Paul Paton
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Paul Raymond Paton | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Paisley, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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St Johnstone | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | Queen's Park | 88 | (1) |
| 2008–2013 | Partick Thistle | 147 | (5) |
| 2013–2016 | Dundee United | 75 | (6) |
| 2016– | St Johnstone | 14 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2014– | Northern Ireland | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:51, 2 January 2017 (UTC). |
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Paul Raymond Paton (born 18 April 1987) is a Scottish-born Northern Irish professional footballer currently playing for St Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership. He has previously played for Queen's Park, Partick Thistle and Dundee United. Paton has represented Northern Ireland at international level.
Paton played for Queen's Park from 2005 until 2008. His displays at right back were key in Queen's winning promotion to the Second Division. He scored the goal which gave Queen's the lead in the second leg of the playoff final against East Fife at New Bayview.
Paton signed for Partick Thistle in May 2008, on a three-year contract. He played a significant role in Thistle winning promotion in the 2012–13 season, during which he was the club captain.
On 16 April 2013 it was announced that he would follow former Thistle manager Jackie McNamara, along with Thistle teammate Chris Erskine, to join Dundee United for the start of the 2013–14 season. Paton scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win against Motherwell. Having established himself as a first team regular, Paton was rewarded with a contract extension at the beginning of the following season to keep him at the club until 2017. In the 2014–15 season Paton was named as SPFL Player of the Month for September 2014.
On 18 December 2014, Paton was found guilty, by an SFA Disciplinary Tribunal, of spitting at Aberdeen player Jonny Hayes during the match between Dundee United and Aberdeen on 13 December 2014, and was given a two-match suspension, despite Hayes saying that Paton hadn't spat at him. Dundee United announced they would be appealing the suspension but were told that the SFA's fast-track judicial system didn't allow this.
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