Scott Wright (footballer)

Scott Wright (born 8 August 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a forward for Rangers. He began his career at Aberdeen and has also played on loan for Dundee.

Scott Wright
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-08-08) 8 August 1997
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
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 1 (0)
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 01:00, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2019

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]

Career statistics
As of 3 February 2021[10]
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aberdeen 2014–15[11] Scottish Premiership 1000002[lower-alpha 1]030
2015–16[12] Scottish Premiership 4000000040
2016–17[13] Scottish Premiership 5320001[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]0[lower-alpha 2]83
2017–18[14] Scottish Premiership 16100102[lower-alpha 1]0191
2018–19[15] Scottish Premiership 13010202[lower-alpha 1]0180
2019–20[16] Scottish Premiership 3010004[lower-alpha 1]181
2020–21[17] Scottish Premiership 17200003[lower-alpha 1]0202
Total 596403014[lower-alpha 2]1[lower-alpha 2]807
Dundee (loan) 2018–19[15] Scottish Premiership 133000000133
Rangers 2020–21[18] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
Career total 72940301419310
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Also made 2 appearances and scored 3 goals for Aberdeen under-20s in the Scottish Challenge Cup, in which age-restricted teams from the SPFL Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs.

References
  1. "Scott Wright". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. "RedMatchday Feature: Living the dream". Aberdeen FC. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. "Transfer news: Aberdeen winger Scott Wright signs three-year contract extension". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  4. Lamont, Alasdair (21 May 2017). "Partick Thistle 0–6 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  5. "Scottish Premiership ins and outs - January 2019". BBC Sport. 1 February 2019.
  6. Holland, Evanna (12 September 2019). "Aberdeen's Scott Wright could be out for rest of season". STV News. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  7. "Rangers seal summer deal for Wright". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  8. "Aberdeen: Florian Kamberi, Fraser Hornby & Callum Hendry join on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  9. "Hamilton Academical 1-1 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  10. Scott Wright at Soccerway
  11. "Games played by Scott Wright in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  12. "Games played by Scott Wright in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  13. "Games played by Scott Wright in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  14. "Games played by Scott Wright in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  15. "Games played by Scott Wright in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  16. "Games played by Scott Wright in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  17. "Games played by Scott Wright in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  18. "Games played by Scott Wright in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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