![]() Kennedy with Austria Klagenfurt in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Scott Fitzgerald Kennedy | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | March 31, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Wolfsberger AC | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Calgary West | |||||||||||||||||
Calgary Chinooks | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | SBC Traunstein | 31 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | FC Amberg | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | SV Grödig | 24 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Austria Klagenfurt | 38 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | Jahn Regensburg | 68 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Wolfsberger AC | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2021– | Canada | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 9, 2023 |
Scott Fitzgerald Kennedy (born March 31, 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Austrian Bundesliga club Wolfsberger AC and the Canada national team.
Kennedy moved to Germany as an 18-year-old, signing with SBC Traunstein in 2015, and later with FC Amberg in 2016. [1] Kennedy would move to Austria in June 2017, joining Austrian Regionalliga West club SV Grödig. [2] In July 2018, he signed with Austria Klagenfurt. [3]
In August 2020, Kennedy joined then 2. Bundesliga side Jahn Regensburg on a three-year contract. [4] He made his debut on October 31 against SC Paderborn. Kennedy's performances in his first season impressed, particularly in the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, during which Regensburg knocked out Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln to advance to the quarter-finals. [5]
Kennedy's third season was marked by club struggles and injury, including a shoulder injury that forced him out of Canada's team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [6] At the end of the season Jahn Regensburg was relegated to the 3. Liga, [7] and Kennedy departed the club upon the expiration of his contract. [8]
In July 2023, Austrian Bundesliga side Wolfsberger AC announced they had signed Kennedy to a two-year contract with an option for a third. [9]
While with Regensburg, Kennedy began to get interest in representing Canada internationally. [10] On 26 May 2021, Jahn Regensburg confirmed Kennedy had been called up to Canada for their upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. [11] He made his debut for Canada on 8 June in the match against Suriname, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–0 victory. [12] On 1 July, he was named to the final squad of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, but was replaced 9 days later by Frank Sturing for medical reasons. [13]
In late October 2022, Kennedy suffered a shoulder injury in a league match that his coach Mersad Selimbegovic confirmed would sideline him for "a few months," ruling him out of consideration for the 2022 FIFA World Cup squad. [14]
In June 2023, Kennedy was called-up to the final 23-man squad contesting the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals. [15] On 19 June, he was called-up to the final squad for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [16] On 9 July, during Canada's Quarter-final match against the United States, Kennedy would score an own-goal leading to a 2-2 draw. Canada would then lose 2–3 during the subsequent penalty shootout, eliminating them from the tournament. [17]
Kennedy is of German descent through his mother, and holds dual Canadian-German citizenship. [18]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
SBC Traunstein | 2015–16 | Landesliga Bayern-Südost | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
FC Amberg | 2016–17 | Bayernliga | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
SV Grödig | 2017–18 | Austrian Regionalliga West | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
Austria Klagenfurt | 2018–19 | Austrian 2. Liga | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
2019–20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Total | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
Jahn Regensburg | 2020–21 | 2. Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
2021–22 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
2022–23 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
Total | 68 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 73 | 3 | ||
Wolfsberger AC | 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
Career total | 187 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 200 | 14 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Canada | |||
2021 | 5 | 0 | |
2022 | 3 | 0 | |
2023 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 14 | 0 |
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