Ryan Gauld
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ryan Gauld | ||
| Date of birth | 16 December 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Sporting CP B | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Brechin City Boys Club | ||
| 2006–2012 | Dundee United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Dundee United | 42 | (7) |
| 2014– | Sporting CP B | 66 | (8) |
| 2014– | Sporting CP | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Vitória de Setúbal (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012–2014 | Scotland U19 | 10 | (2) |
| 2013–2016 | Scotland U21 | 11 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:19, 12 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:12, 20 June 2017 (UTC) |
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Ryan Gauld (born 16 December 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Portuguese club Sporting CP B and the Scotland national under-21 team.
He began his professional career at Dundee United, where he helped them reach the 2014 Scottish Cup Final, and his abilities on the ball earned comparisons to Lionel Messi from the Scottish media. In July 2014, he transferred to Sporting for a fee of around £3 million, and has mainly appeared for the club's B team. During the 2016–17 season, he was loaned to Vitória de Setúbal.
Gauld has represented Scotland at under-19 and under-21 level. He was called up to the senior squad for the first time in September 2014.
Ryan Gauld was born on 16 December 1995 in Aberdeen and grew up in Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, where he was a pupil at Mearns Academy.
In 2002, Gauld began to play for Brechin City Boys Club (now renamed Brechin City Youths), where he was part of a successful team alongside John Souttar and Euan Spark. The trio also developed their skills at coaching schools run in Dundee by Ian Cathro, before they all joined Dundee United's youth system in 2006 at the age of nine.
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