Michael Ruth

Michael Ruth, a striker, is 24 and plays for Queen's Park. In the 2025-26 Championship season, he made 16 appearances, starting nine times and coming off the bench seven times, and scored four goals. That points to a forward used regularly but not as an automatic starter, with a further one goal in three League Cup appearances adding to his senior output.

Ruth's path has taken him through Aberdeen, Falkirk, Queen of the South, Dumbarton and Queen's Park. The pattern is one of a striker moving out of Aberdeen's structure, taking a loan at Falkirk, then building a career through permanent moves at Scottish clubs. His 2025-26 return for Queen's Park gave the clearest recent marker of his role.

Ruth joined Queen's Park from Dumbarton on a free transfer in July 2025. His permanent moves from Aberdeen to Queen of the South, Queen of the South to Dumbarton, and Dumbarton to Queen's Park were all free transfers, while his Falkirk spell came on loan from Aberdeen before a return in January 2022. The transfer pattern suggests a career shaped by low-cost moves rather than fee-driven recruitment.