Sinclair training with Swansea City in 2011
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Scott Andrew Sinclair | ||
Date of birth | 25 March 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Bath, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Celtic | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Bath Arsenal | ||
1998–2004 | Bristol Rovers | ||
2004–2006 | Chelsea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2005 | Bristol Rovers | 2 | (0) |
2005–2010 | Chelsea | 5 | (1) |
2007 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 15 | (2) |
2007 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2008 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2008 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 6 | (2) |
2009 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2009–2010 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2010–2012 | Swansea City | 82 | (28) |
2012–2015 | Manchester City | 13 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2015 | → Aston Villa (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Aston Villa | 21 | (2) |
2016– | Celtic | 24 | (15) |
National team | |||
2005–2006 | England U17 | 5 | (3) |
2006–2007 | England U18 | 4 | (3) |
2007–2008 | England U19 | 5 | (2) |
2009 | England U20 | 1 | (0) |
2010–2011 | England U21 | 7 | (1) |
2012 | Great Britain | 4 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:16, 1 March 2017 (UTC). |
Scott Andrew Sinclair (born 25 March 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Celtic. He represented England at youth level, from the under-17s to the under-21s, and also played for Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics.
Sinclair was born in Bath, Somerset, where he attended Ralph Allen School. He began his career with Bath Arsenal.
Sinclair joined Bristol Rovers at the age of nine. He became the second-youngest Bristol Rovers first-team debutant – at the age of 15 years, 277 days – as a late substitute for Junior Agogo in the League Two game against Leyton Orient in December 2004.
Chelsea signed Sinclair in July 2005. A Football League tribunal set the compensation to be paid to Bristol Rovers at an initial £200,000, with increments up to a potential £750,000 to be paid if and when the player met various appearance milestones at club or international level. Chelsea would also have to pay Rovers 15% of the profit on any future sale.
Sinclair was called up to Chelsea's squad to play Macclesfield Town in the FA Cup on 6 January 2007 but remained on the bench. His debut came four days later as a very late substitute in the 2007 League Cup semi-final against Wycombe Wanderers. He scored his first goal for Chelsea in September 2007, in the 37th minute of the League Cup third-round match against Hull City to help Chelsea win 4–0. He provided the assist for Frank Lampard's 100th goal for Chelsea, in a 3–1 victory over Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup. He made his league debut for Chelsea on 6 May 2007, when he came off the bench to replace Shaun Wright-Phillips for the final ten minutes of the game against Arsenal.