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Scott Wright (born 8 August 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Rangers. He began his career at Aberdeen and has also played on loan for Dundee.

Scott Wright

Wright playing for Rangers in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Rangers
Number	23
Youth career
2008–2016	Aberdeen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2021	Aberdeen	59	(6)
2019	→ Dundee (loan)	13	(3)
2021–	Rangers	36	(5)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2019

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.[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] 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.[6]

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.[7] Aberdeen agreed to sell him to Rangers on 1 February for £150,000, with Ross McCrorie's scheduled move in the opposite direction also brought forward.[8] Wright made his debut for the club a week later in a Scottish Premiership match against Hamilton Academical on 7 February.[9] He scored his first goal for the club on 21 April 2021 in a 1–1 draw with St Johnstone.[10]

International

Called up for the Scotland under- 17 team in the UEFA under-17 Championship in Malta in 2014.[11] The team were beaten by the Netherlands at the semi-final stage.[12]

Wright was selected for the under-20 squad in the 2017 Toulon Tournament.[13] The team secured the bronze medal,[14] the nations first ever medal at the competition.[15] He chosen for the under-21 squad in the 2018 Toulon Tournament,[16] The team lost to Turkey in a penalty-out and finished fourth this time.[17]

Career statistics

As of 6 November 2022[18]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aberdeen	2014–15[19]	Scottish Premiership	1	0	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
	2015–16[20]	Scottish Premiership	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2016–17[21]	Scottish Premiership	5	3	2	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	8	3
	2017–18[22]	Scottish Premiership	16	1	0	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	19	1
	2018–19[23]	Scottish Premiership	13	0	1	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	18	0
	2019–20[24]	Scottish Premiership	3	0	1	0	0	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	1	8	1
	2020–21[25]	Scottish Premiership	17	2	0	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	20	2
	Total		59	6	4	0	3	0	14	1	80	7
Dundee (loan)	2018–19[23]	Scottish Premiership	13	3	0	0	0	0	—		13	3
Rangers	2020–21[26]	Scottish Premiership	9	1	2	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	13	1
	2021–22[27]	Scottish Premiership	19	4	3	1	3	1	12[lower-alpha 2]	1	37	7
	2022–23[28]	Scottish Premiership	8	0	0	0	1	0	7[lower-alpha 3]	0	16	0
	Total		36	5	5	1	4	1	21	1	66	8
Career total			108	14	9	1	7	1	35	2	159	18

Honours

Aberdeen U20

• SPFL Development League: 2014–15[29]

Aberdeen

• Scottish Cup runner-up: 2016–17
• Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2018–19

Rangers

• Scottish Premiership: 2020–21[30]
• Scottish Cup: 2021–22[31]
• UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2021–22[32]

Scotland U21

• Toulon Tournament bronze medal: 2017

References

На других языках

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[de] Scott Wright

Scott Wright (* 8. August 1997 in Balmedie) ist ein schottischer Fußballspieler, der bei den Glasgow Rangers spielt.

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- [en] Scott Wright (footballer)

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[fr] Scott Wright

Scott Wright, né le 8 août 1997 à Aberdeen en Écosse, est un footballeur écossais, qui évolue au poste d'ailier gauche au Rangers FC.

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[it] Scott Wright

Scott Wright (Balmedie, 8 agosto 1997) è un calciatore scozzese, centrocampista dei Rangers.

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[ru] Райт, Скотт (футболист)

Скотт Райт (англ. Scott Wright; род. 8 августа 1997[1], Балмеди[d]) — шотландский футболист, полузащитник клуба «Рейнджерс».

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