Stuart Armstrong

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Stuart Armstrong
Stuart Armstrong 2019.jpg
Stuart Armstrong (2019)
Personnel
birthday March 30, 1992
place of birth Inverness ,  Scotland
size 183 cm
position central midfielder
Juniors
Years station
2003-2008 Dyce Boys Club
2008-2009 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2009-2010 Dundee United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2010-2015 Dundee United 127 (18)
2015-2018 Celtic Glasgow 98 (23)
2018– Southampton FC 44 0(3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2010 Scotland U-19 7 0(2)
2010-2014 Scotland U-21 20 0(4)
2017– Scotland 6 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.
As of January 8, 2020

2 As of June 27, 2018

Stuart Armstrong (born March 30, 1992 in Inverness ) is a Scottish football player who plays for Southampton FC .

Career

society

Stuart Armstrong was born in Inverness in the Scottish Highlands in 1992 . Together with Fraser Fyvie , he attended Hazlehead Academy in Aberdeen until 2003 . From 2003 he played for the Dyce Boys Club in Aberdeen for five years before returning to his hometown in 2008 and playing for Inverness Caledonian Thistle in youth. At the Caley Jags he was coached by former Rangers player Alex Cleland . Two years later, the Armstrong family moved to Dundee . In June 2009 he signed with Dundee United . He made his debut for the Tangerines in the 2010/11 season against Hamilton Academical when he was substituted on for Scott Robertson . The first goal he succeeded in the following season in a 2-2 in the league game against FC St. Mirren . In September 2012, the talent signed a new three-year deal with United . In addition to being named Young Professional of the Month for February in the 2012/13 season , he also won the SFWA Young Player of the Year election at the end of the season . Together with his teammate from United Gary Mackay-Steven , Armstrong moved to Celtic Glasgow in February 2015 . He made his debut for the Bhoys on February 11 in the league game against Partick Thistle , in which he also scored his debut. With Celtic he was four times champion, twice cup and three times league cup winner in the following years.

In June 2018 he moved to Southampton FC in the English Premier League and received a four-year contract.

National team

Stuart Armstrong made his debut for the Scottish U-19 national team against Luxembourg in 2010 . On his second appearance for the U-19s, Armstrong was able to achieve a brace in a 4-0 win over Montenegro after being substituted in the 72nd minute of the game. In addition to seven appearances he completed in 2010 in the U-19, the midfielder made his debut in the Scottish U-21 against Northern Ireland in the same year . As the successor to Paul Hanlon , he held the position of team captain from 2011 . In May 2013 he was appointed by Gordon Strachan the coach of the Scottish senior team for the upcoming international match against Croatia , but did not have any minutes.

In March 2017 Armstrong made his debut for the senior team of Scotland against Slovenia at Hampden Park . In his third international match in September 2017, he scored the first goal in the national jersey against Lithuania .

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dundee United starlet Stuart Armstrong: I want last laugh on school pal Fraser Fyvie. dailyrecord.co.uk, January 2, 2012, accessed March 10, 2014 .
  2. ↑ St. Mirren FC 2-2 Dundee Utd. BBC Sport , December 28, 2011, accessed March 10, 2014 .
  3. ^ Dundee United extend contracts for Armstrong and Watson. BBC Sport, September 24, 2012, accessed March 10, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Stuart Armstrong & Gary Mackay-Steven join Celtic. BBC Sport, February 2, 2015, accessed February 4, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Derby delight for debut Bhoys. celticfc.net, February 11, 2015, accessed February 12, 2015 .
  6. ^ Stuart Armstrong: Southampton sign Celtic midfielder on four-year deal. BBC Sport, June 26, 2018, accessed June 27, 2018 .
  7. ^ Luxembourg 2: 3 (0: 1) Scotland. Scottish FA , April 14, 2010, accessed March 10, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Scotland 4: 0 (2: 0) Montenegro. Scottish FA, May 19, 2010, accessed March 10, 2014 .
  9. ↑ Scotland 3: 1 (1: 1) Northern Ireland. Scottish FA, November 17, 2010, accessed March 10, 2014 .
  10. ^ Dundee United's Stuart Armstrong called up to Scotland squad. thecourier.co.uk, May 21, 2013, accessed March 10, 2014 .
  11. ↑ Scotland 1: 0 (0: 0) Slovenia. Scottish FA, March 26, 2017, accessed August 20, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Lithuania 0: 3 (0: 2) Scotland. Scottish FA, September 1, 2017, accessed November 27, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Armstrong, Stuart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Inverness , Scotland