Bryan Prunty

Bryan Prunty
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-01-12) 12 January 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Airdrie, Scotland
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Airdrieonians (First Team Coach)
Youth career
 –2002 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Celtic 0 (0)
2004 Aberdeen 18 (2)
2004–2005 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 27 (2)
2005–2008 Airdrie United 85 (22)
2008–2009 Ayr United 41 (15)
2009–2010 → Stirling Albion (loan) 3 (0)
2010–2011 Alloa Athletic 47 (16)
2011–2014 Dumbarton 99 (31)
2014–2016 Airdrieonians 58 (18)
2016–2018 Arbroath 32 (2)
2018 East Kilbride
2018 BSC Glasgow
2018 Cumbernauld United
International career
2003 Scotland U20 1 (1)
2004 Scotland U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bryan Prunty (born 12 January 1983) is a Scottish former footballer[1] who is currently on the backroom staff at Scottish Championship club Airdrieonians.

Career

Club

Prunty began his career with Celtic, but he failed to make a senior appearance. In January 2004, he moved to fellow Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen,[2] making his senior debut in a Scottish Cup replay victory against Dundee on 21 January 2004.[3] His first senior goal came on 27 March 2004 in a 3–1 defeat against Kilmarnock.[4] At the end of the 2003–04 season, Prunty was told by manager Jimmy Calderwood that he could leave the club.[5]

On 6 August 2004, Prunty signed for Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[6] A year later he joined Airdrie United[7] where he was recognised as the club's 2005–06 Player of the Year. Prunty then signed for Airdrie's Second Division rivals Ayr United in May 2008.[8] In May 2009, he was recognised by his fellow professionals as 2nd Division player of the year for 2008–2009.[9]

Prunty spent part of the 2009–10 season on loan at Stirling Albion.[10] It was widely believed Prunty would sign permanently for Stirling in January 2010, but instead he was snapped up by Alloa Athletic.[11] Prunty scored on his Alloa debut in a 2–0 win over Stenhousemuir.[12]

On 16 May 2011, Prunty then joined Dumbarton.[13] In February 2012, he scored an overhead kick against Stenhousemuir which was voted as SFL Goal of the Month,[14] then a year later won the same award after scoring a stunning overhead bicycle kick from the edge of the box in a match against Livingston in February 2013, which was reported to have been viewed so many times it caused the Livingston club website to crash.[15] The goal was also voted Goal of the Season at both the PFA Scotland and Scottish Football League end of season awards.[16][17] On 16 May 2013, Prunty agreed a new one-year contract with Dumbarton.[18] In May 2014 Prunty agreed a new one-year deal with Dumbarton.[19]

Despite only signing a new deal in May 2014, Prunty joined Scottish League One Airdrieonians on August 30, 2014.[20] He left the club in May 2016 after it was announced Airdrie would be operating full-time from June 2016, signing for Scottish League Two side Arbroath shortly after.[21] After 18 months with the Red Lichties, Prunty signed for Lowland League side East Kilbride in January 2018.[22] After five months with EK, he joined fellow Lowland League side BSC Glasgow in June 2018.[23] He only spent a short period with BSC before joining Scottish Junior Football Association side Cumbernauld United.[24]

Coaching career

Prunty left Cumbernauld United in November 2018 to join the coaching staff at Airdrieonians, working alongside former manager Ian Murray.[25]

International

Prunty played and scored for the Scotland Under-20 side in 2003 against Portugal.[26] He also played three times for the Under-21 side in 2004.[27]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 April 2018
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 2003–04[28] Premier League 18 2 4 0 0 0 — 22 2
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2004–05[29] Premier League 17 2 1 0 1 0 — 19 2
Airdrie United 2005–06[30] First Division 31 15 3 0 0 0 1[a] 0 35 15
2006–07[31] 25 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 28 3
2007–08[32] Second Division 29 5 3 0 0 0 6[b] 1 38 6
Total 85 22 7 0 2 1 7 1 101 24
Ayr United 2008–09[33] Second Division 31 15 2 1 2 0 5[c] 1 40 17
2009–10[34] First Division 10 0 0 0 1 0 1[a] 0 12 0
Total 41 15 2 1 3 0 6 1 52 17
Stirling Albion (loan) 2009–10[34] Second Division 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Alloa Athletic 2009–10[34] Second Division 18 8 0 0 — 2[d] 0 20 8
2010–11[35] 29 8 1 0 1 0 2[e] 0 33 8
Total 47 16 1 0 1 0 4 0 53 16
Dumbarton 2011–12[36] Second Division 33 14 0 0 1 0 1[a] 1 35 15
2012–13[37] First Division 34 11 1 0 2 1 0 0 37 12
2013–14[38] Championship 30 6 4 1 2 0 1[a] 0 37 7
2014–15[39] 2 0 0 0 2 0 1[a] 0 5 0
Total 99 31 5 1 7 1 3 1 114 34
Airdrieonians 2014–15[39] League One 30 14 2 0 — 0 0 32 14
2015–16[40] 28 4 2 1 2 0 1[a] 0 33 5
Total 58 18 4 1 2 0 1 0 65 19
Arbroath 2016–17[41] League Two 28 2 1 0 4 0 1[a] 0 34 2
2017–18[42] League One 8 0 1 0 1 0 1[a] 0 11 0
Total 36 2 2 0 5 0 2 0 47 2
Career total 404 108 26 3 21 2 23 3 476 116
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ^ Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup; four appearances and a goal in the First Division play-offs
  3. ^ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup; four appearances and a goal in the First Division play-offs
  4. ^ Appearances in the First Division play-offs
  5. ^ Appearances in the Second Division play-offs

Honours

  • SFL Player of the Month: December 2005,[43] November 2008[44]
  • PFA Scotland Second Division Player of the Season: 2008–09
  • SFL Goal of the season: 2012–13
  • PFA Scotland Goal of the Season: 2012–13

Arbroath

References

  1. ^ "Dumbarton FC appoint new team captain". Lennox Herald. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Prunty joins Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 9 January 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Dundee 2–3 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 21 January 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Kilmarnock 3–1 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 27 March 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Prunty to leave Dons". BBC Sport. 28 July 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Prunty makes Inverness move". BBC Sport. 6 August 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Prunty from Inverness to Airdrie". BBC Sport. 22 August 2005. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Two new forwards for Ayr United". BBC Sport. 20 May 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Brown wins Player of Year award". BBC Sport. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  10. ^ Wilson, Mike (20 November 2009). "Ayr United send strikers out on loan". Ayrshire Post. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  11. ^ "Bryan Prunty in as Alloa look to release Brian Carrigan". BBC Sport. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Stenhousemuir 0–2 Alloa Athletic". BBC Sport. 23 January 2010.
  13. ^ "Bryan Prunty signs for Dumbarton FC". Lennox Herald. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  14. ^ "Goal of the Month winner". SPFL. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  15. ^ "February Goal of the Month winner". SPFL. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  16. ^ Swan, Craig (6 May 2013). "Motherwell striker Michael Higdon lands PFA Scotland Player of the Year award". Daily Redord. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  17. ^ Archibald, Lindsey (24 May 2013). "Ally McCoist scoops manager of the year for Division Three at awards dinner in Glasgow". Daily Record. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  18. ^ "Prunty signs on again". SPFL. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  19. ^ FOUR RE-SIGN FOR 2014/15. dumbartonfootballclub.com (15 May 2014)
  20. ^ Prunts Moves On. Dumbarton Football Club (2014-08-30). Retrieved on 2017-06-11.
  21. ^ "Bryan Prunty". Arbroath FC. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  22. ^ "Bryan Prunty". Arbroath FC. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  23. ^ "BSC Glasgow – Retained & New Signings List". BSC Glasgow FC. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  24. ^ "Cumbernauld United on Twitter". Twitter.com. 7 September 2018.
  25. ^ "BRYAN PRUNTY RETURNS TO JOIN BACKROOM STAFF". Airdrieonians Football Club. 10 November 2018.
  26. ^ "Young Scots win in Portugal". BBC Sport. 17 December 2003. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  27. ^ "Bryan Prunty profile". scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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  32. ^ "Games played by Bryan Prunty in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  33. ^ "Games played by Bryan Prunty in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  34. ^ a b c "Games played by Bryan Prunty in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  35. ^ "Games played by Bryan Prunty in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  36. ^ "Games played by Bryan Prunty in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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  38. ^ "Games played by Bryan Prunty in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  39. ^ a b "Games played by Bryan Prunty in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  40. ^ "Games played by Bryan Prunty in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  41. ^ "Games played by Bryan Prunty in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  42. ^ "Games played by Bryan Prunty in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  43. ^ "Awards for Stewart and Prunty". BBC Sport. 14 January 2006. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  44. ^ "Ayr's Prunty wins November award". BBC Sport. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  45. ^ "Scottish League Two: Arbroath seal title as Cowden face play-off". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 6 May 2017.