Scott Wright (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 August 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Rangers | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2016 | Aberdeen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2021 | Aberdeen | 59 | (6) |
2019 | → Dundee (loan) | 13 | (3) |
2021– | Rangers | 13 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2014 | Scotland U17[1] | 8 | (2) |
2014–2016 | Scotland U19[1] | 15 | (1) |
2017 | Scotland U20[1] | 1 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Scotland U21[1] | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2019 |
Scott Wright (born 8 August 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a winger for Rangers. He began his career at Aberdeen and has also played on loan for Dundee.
Career[]
Aberdeen[]
Wright was raised in the village of Balmedie in Aberdeenshire, where he was a neighbour of fellow footballer Cammy Smith, and attended Bridge of Don Academy.[2] A product of Aberdeen's youth system, he made his first-team debut for the club in a UEFA Europa League qualifying match against Daugava Riga in July 2014.[2][3] Soon afterwards, he signed a three-year contract with Aberdeen.[3] Wright scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 Scottish Premiership win against Partick Thistle on 21 May 2017.[4]
Wright was loaned to Dundee in January 2019.[5] Dundee were relegated at the end of the season.
After making his return to Aberdeen the following season, Wright featured for the club several times in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round, as well as in the first few league matches. However, in September 2019, he suffered a cruciate ligament injury in training and was forced to miss out on the rest of the season.[6]
Rangers[]
Wright signed a pre-contract agreement with Rangers in January 2021, with the move to the Glasgow side to be completed during the summer of 2021.[7] Aberdeen agreed to sell him to Rangers on 1 February for £150,000, with Ross McCrorie's scheduled move in the opposite direction also brought forward.[8] Wright made his debut for the club a week later in a Scottish Premiership match against Hamilton Academical on 7 February.[9] He scored his first goal for the club on 21 April 2021 in a 1-1 draw with St Johnstone.[10]
Honours[]
Rangers
- Scottish Premiership: 2020–21[11]
Career statistics[]
- As of 15 May 2021[12]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aberdeen | 2014–15[13] | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2015–16[14] | Scottish Premiership | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
2016–17[15] | Scottish Premiership | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a][b] | 3[b] | 10 | 6 | |
2017–18[16] | Scottish Premiership | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
2018–19[17] | Scottish Premiership | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
2019–20[18] | Scottish Premiership | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
2020–21[19] | Scottish Premiership | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
Total | 59 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16[b] | 4[b] | 82 | 10 | ||
Dundee (loan) | 2018–19[17] | Scottish Premiership | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
Rangers | 2020–21[20] | Scottish Premiership | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 13 | 1 |
Career total | 81 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 108 | 14 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Scott Wright". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ a b "RedMatchday Feature: Living the dream". Aberdeen FC. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Transfer news: Aberdeen winger Scott Wright signs three-year contract extension". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ Lamont, Alasdair (21 May 2017). "Partick Thistle 0–6 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "Scottish Premiership ins and outs - January 2019". BBC Sport. 1 February 2019.
- ^ Holland, Evanna (12 September 2019). "Aberdeen's Scott Wright could be out for rest of season". STV News. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Rangers seal summer deal for Wright". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Aberdeen: Florian Kamberi, Fraser Hornby & Callum Hendry join on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Hamilton Academical 1-1 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "St Johnstone 1-1 Rangers". BBC. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Rangers top-flight champions for first time since 2011 after Celtic drop points". BBC Sport. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ Scott Wright at Soccerway
- ^ "Games played by Scott Wright in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Scott Wright in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Scott Wright in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Scott Wright in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Scott Wright in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Scott Wright in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Scott Wright in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Scott Wright in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Scottish footballers
- Footballers from Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Association football forwards
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Scotland youth international footballers
- People educated at Bridge of Don Academy
- Scotland under-21 international footballers
- Dundee F.C. players
- People from Formartine
- Rangers F.C. players