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Scott Wright (footballer)

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Scott Wright
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*
Years Team Apps (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.

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

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Aberdeen

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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

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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

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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

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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

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As of match played 8 October 2024[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aberdeen 2014–15 Scottish Premiership 1 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 3 0
2015–16 Scottish Premiership 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2016–17 Scottish Premiership 5 3 2 0 0 0 1[a] 0 8 3
2017–18 Scottish Premiership 16 1 0 0 1 0 2[a] 0 19 1
2018–19 Scottish Premiership 13 0 1 0 2 0 2[a] 0 18 0
2019–20 Scottish Premiership 3 0 1 0 0 0 4[a] 1 8 1
2020–21 Scottish Premiership 17 2 0 0 0 0 3[a] 0 20 2
Total 59 6 4 0 3 0 14 1 80 7
Dundee (loan) 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 13 3 — — — 13 3
Rangers 2020–21 Scottish Premiership 9 1 2 0 0 0 2[a] 0 13 1
2021–22 Scottish Premiership 19 4 3 1 3 1 12[b] 1 37 7
2022–23 Scottish Premiership 23 0 1 0 3 0 7[c] 0 34 0
2023–24 Scottish Premiership 23 2 3 1 3 1 4[d] 0 33 4
2024–25 Scottish Premiership 2 0 — 0 0 1[c] 0 3 0
Total 76 7 9 2 9 2 26 1 120 12
Birmingham City 2024–25[27] EFL League One 5 1 0 0 — 2[e] 2 7 3
Career total 151 17 13 2 12 2 41 4 217 25
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b 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

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Aberdeen U20

Aberdeen

Rangers

Scotland U21

References

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  1. ^ a b "RedMatchday Feature: Living the dream". Aberdeen FC. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Transfer news: Aberdeen winger Scott Wright signs three-year contract extension". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. ^ Lamont, Alasdair (21 May 2017). "Partick Thistle 0–6 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Done deal: Dundee sign Scott Wright on loan from Aberdeen". scotsman.com. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  5. ^ Holland, Evanna (12 September 2019). "Aberdeen's Scott Wright could be out for rest of season". STV News. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Rangers seal summer deal for Wright". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Aberdeen: Florian Kamberi, Fraser Hornby & Callum Hendry join on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Hamilton Academical 1-1 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  9. ^ "St Johnstone 1-1 Rangers". BBC. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers". BBC Sport. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Rangers 2–0 Heart of Midlothian". BBC Sport. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  12. ^ McFarlane, Jonny (1 October 2023). "No wrong turns for Wright as forward feels at home with Rangers". The Herald on Sunday. Retrieved 6 December 2023 – via PressReader.
  13. ^ "Birmingham sign winger Wright from Rangers". BBC Sport. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Birmingham City 2–1 Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Scott Wright U17 Squad". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  16. ^ "Scott Wright U19 Squad". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  17. ^ "Scott Wright U20 Squad". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Scott Wright U21 Squad". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  19. ^ "SCOTLAND U17 SQUAD". Aberdeen FC. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  20. ^ Stewart, Craig P. (19 May 2014). "Netherlands 5–0 Scotland: Positives for U-17s". The Scotsman. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  21. ^ "Preview Toulon Tournament 2017". Scottish Football Association. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  22. ^ "Scotland finish third at Toulon Tournament with 3-0 win". Scottish Football Association. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  23. ^ "Jules and Holsgrove take bronze with Scotland in Toulon". Reading FC. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  24. ^ "Scotland Under-21 squad announced for Toulon tournament". Scottish Football Association. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  25. ^ "Scotland finish fourth at the Toulon tournament after shoot-out defeat to Turkey". Scottish Football Association. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  26. ^ Scott Wright at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  27. ^ "Games played by Scott Wright in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  28. ^ "Dons win Development League". SPFL. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
    "Development League round-up". SPFL. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  29. ^ "Rangers top-flight champions for first time since 2011 after Celtic drop points". BBC Sport. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  30. ^ "Rangers 2-0 Hearts". BBC Sport. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  31. ^ "Rangers 1-0 Aberdeen". BBC. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  32. ^ Moffat, Colin (26 February 2023). "Kyogo strikes twice as Celtic beat Rangers in final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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  • Profile at the Rangers F.C. website
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