Ryan Fraser

Ryan Fraser (born 24 February 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Scotland national team. He has previously played for Aberdeen, Bournemouth and Ipswich Town. He represented the Scotland under-19 and under-21 team, and made his full international debut in June 2017.

Ryan Fraser
Fraser lining up for Scotland in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ryan Fraser[1]
Date of birth (1994-02-24) 24 February 1994[2]
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Newcastle United
Number 21
Youth career
Aberdeen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Aberdeen 21 (0)
2013–2020 Bournemouth 183 (20)
2015–2016 → Ipswich Town (loan) 18 (4)
2020– Newcastle United 12 (0)
National team‡
2012–2013 Scotland U19 6 (1)
2013–2016 Scotland U21 10 (3)
2017– Scotland 15 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:29, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:06, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Aberdeen

Fraser signed for Aberdeen in May 2010, aged 16, after leaving Kincorth Academy.[3] He made his debut for the first team against Heart of Midlothian in October 2010.[4] Fraser made a significant impression in the Aberdeen first team during the early part of the 2012–13 Scottish Premier League season, winning the Young Player of the Month award for September and October 2012.[5] Aberdeen manager Craig Brown expressed concerns at this time that opposing teams were targeting Fraser with tough tackling.[5] Fraser rejected a contract extension with Aberdeen on 7 December 2012.[6]

Bournemouth

Fraser signed a three-year contract with League One club Bournemouth on 18 January 2013.[7] Bournemouth paid Aberdeen a transfer fee of £400,000 to complete the deal.[7] During his first season, Fraser helped Bournemouth gain promotion to the Championship. After Bournemouth were promoted to the Premier League in 2015, Fraser was loaned to Championship club Ipswich Town for the 2015–16 season.[8][9]

Fraser scored his first Premier League goal on 4 December 2016, in a 4–3 win against Liverpool.[10] He entered the game as a second-half substitute, when Bournemouth trailed 2–0.[10] Fraser won a penalty kick for the first Bournemouth goal, scored the second and provided an assist for the third goal.[10]

Fraser scored both Bournemouth goals in a 2–1 win against Everton on 30 December 2017.[11] He ranked highly in the assists chart during the 2018–19 Premier League season with 14 assists and 7 goals, leading to transfer speculation linking him with a move to Arsenal.[12] No summer move materialised and Fraser admitted in January 2020 that this speculation had caused a decline in his performances during the 2019–20 season.[13] With his contract due to expire on 30 June 2020, Fraser rejected the offer of a short-term extension to play the rest of Bournemouth's matches in the 2019–20 season, which was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, as he did not want to risk injury.[14][15] Manager Eddie Howe later confirmed that Fraser would not play for the club again.[16]

Newcastle United

On 7 September 2020, free agent Fraser joined Newcastle United on a five-year contract.[17] He made his debut for the club on 15 September 2020, scoring the winner in a 1–0 victory over Blackburn Rovers in the EFL Cup.[18]

International career

Fraser was first called up to the senior Scotland squad in March 2017.[19] He made his international debut in June 2017, appearing as a substitute in a 2–2 draw with England.[20]

In March 2019, Fraser missed a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Kazakhstan due to the Kazakhs using an artificial playing surface.[21] Scotland lost 3–0, and Fraser was criticised by former Scotland player Darren Fletcher for showing a lack of commitment to the national team.[21] Fraser said he had previously suffered two serious injuries while playing on artificial surfaces, and that the decision not to play had been agreed with both the national team and his club side Bournemouth.[21] In November 2019 he was one of three Scotland players to withdraw from the national squad due to injury.[22]

Fraser scored the goal in a 1–0 win against the Czech Republic on 14 October 2020.[23]

Style of play

Primarily deployed as a winger on the left flank, Fraser is a right-footed player described by his compatriot Charlie Nicholas as an "old-fashioned type of player" and a "little pocket dynamo" for the muscular physique he has developed to "take the knocks and kicks that come his way."[24] Fraser has also occasionally played in the right-back position for both club and country.[25]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played on 12 January 2021[26]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aberdeen 2010–11 Scottish Premier League 2000000020
2011–12 Scottish Premier League 3000000030
2012–13 Scottish Premier League 160002000180
Total 210002000230
AFC Bournemouth 2012–13 League One 5000000050
2013–14 Championship 373212000414
2014–15 Championship 211214000272
2015–16 Premier League 0000000000
2016–17 Premier League 283001000293
2017–18 Premier League 265204100326
2018–19 Premier League 387103100428
2019–20 Premier League 281202000321
Total 18320921620020824
Ipswich Town (loan) 2015–16 Championship 184112100216
Newcastle United 2020–21 Premier League 800041—121
Career total 228241032130025930

International appearances
As of 21:05, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[26][27]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Scotland 201720
201841
201950
202041
Total152

International goals
Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fraser goal.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
117 November 2018Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania Albania1–04–02018–19 UEFA Nations League C
214 October 2020Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Czech Republic1–01–02020–21 UEFA Nations League B

Honours

AFC Bournemouth

Individual

References
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  3. "Aberdeen school pride as Shinnie brothers prepare for first competitive battle". Evening Express. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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  9. "Bournemouth sign defender Tyrone Mings from Ipswich for £8m". BBC Sport. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
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  21. English, Tom (13 April 2019). "Ryan Fraser: Bournemouth winger defend Scotland absence in Kazakhstan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  22. "Scotland: Andy Robertson, Ryan Fraser and Scott McTominay withdraw from squad". BBC Sport. 12 November 2019.
  23. Watt, Martin (14 October 2020). "Scotland 1–0 Czech Republic". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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  27. Ryan Fraser at the Scottish Football Association
  28. Anderson, John, ed. (2015). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2015–2016. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-1-4722-2416-3.
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  30. "Aberdeen trio collect monthly SPL awards". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
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  32. "Ryan Fraser wins Supporters' Player of the Year". A.F.C. Bournemouth. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  33. "Fraser scoops double at Player Awards Evening". A.F.C. Bournemouth. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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