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Harry James Souttar (born 22 October 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Stoke City. Born in Scotland, he represents the Australia national team.

Harry Souttar

Personal information
Full name	Harry James Souttar[1]
Date of birth	(1998-10-22) 22 October 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[2]
Position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Stoke City
Number	5
Youth career
	Brechin City Boys Club
	Celtic
2013–2015	Dundee United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	Dundee United	2	(1)
2016–	Stoke City	55	(1)
2018	→ Ross County (loan)	13	(0)
2019	→ Fleetwood Town (loan)	11	(1)
2019–2020	→ Fleetwood Town (loan)	34	(3)
National team‡
2015–2016	Scotland U17	2	(0)
2016–2017	Scotland U19	3	(0)
2019–2021	Australia U23	4	(0)
2019–	Australia	10	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:55, 8 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 February 2022

Souttar began his career with Dundee United, making three first team appearances, before joining Stoke City in September 2016. He gained experience out on loan at Ross County and Fleetwood Town before breaking into the first team at Stoke in 2020–21. Born in Scotland to an Australian mother and Scottish father, Souttar previously represented Scotland at youth levels before making his debut for the Australia under-23 team, followed by the senior team, in 2019.

Early life

Souttar grew up in Luthermuir and attended Luthermuir Primary School, and subsequently Mearns Academy in Laurencekirk.[3][4] He played youth football for Brechin City Boys Club and was attached to Celtic before joining the academy at Dundee United in July 2013.[5]

His older brother John is also a professional footballer and plays for Rangers, as well as representing Scotland. Their mother Heather is Australian.[6] They grew up supporting Brechin City where their father, Jack, had played in the 1970s.[7]

Club career

Dundee United

Souttar played for the Dundee United development team, including alongside his brother John in February 2015.[8] Having featured in a number of match day squads and having been listed as a substitute for the first team, Souttar signed a contract extension in December 2015, tying him to Dundee United until May 2018.[5] He made his first team debut against Partick Thistle in a Scottish Premiership match on 10 May 2016[9] and scored his first senior goal against Kilmarnock four days later.[10]

English Premier League club Stoke City became interested in signing Souttar, and although Dundee United rejected two bids to buy the player during June 2016,[11] it was reported during August 2016 that the clubs had agreed an initial £200,000 fee for his transfer.[12]

Stoke City

Despite an agreement for Souttar's transfer to Stoke City having been reached before the end of the transfer window on 31 August, completion was delayed pending FIFA approval due to the player being under 18 years old.[13] He officially joined Stoke on 29 September 2016, signing a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[14][15] Souttar made his Stoke debut on 23 August 2017 in a 4–0 EFL Cup win over Rochdale.[16] After signing a new contract with Stoke, Souttar joined Scottish Premiership side Ross County on 24 January 2018 until the end of the season.[17] He played 13 times for the Staggies but was unable to help them avoid relegation to the Scottish Championship.[18]

On 30 January 2019 Souttar joined EFL League One side Fleetwood Town on loan for the remainder of the 2018–19 season.[19] Souttar played 11 times for Fleetwood, scoring once against Accrington Stanley.[20] Souttar re-joined Fleetwood on loan for the 2019–20 season.[21] Souttar played regularly under Joey Barton in 2019–20 and his performances earned him the EFL Young Player of the Month award for February 2020.[22][23] The League One season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the table was decided via points per game which saw Fleetwood quality for the EFL League One play-offs in sixth place, where they faced Wycombe Wanderers and lost 6–3 on aggregate.[24]

Souttar made his league debut for Stoke City on 26 September 2020 in a 1–0 win away to Preston North End, and was named as the man of the match.[25] Due to a number of outstanding performances, he was named Stoke City's Player Of The Month in October.[26] Souttar established himself as a key member of Michael O'Neill's side in 2020–21 and he signed a new long term contract with the club in February 2021.[27] He scored his first goal for Stoke in a 2–0 win over Wycombe Wanderers on 6 March 2021.[28] Souttar made 43 appearances in 2020–21 as Stoke finished in 14th position.[29][30] Souttar began the 2021–22 season in good form having been part of a Stoke defence that had conceded 19 goals in 17 games with the Potters fifth in the Championship before he suffered a season ending anterior cruciate ligament injury whilst playing for Australia in November 2021.[31]

International career

Souttar made his debut for the Scotland under-17 team against Romania in February 2015.[8] On 6 March 2019, he was called up to the Australia national under-23 soccer team.[32]

On 10 October 2019, he switched allegiance and debuted for the Australian national team in a World Cup qualifier against Nepal, and scored twice in a 5–0 win; the fourth goal was initially recorded as a Nepalese own goal,[33] but eventually was awarded to Souttar by FIFA.[34] Souttar would go on to score two more goals for Australia in a 7–1 win against Chinese Taipei in his second game for the national team.[35]

At 1.98 metres (6 ft 6 in), Souttar is the second tallest player to have represented the full Australia national team, behind Zeljko Kalac at 2.02 metres (6 ft 8 in).[36]

Souttar qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He was part of the Olyroos Olympic squad. The team beat Argentine in their first group match but were unable to win another match. They were therefore not in medal contention.[37]

He was named in Australia's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in November 2022.[38]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 November 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dundee United	2015–16[39]	Scottish Premiership	2	1	0	0	0	0	—		2	1
	2016–17[40]	Scottish Championship	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
Stoke City U23	2017–18[41]	—	—		—		—		3[lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
	2018–19[42]	—	—		—		—		3[lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
	Total		—		—		—		6	0	6	0
Stoke City	2017–18[41]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
	2018–19[42]	Championship	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
	2019–20[43]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2020–21[29]	Championship	38	1	1	0	4	0	—		43	1
	2021–22[44]	Championship	16	0	0	0	2	1	—		18	1
	2022–23[45]	Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		55	1	1	0	8	1	—		64	2
Ross County (loan)	2017–18[41]	Scottish Premiership	13	0	0	0	0	0	—		13	0
Fleetwood Town (loan)	2018–19[42]	League One	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	1
	2019–20[43]	League One	34	3	3	0	1	0	3[lower-alpha 2]	0	41	3
	Total		45	4	3	0	2	0	6	0	56	4
Career total			115	6	4	0	11	1	12	0	139	7

International

As of 29 May 2022[46]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Australia
	2019	2	4
	2021	8	2
Total		10	6

International goals

As of match played 15 June 2021. Australia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Souttar goal.[46]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 October 2019	Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia	1	Nepal	3–0	5–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2					4–0
3	15 October 2019	National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	2	Chinese Taipei	5–1	7–1
4					7–1
5	7 June 2021	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	3	Chinese Taipei	1–0	5–1
6	15 June 2021	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	5	Jordan	1–0	1–0

See also

• List of Australia international soccer players born outside Australia
• List of Scottish football families
• List of sportspeople who competed for more than one nation

References

External links

• Harry Souttar at Soccerbase

На других языках

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[de] Harry Souttar

Harry Souttar (* 22. Oktober 1998 in Aberdeen) ist ein schottischer Fußballspieler, der auch für die australische Nationalmannschaft aktiv ist. Sein älterer Bruder John Souttar ist ebenfalls Fußballprofi.

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- [en] Harry Souttar

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[fr] Harry Souttar

Harry Souttar, né le 22 octobre 1998 à Aberdeen en Écosse, est un footballeur international australien qui évolue au poste de défenseur central au Stoke City.

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[it] Harry Souttar

Harry Souttar (Aberdeen, 22 ottobre 1998) è un calciatore australiano con cittadinanza scozzese, difensore dello Stoke City.

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