Scott Wright (footballer)

Scott Wright (born 8 August 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Aberdeen in the Scottish Premiership. He 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
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Aberdeen
Number 15
Youth career
2008–2016 Aberdeen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Aberdeen 42 (4)
2019 → Dundee (loan) 13 (3)
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 19:26, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2019

Career

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] Despite having an impressive stint with the club, Dundee would be 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, Wright suffered a cruciate ligament injury in training and may be forced to miss out on the rest of the season.[6]

Career statistics
As of 31 August 2019[7]
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aberdeen 2014–15[8] Scottish Premiership 1000002[lower-alpha 1]030
2015–16[9] Scottish Premiership 4000000040
2016–17[10] Scottish Premiership 5320001[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]0[lower-alpha 2]83
2017–18[11] Scottish Premiership 16100102[lower-alpha 1]0191
2018–19[12] Scottish Premiership 13010202[lower-alpha 1]0180
2019–20[13] Scottish Premiership 3000004[lower-alpha 1]171
Total 424303011[lower-alpha 2]1[lower-alpha 2]595
Dundee (loan) 2018–19[12] Scottish Premiership 133000000133
Career total 5573030111728
  1. Appearances in 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. Scott Wright at Soccerway
  8. "Games played by Scott Wright in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  9. "Games played by Scott Wright in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  10. "Games played by Scott Wright in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  11. "Games played by Scott Wright in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  12. "Games played by Scott Wright in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  13. "Games played by Scott Wright in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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