David James Hagen (5 May 1973 – 24 July 2020) was a Scottish professional

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Playing career

Hagen began his career with

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, where he played 20 competitive games, before moving to Hearts. He then moved to hometown team

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. He stayed for five years, making over 100 appearances for the Bairns including the 1997 Scottish Cup final. He scored the only goal in the 1997 Scottish Challenge Cup Final win against Queen of the South F.C. He then joined

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, where he won the Scottish First Division title. He joined Clyde in 2001, and scored the fastest goal of the 2001-02 season, scoring after only 16 seconds against Raith Rovers. Hagen joined Peterhead in 2004. This was to be his last senior club, before he joined junior side

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in 2006, where he played for a year before retiring.

Death

In July 2018, it was reported that Hagen was suffering from

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. He died of the illness on 24 July 2020, aged 47.

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