Macaulay Tait, born on 27 August 2005 (age 20), is a compact Scottish centre midfielder now with St Johnstone. At 5ft 7in (1.70m), he is not built for the usual midfield theatre, but his career so far has been about regular minutes rather than noise.
His senior record includes a 2023-2024 league season at Hearts, where he made 12 appearances. The spell that has carried most weight, though, came at Livingston. Across two league seasons there, Tait made 48 appearances, which is still the main body of his first-team work.
By 2025-2026 he was a regular presence for St Johnstone, making 33 league appearances and adding three in the League Cup. That gives him 36 appearances across all competitions for the club, a decent level of involvement for a player still in the early part of his career.
His current market value is around £425,000, according to Transfermarkt. Tait’s career remains centred on Livingston so far, with St Johnstone now the place where he is trying to turn steady first-team football into something more settled.
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