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Murray Wallace (footballer)
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For the Scottish rugby player, see
Murray Wallace.
Murray Wallace
Personal information
Full name Murray Wallace
[1]
Date of birth (1993-01-10) 10 January 1993 (age 25)
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 98 (3)
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 18:08, 3 February 2018 (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.
Contents
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1 Career
Career[edit]
Falkirk[edit]
2011–12 season[edit]
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,
[2] 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.
[3] He went on to make his first league start on 13 August 2011 against
Partick Thistle at the
Falkirk Stadium.
[4] He scored his first goal for the club on 5 November 2011 in Falkirk's 4–3 win over
Livingston.
[5]
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.
[6] 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.
[7] 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.
[8]
Huddersfield Town[edit]
2011–12 season[edit]
On 31 January, Wallace signed for
Huddersfield Town on a two-year deal,
[9] after rejecting moves to
Brighton & Hove Albion and
Ipswich Town.
[10] As part of the deal he was immediately loaned back to
Falkirk for the remainder of the season.
[11]
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.
[7] 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.
[12]
2012–13 season[edit]
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.
[13] 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.
[14] 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[edit]
On 25 August 2015, with appearances still being limited, Wallace joined
Scunthorpe United on loan for a month in an emergency loan deal.
[15] After making 12 league appearances, he along with team-mate
Joe Lolley were recalled by Huddersfield on 1 November.
Scunthorpe United[edit]
Wallace signed a three-and-a-half year deal with Scunthorpe United on 2 January 2016.[16] Upon signing for the Iron, Wallace featured in every minute of every competitive fixture until 29 August 2017, when his run of 7,560 consecutive playing minutes was broken as he didn't feature in Scunthorpe's Checkatrade Trophy game against Sunderland U21s.
International career[edit]
Scotland U20's[edit]
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.
[17] 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.
[12] 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.
[18]
Scotland U21's[edit]
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.
[14] 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.
[19]
Career statistics[edit]
As of match played 3 February 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Falkirk 2010–11[20] Scottish Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011–12[21] Scottish Championship 34 4 2 0 6 0 3
[a] 0 44 4
Falkirk total 34 4 2 0 6 0 3 0 44 4
Huddersfield Town 2012–13[22] Championship 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
2013–14[23] Championship 17 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 21 0
2014–15[24] Championship 26 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 29 2
2015–16[25] Championship 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1
Huddersfield Town Total 51 3 4 0 5 1 0 0 60 4
Scunthorpe United (loan)
2015–16[25] League One 12 1 0 0 0 0 1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Wallace_(footballer)#cite_note-27 0 13 1
Scunthorpe United 2015–16[25] League One 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
2016–17[26] League One 46 2 1 0 2 0 7[c] 1 56 3
2017–18[27] League One 31 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 38 0
Scunthorpe United total 98 3 5 0 4 0 9 1 116 4
Career total 195 11 11 0 15 1 13 1 234 13
