Scott Wright (footballer)

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Scott Wright
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Wright playing for Rangers in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2014 Aberdeen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2021 Aberdeen 59 (6)
2019 → Dundee (loan) 13 (3)
2021–2024 Rangers 76 (7)
2024– Birmingham City 5 (1)
International career
2014 Scotland U17 8 (2)
2014–2016 Scotland U19 15 (1)
2017 Scotland U20 1 (0)
2017–2018 Scotland U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:09, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Scott Wright (born 8 August 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League One club Birmingham City.

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Wright began his career at Aberdeen, where he made his competitive debut at the age of 16 in July 2014. He made 80 appearances over seven seasons for Aberdeen, and had a loan spell at Dundee in 2019. Wright was signed by Rangers in February 2021, and joined Birmingham City in 2024.

Wright made 29 appearances for Scotland at youth international level. He played for the under-17, under-19, under-20 and under-21 teams.

Club 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. [1] A product of Aberdeen's youth system, he made his first-team debut for the club aged 16 in a UEFA Europa League qualifying match against Daugava Riga in July 2014. [1] [2] Soon afterwards, he signed a three-year contract with Aberdeen. [2] Wright scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 Scottish Premiership win against Partick Thistle on 21 May 2017. [3]

Wright was loaned to Dundee on 31 January 2019, until the end of the 2018–19 season. [4] 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. [5]

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. [6] Aberdeen agreed to sell him to Rangers on 1 February for £175,000, with Ross McCrorie's scheduled move in the opposite direction also brought forward. [7] Wright made his debut for the club a week later in a Scottish Premiership match against Hamilton Academical on 7 February. [8] He scored his first goal for the club on 21 April 2021, in a 1–1 draw with St Johnstone. [9]

A starter in the 2022 UEFA Europa League Final which Rangers lost in a penalty shootout to Eintracht Frankfurt, [10] Wright came off the bench to score his side's second goal in their 2–0 victory over Hearts in the 2022 Scottish Cup Final three days later. [11] A proposed transfer to Turkish team Pendikspor fell through in the summer of 2023. [12]

Birmingham City

Wright made his first move into English football on 30 August 2024, when he joined recently relegated EFL League One club Birmingham City on a three-year contract; the fee was undisclosed. [13] He marked his debut the following day at home to Wigan Athletic with the winning goal scored in stoppage time. [14]

International career

Wright played youth international football for Scotland from 2014 to 2018 at under-17, [15] under-19, [16] under-20 [17] and under-21 levels. [18]

He represented the Scotland under-17 team at the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Malta in 2014. [19] The team were beaten by the Netherlands at the semi-final stage. [20]

Wright was selected in the Scotland under-20 squad for the 2017 Toulon Tournament. [21] The team secured the bronze medal, [22] the nations first ever medal at the competition. [23] He played for the under-21 team at the 2018 Toulon Tournament. [24] Scotland lost to Turkey in a penalty shoot-out and finished fourth. [25]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 October 2024 [26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aberdeen 2014–15 Scottish Premiership 1000002 [a] 030
2015–16 Scottish Premiership4000000040
2016–17 Scottish Premiership5320001 [a] 083
2017–18 Scottish Premiership16100102 [a] 0191
2018–19 Scottish Premiership13010202 [a] 0180
2019–20 Scottish Premiership3010004 [a] 181
2020–21 Scottish Premiership17200003 [a] 0202
Total5964030141807
Dundee (loan) 2018–19 Scottish Premiership133———133
Rangers 2020–21 Scottish Premiership9120002 [a] 0131
2021–22 Scottish Premiership194313112 [b] 1377
2022–23 Scottish Premiership23010307 [c] 0340
2023–24 Scottish Premiership23231314 [d] 0334
2024–25 Scottish Premiership20—001 [c] 030
Total767929226112012
Birmingham City 2024–25 [27] EFL League One 5100—2 [e] 273
Career total1511713212241421725
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Aberdeen U20

Aberdeen

Rangers

Scotland U21

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