diamonds''. He spent the rest of the 2016–17 season on loan at Bo'ness United. He left the ''Accies'' at the end of the 2016–17 season before signing for Albion Rovers in a short-term deal until the end of the 2017–18 season, making nine league appearances for the ''Wee Rovers''. The midfielder signed for

Cumbernauld United Cumbernauld United Football Club are a football club based in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They play at Guy's Meadow in the Cumbernauld Village area of the town. Formed in 1964, they currently compete in the , having previously pla ...

in 2018 and became a key figure for the side who finished fourth in the

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. This form earned him a move to

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side

Dumbarton Dumbarton (; , or ; or , meaning 'fort of the Britons (historical), Britons') is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven, Dunbartonshire, River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. ...

in 2019. Regular football at the ''Sons'' was hard to come by for Scullion and he left the club in 2020 after 11 league appearances, scoring once. Later that year, he signed for Fauldhouse United where he played for one season before departing the club. Scullion appeared as a trialist for Whitburn in May 2023 against Thornton Hibs, scoring in the match. He signed for Clyde in July 2023, where he spent a season at the club alongside brother Liam Scullion. He then joined Albion Rovers in September 2024.

Personal life

He is the brother of Clyde footballer Liam Scullion. During the 2023-2024 season they played together at Clyde before Conor was released at the end of the season by the Bully Wee club after one season with the club.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scullion, Conor 1999 births Footballers from Cambuslang Living people 21st-century Scottish sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Scottish men's footballers Hamilton Academical F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. players Bo'ness United F.C. players Albion Rovers F.C. players Cumbernauld United F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players Fauldhouse United F.C. players Whitburn F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players West of Scotland Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Lowland Football League players