Ross Cunningham (born 23 May 1998) is a Scottish professional

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who plays for

Kelty Hearts Kelty Hearts Football Club is a football club based in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland. Formed in 1975 and nicknamed ''the Hearts'', ''the Maroon Machine'' and ''the Jambos'', they play their home games at New Central Park. Their home c ...

as a

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Early life

Cunningham was born in

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Club career

Having been with the club as a youth player for several years, Cunningham made his senior debut for

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 the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the 2020–21 Scottis ...

on 14 May 2016. He signed a new two-year contract with ''Accies'' later that month. Cunningham was loaned to

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club

Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League and currently play in Scottish League Two. They play their home games at ...

in September 2018. He scored a goal on his debut appearance for Forfar, in a 3–1 defeat to

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on 15 September. He returned to Hamilton in January 2019, then suffered an ankle injury which ruled him out for the rest of the season. In June 2019 he signed a contract extension with Hamilton, until summer 2020. He scored his first goals for the club in the early-season group stage of the

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,Ross Cunningham and Brian Rice post match Saturday
Hamilton Academical FC, 20 July 2019Hamilton Accies kid Ross Cunningham wants to be fans' new hero
Daily Record, 1 August 2019 then registered his first in the

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with a late penalty to secure a 2–1 win over

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. On 5 February 2020, Cunningham moved on loan to

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for the remainder of the season. Cunningham left Hamilton in August 2020, after 11 years with the club. In September 2020 he returned to

on a permanent contract.

International career

Cunningham was selected for

training squads at under-14 level in 2012, and made three appearances at under-15 level in 2013.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cunningham, Ross 1998 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Hamilton Academical F.C. players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Men's association football forwards Scotland men's youth international footballers Kelty Hearts F.C. players