Angus Gunn

Angus Gunn

Gunn training with Scotland, 2023
Personal information
Full name	Angus Fraser James Gunn [1]
Date of birth	(1996-01-22) 22 January 1996 (age 28) [2]
Place of birth	Norwich, England
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) [2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Norwich City
Number	28
Youth career
	Norwich City
2011–2017	Manchester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Manchester City	0	(0)
2017–2018	→ Norwich City (loan)	46	(0)
2018–2021	Southampton	22	(0)
2020–2021	→ Stoke City (loan)	15	(0)
2021–	Norwich City	79	(0)
International career‡
2011	England U16	4	(0)
2011–2013	England U17	6	(0)
2014–2015	England U19	4	(0)
2016	England U20	2	(0)
2015–2019	England U21	12	(0)
2023–	Scotland	13	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:22, 4 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:47, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Angus Fraser James Gunn (born 22 January 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Norwich City and the Scotland national team.

Gunn began his career at his hometown club Norwich City, before joining Manchester City in 2011, signing his first professional contract in 2013. After spending the 2017–18 season on loan at Norwich, Gunn signed for Southampton in the summer of 2018, for a transfer fee of £13.5 million. After a return to the Championship with Stoke City for the 2020–21 season, he returned to Norwich on a permanent basis following their promotion back to the Premier League.

Gunn represented England at under-21 level but declared for Scotland in March 2023. He made his senior debut later that month, and was part of Scotland's squad at UEFA Euro 2024.

Early life

Gunn was born in Norwich, Norfolk, ^[2] to Norwich City's former goalkeeper and manager Bryan and artist Susan Gunn. ^[3] His father is originally from Thurso in the far north of Scotland. ^[3] Gunn attended Alpington Primary School and Framingham Earl High School. ^[4]

Club career

Manchester City

Gunn began his career at his hometown club Norwich City, before moving to Manchester City in 2011, for which a tribunal decided Manchester City had to pay £250,000. ^[5] He signed a three-year professional contract in June 2013. ^[6] He was named on the substitutes bench on a number of occasions throughout the 2016–17 season, but did not play for Manchester City that season. ^[5]

For the 2017–18 season, Gunn was loaned back to Norwich of the EFL Championship. ^[5] He made his first-team debut in Norwich's first match of the season, away to Fulham. ^[7] He got his first professional football clean sheet on 16 August 2017, in a 2–0 home win over Queens Park Rangers at Carrow Road. ^[8] He would ultimately be the only player to be ever present for Norwich in the league during the season, also being ever present in the FA Cup and making three appearances in the EFL Cup. At the end of the season, Norwich fans voted him third in the Player of the Season vote behind James Maddison and Grant Hanley. ^[9]

Southampton

Gunn joined Southampton in July 2018, signing a five-year deal with the club, ^[10] for a fee estimated at £13.5 million. ^[11] He made his debut for the club on 28 August 2018 in an EFL Cup tie against Brighton & Hove Albion, and his Premier League debut on 2 January 2019, making several vital saves and keeping a clean sheet and earning the man of the match award in a 0–0 draw against Chelsea. ^[12]

Stoke City (loan)

In October 2020 Gunn joined EFL Championship side Stoke City on loan for the 2020–21 season as a replacement for the departing Jack Butland. ^{[13] [14]} Gunn made his debut on 27 October 2020 against Swansea City coming on as a half time substitute for the injured Adam Davies. ^[15] He kept his place for the next three matches before he suffered an ankle injury. ^[16] Josef Bursik took his place in goal until both Gunn and Davies returned to fitness in January. ^[17] Gunn made 15 appearances for Stoke until his season was ended by a foot injury in April 2021. ^[18]

Norwich City

On 23 June 2021, Gunn made a permanent return to Norwich City, for an undisclosed fee. ^[19]

International career

England

Gunn playing for the England under-19 team in 2015

Despite his father Bryan representing Scotland at international level, Angus represented England at various youth levels. ^[20] Gunn received his first call up to the England national team in November 2017 for a friendly match against Brazil, after Jack Butland withdrew from the squad with an injury. ^[21] In March 2018, Gunn was offered the opportunity by Scotland manager Alex McLeish to switch allegiances to Scotland, but decided to stay with the England national team, ^[22] and was called up by Gareth Southgate to their training camp ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. ^[23]

Scotland

Gunn switched his international allegiance to Scotland in March 2023, ^[24] and was selected in their squad for UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches that month. ^[25]

He made his debut on 25 March against Cyprus at Hampden Park, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 victory. ^[26] Three days later, Gunn recorded his second clean sheet in his second appearance for Scotland as they defeated Spain 2–0 to go top of Group A. ^[27] Overall, Gunn made six appearances for Scotland during Euro 2024 qualification, keeping four clean sheets as the Scots reached a second consecutive European Championship. ^[28]

On 7 June 2024, Gunn was named in Scotland's squad for the UEFA Euro 2024 finals in Germany. ^[29] A week later, he started the opening match of the tournament, where he was beaten five times as Scotland lost 5–1 to hosts Germany in Munich. ^[30] He went on to start against both Switzerland ^[31] and Hungary as Scotland finished bottom of Group A with one point from three matches. ^[32]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 May 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Manchester City	2017–18 [7]	Premier League	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
Norwich City (loan)	2017–18 [7]	Championship	46	0	2	0	3	0	—		51	0
Southampton	2018–19 [33]	Premier League	12	0	2	0	3	0	—		17	0
	2019–20 [34]	Premier League	10	0	3	0	0	0	—		13	0
	2020–21 [35]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		22	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	30	0
Stoke City (loan)	2020–21 [35]	Championship	15	0	0	0	0	0	—		15	0
Norwich City	2021–22 [36]	Premier League	9	0	0	0	2	0	—		11	0
	2022–23 [37]	Championship	30	0	0	0	2	0	—		32	0
	2023–24 [38]	Championship	40	0	0	0	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	43	0
	Total		79	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	86	0
Career total			162	0	7	0	11	0	2	0	182	0

1. Appearances in Championship play-offs

International

As of match played 23 June 2024 ^[39]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	2023 [37]	7	0
	2024 [38]	6	0
Total		13	0

Honours

England U21

• Toulon Tournament: 2016 ^[40]

References

1. "Premier League clubs publish retained lists". Premier League. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
2. "Angus Gunn". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
3. McDermott, Scott (21 September 2015). "Bryan Gunn will support his son Angus even if England's No1 prospect dumps Scotland in the World Cup". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
4. Freezer, David. "Profile: Norwich City legend Bryan Gunn believed son Angus had "opportunity to be a top goalkeeper" with Manchester City". Pink Un. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
5. "Angus Gunn: Manchester City keeper rejoins Norwich City on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
6. Bailey, Michael (19 June 2013). "Angus Gunn is Manchester City's newest professional keeper – but he still holds Norwich City dear". Eastern Daily Press. Norwich. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
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8. "Norwich City 2–0 Queens Park Rangers". BBC Sport. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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10. "Gunn completes Saints move". saintsfc. Norwich. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
11. Stone, Simon (10 July 2018). "Angus Gunn: Southampton complete signing of £13.5m deal for Man City goalkeeper". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
12. Emons, Michael (2 January 2019). "Chelsea 0–0 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
13. "Potters land Gunn". Stoke City. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
14. "Jack Butland: Crystal Palace sign Stoke goalkeeper after transfer deadline". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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18. "Key man returns for Stoke City, Gunn heads back to Southampton, defender set for surgery". Stoke Sentinel. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
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20. Shaw, Phil (25 October 2006). "Author of a different kind of football book: Fighting back with the Gunns". The Independent . Retrieved 13 May 2011.
21. "Angus Gunn: Man City goalkeeper called up by England". BBC Sport. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
22. Southwell, Connor. "Scotland boss fails with international advances for ex-City 'keeper Gunn". Eastern Daily Press.
23. "Angus Gunn drafted into England World Cup plans". Read Norwich. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
24. "Angus Gunn: Norwich City goalkeeper commits international future to Scotland". BBC Sport .
25. "Scotland : Zander Clark & Angus Gunn named in squad for Spain & Cyprus games". BBC Sport. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
26. "Scotland 3 Cyprus 0 as John McGinn breaks records and Angus Gunn debuts in Hampden victory". Glasgow Live. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
27. "Scotland 2-0 Spain: Steve Clarke's side earn consecutive Euro 2024 qualification wins". BBC Sport. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
28. "All the EFL players at Euro 2024". EFL. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
29. "Record-breaking goalkeeper Gordon out of Scotland's Euro 2024 squad". Reuters. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
30. "Ruthless Germany humble 10-man Scotland in Euro 2024 opener". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
31. "Scotland 1-1 Switzerland: Clarke's men keep Group A hopes alive". UEFA. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
32. "Scotland vs Hungary: Line-ups". UEFA. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
33. "Games played by Angus Gunn in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
34. "Games played by Angus Gunn in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
35. "Games played by Angus Gunn in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
36. "Games played by Angus Gunn in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
37. "Games played by Angus Gunn in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
38. "Games played by Angus Gunn in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
39. Angus Gunn at the Scottish Football Association
40. Veevers, Nicholas (29 May 2016). "England under-21s lift Toulon title after win over France". The Football Association. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

External links

• Angus Gunn at Soccerbase
• Southampton FC profile