Murray Wallace (footballer)

For the Scottish rugby player, see Murray Wallace.
Murray Wallace
Personal information
Full name Murray Wallace
Date of birth (1993-01-10) 10 January 1993
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Scunthorpe United
Number 5
Youth career
Rangers
2009–2011 Falkirk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Falkirk 19 (2)
2012–2016 Huddersfield Town 51 (4)
2012 → Falkirk (loan) 15 (0)
2015 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 12 (1)
2016– Scunthorpe United 21 (1)
National team‡
2012 Scotland U20 1 (0)
2012–2013 Scotland U21 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:28, 9 May 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:10, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Murray Wallace (born 10 January 1993) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Football League One side Scunthorpe United.

He also played for the Scotland under-20 and under-21 football teams, after beginning his career in his native Scotland playing for Falkirk in the Scottish First Division in the 2011–12 season.

Career

Falkirk

2011–12 season

A product of the Falkirk youth system Glasgow born Wallace began his career as a trainee at home town club Rangers before joining the Falkirk academy aged 16,[1] Wallace made his first team debut on 6 August 2011 as a substitute in Falkirk's 1–0 defeat to Raith Rovers in the Scottish First Division.[2] He went on to make his first league start on 13 August 2011 against Partick Thistle at the Falkirk Stadium.[3] He scored his first goal for the club on 5 November 2011 in Falkirk's 4–3 win over Livingston.[4]

On the last day of the January 2012 transfer window Wallace was sold to Huddersfield Town, and loaned back to Falkirk for the remainder of the season, beginning with a start in the goal less 0–0 draw away at Greenock Morton on 11 February 2012.[5] Wallace went on to make 15 more appearances for Falkirk during the loan spell making it a total 34 appearances scoring twice for the club before returning to parent club Huddersfield Town at the end of the 2011–12 season to meet up with the squad ahead of their League One Play Off campaign with his final appearances coming in a 3–2 win over Ayr as Falkirk finished the season in third position.[6] He was also in the side as they won the 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup in April 2012 beating Hamilton Academical 1–0 in the final at Almondvale Stadium on 1 April 2012.[7]

Huddersfield Town

2011–12 season

On 31 January, Wallace signed for Huddersfield Town on a two-year deal,[8] after rejecting moves to Brighton & Hove Albion and Ipswich Town.[9] As part of the deal he was immediately loaned back to Falkirk for the remainder of the season.[10]

Wallace returned to Huddersfield after the end of his loan at former club Falkirk in May 2012 after helping them beat Ayr 3–2 on 6 May 2012 and helping the side to a third-place finish in the Scottish First Division.[6] He was set to train with Simon Grayson's squad throughout the Play-Off campaign until he joined up with the Scotland Under-20 side ahead of a tournament being held in the Netherlands as Huddersfield went on to win the Play Off final beating Sheffield United on penalties to win promotion to the Championship.[11]

2012–13 season

Wallace was given the number 15 shirt by manager Simon Grayson on 12 July 2012 when the squad returned to training for the 2012–13 season.[12] Wallace has so far been a regular feature for Huddersfield during pre season receiving his first call up to the Scotland U21's in August 2012.[13] After patiently waiting for his chance, Wallace made his Terriers début as a substitute in the 1–1 draw against Blackpool at the John Smith's Stadium on 26 December 2012. He made his full début for the team 3 days later in their 0–0 draw with Sheffield Wednesday. His first goal for the club came in the 2–2 draw against Peterborough United on 6 April 2013. Wallace capped the season off by winning Young Player of the Year.

In the following two seasons, he would make sporadic appearances for the Terriers, mainly due to only being selected when other centre-backs were injured or suspended.

Scunthorpe loan

On 25 August 2015, with appearances still being limited, Wallace joined Scunthorpe United on loan for a month in an emergency loan deal.[14] After making 12 league appearances, he along with team-mate Joe Lolley were recalled by Huddersfield on 1 November.

Wallace signed a three-and-a-half year deal with Scunthorpe on 2 January 2016.[15]

International career

Scotland U20's

Wallace gained his first international call up in May 2012 receiving his first call up by the Scotland U20 side. He was named by head coach Ricky Sbragia in the Scotland Under-20 squad to compete in the 59th ADO Den Haag tournament in May 2012.[16] He made his debate playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 draw with Manchester City on 25 May 2012 the same weekend his club side Huddersfield Town secured promotion to the Championship via the League One play-offs.[11] He went on to be featured in all five of Scotland's matches and played the full 90 minutes in each including the 1–0 victory over the hosts ADO Den Haag on 26 May, sending them through to the semi-final were the Scot's lost 2–1 to Mexico, then losing to Cruzeiro 1–0 in the third place play-off match both played on 27 May 2012.[17]

Scotland U21's

On 1 August 2012, Wallace received his first call-up to the Scotland under-21 team, after being named in the under-21 squad for their match against Belgium under-21's on 14 August at East End Park, Dunfermline.[13] He made his début for the under 21's playing the full 90 minutes on 14 August 2012 in a 1–0 defeat in an international friendly against Belgium U21's.[18]

Career statistics

As of 3 January 2016[19]
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Falkirk 2010–11 Scottish Championship 0000000000
2011–12 Scottish Championship 344206030444
Total 344206030444
Huddersfield Town 2012–13 Championship 6110000071
2013–14 Championship 170202000210
2014–15 Championship 262102000292
2015–16 Championship 2000110031
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2015–16 League One 121000010131
Huddersfield Town Total 513405100604
Scunthorpe United 2015–16 League One 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Career total 97860111401189

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Scottish Communities League Cup: Falkirk starlet Murray Wallace insists boss Steven Pressley has developed his game". Daily Record. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Raith Rovers v Falkirk". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Falkirk V Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Falkirk 4–3 Livingston". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Murray Wallace".
  6. 1 2 http://www.htafc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10312~2764002,00.html
  7. ↑ "BBC Sport - Falkirk 1-0 Hamilton Accies". BBC Sport.
  8. ↑ "SCOTTISH PROSPECT WALLACE JOINS TOWN". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  9. ↑ "Huddersfield Town beat Brighton and Ipswich Town to signing of Falkirk defender Murray Wallace". The Examiner. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "FALKIRK SKIPPER DARREN DODS PREDICTS BIG FUTURE FOR MURRAY WALLACE". The Express. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  11. 1 2 http://www.htafc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10312~2788552,00.html
  12. ↑ http://www.htafc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10312~2846734,00.html
  13. 1 2 huddersfieldexaminer Administrator (1 August 2012). "Huddersfield Town defender Murray Wallace called up for Scotland Under 21s". huddersfieldexaminer.
  14. ↑ "IRON MAKE WALLACE LOAN SWOOP".
  15. ↑ Jack Gallagher. "WALLACE SIGNS FROM HUDDERSFIELD".
  16. ↑ http://www.htafc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10312~2762316,00.html
  17. ↑ http://www.htafc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10312~2790452,00.html
  18. ↑ HuddersfieldTown_user. "MURRAY MAKES SCOTTISH U21 DEBUT".
  19. ↑ "Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved January 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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