Josh Thomas Doig (born 18 May 2002) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a left-back or

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for club

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. He has previously played for Hibernian, Queen's Park and Hellas Verona, and has represented Scotland at the under-21 level.

Early life

Josh Thomas Doig was born on 18 May 2002 in

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Club career

Hibernian

Doig first signed with Hibernian during the summer of 2019, having previously been in the youth system of their

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rivals Hearts. In February 2020, he signed a contract with Hibernian to run until the summer of 2023 and was loaned to

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club Queen's Park for the rest of the 2019–20 season. Doig was added to the Hibs first team squad ahead of the 2020–21 season, and he made his first competitive appearance for the club on 1 August 2020 in a 2–1 win against

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. Doig played regularly for Hibs during the 2020–21 season, and in January 2021 it was reported by

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that English

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clubs and

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had expressed interest in signing him. Doig scored his first senior goal on 20 February 2021, in a 2–0 win for Hibs against

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. Doig then signed a new contract with Hibs, which was due expire in the summer of 2025. At the end of his breakthrough season with Hibs, Doig won the

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award. Amid transfer speculation, Doig returned to Hibernian’s squad starting in his first game back against Ross County where Hibernian won 3–0 on 9 August 2021. On 20 November 2021, Doig signed a new long-term contract at Hibernian. Hibs accepted an offer of over £3 million for Doig from Italian club Hellas Verona in July 2022.

Hellas Verona

Doig completed his move to Hellas Verona on 13 July 2022, signing a four-year contract with the Italian side. He made his

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debut in a 1-0 loss to

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, recording just 5 minutes. He scored a goal in his first start for

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, a 2–1 win against U.C. Sampdoria, Sampdoria on 4 September. He made 22 appearances in Serie A in the 2022-2023 season, playing the whole game in 7 of those. In the 2022-2023 season, he recorded 2 goals and 4 assists. In the following 2023-2024 season, he made 12

appearances for Hellas Verona, missing 4 games through injury.

Sassuolo

On 20 January 2024, Doig joined fellow

club

for a reported fee of Euro, €6 million, plus Euro, €1 million in add-ons, with a 10% sell-on clause in favor of Verona on a future transfer.

International career

Doig was selected in a Scotland national under-18 football team, Scotland U18 squad in September 2019, and played in a 2–1 win against Paraguay. The following month, he was selected in the Scotland national under-19 football team, Scotland U19 squad. In May 2021, after a successful individual season for Doig in which he was named the

, he was selected for the Scotland national under-21 football team, Scotland under-21 squad. He was later forced to withdraw through injury. Doig was added to the full Scotland national football team, Scotland squad for the first time in September 2022. He was selected for the full squad again in November 2023, following injuries to Andrew Robertson, Kieran Tierney and Aaron Hickey.

Career statistics

Honours

Hibernian *Scottish Cup runner-up: 2020–21 Scottish Cup, 2020–21 *Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2021–22 Scottish League Cup, 2021–22 Individual *SPFL Premiership Team of the Season: 2020–21 Scottish Premiership, 2020–21 *

: 2020–21 *Hibernian Young Player of the Year: 2020–21 *SFA Young Player of the Year nominee: 2021-22 *SFWA Young Player of the Year nominee: 2021-22

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Doig, Josh 2002 births Living people Footballers from Edinburgh Scottish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Hibernian F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players Hellas Verona FC players US Sassuolo Calcio players Scottish Professional Football League players Serie A players Scotland men's youth international footballers Scotland men's under-21 international footballers Scottish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Italy People educated at Portobello High School