Ross Forbes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ross Forbes | ||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Greenock Morton | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2012 | Motherwell | 70 | (7) |
| 2009 | → Dumbarton (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2012 | Dumbarton (trial) | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Partick Thistle | 43 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Dunfermline Athletic | 25 | (4) |
| 2015– | Greenock Morton | 86 | (12) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Scotland U19 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:13, 6 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 December 2009 |
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Ross Forbes (born 3 March 1989) is a Scottish footballer, currently playing for Scottish Championship side Greenock Morton.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Forbes began his football career with Motherwell. In the 2007–08 season, Forbes was on the bench, on 23 April 2008, against Celtic, being an unused substitute in the matches and continued doing so the following season, as he appeared four times on the bench.
On 24 January 2009, Forbes was loaned out to Dumbarton, until the end of the season. At the club, Forbes was a key man in helping the club win the Scottish Football League Third Division championship. He scored his only goal in a 2–0 win for the sons against Berwick on 11 April 2009. He hoped his good performances would earn him a first team place at Motherwell next season.
After leaving, Manager Jim Chapman joked that he was disappointed that Forbes made a breakthrough at Motherwell, having expected to make a return to Dumbarton.
Forbes made his first-team debut for Motherwell in the Europa League first qualifying round match against Llanelli on 2 July 2009, a match in which they lost 1–0 in Jim Gannon's first match in charge. He scored 2 goals in the return leg of their second qualifying round match against KS Flamurtari Vlorë which Motherwell won 8–1 and another in the next qualifying round home match, the 1–3 loss against Steaua Bucharest.
After scoring on his debut on the opening game of the season, He carried his good form into the league campaign, scoring five times in the opening 10 games, and was rewarded by being named SPL Young Player of the Month for August. Forbes was also rewarded by extending his contract, that will expire until 2012. On 10 February 2010, Forbes had his goal ruled offside against his boyhood club, Rangers, which he described it as "goal of his dreams", which ended in a 1–1 draw. In a match against Hibernian, Forbes had the chance to equalise from a penalty kick with three minutes left, but it was saved by Graeme Smith, who had conceded the penalty in the first place. After the match, Forbes says he's couldn't cope and move on following the missing penalty. However, later in the season, under manager Craig Brown, Forbes form's has deeply affected badly after a couple of months coming on as a sub without scoring and often playing out of position by being placed on the bench, in addition with several match deciding errors and misjudgements.
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