Frankie Kent

Frankie Kent has been used more as a squad defender than an automatic starter for Hearts this season, with 18 Premiership appearances split between eight starts and 10 substitute outings. He has not scored, while three yellow cards and one red point to a disciplinary edge that has carried some cost. Across the domestic cups he has added five more appearances, so the workload is meaningful, but the league start rate suggests a role defined by rotation and game-state management rather than clear first-choice status.

Kent’s senior path has been relatively stable, moving from Colchester United to Peterborough United and then on to Hearts. The available career record is incomplete on appearances, but the goals column points to occasional set-piece value rather than regular attacking output, with two-goal seasons recorded in 2017-2018, 2022-2023 and 2024-2025. At 30, the profile is of an experienced centre-back whose career has progressed through the English lower leagues into the Scottish Premiership.

Kent’s two listed senior moves – Colchester United to Peterborough United in 2019 and Peterborough United to Hearts in 2023 – were both for undisclosed fees. That pattern suggests clubs have seen enough value to pay for him, even if the scale of those deals is not public. The Hearts move represented a shift from English league football into a prominent Scottish Premiership environment, rather than a clear late-career drop in level.