Bryan Prunty | |
Birth Date: | 12 January 1983 |
Birth Place: | Airdrie, Scotland |
Currentclub: | Airdrieonians (First Team Coach) |
Position: | Striker |
Youthyears1: | –2002 |
Youthclubs1: | Celtic |
Years1: | 2002–2004 |
Years2: | 2004 |
Years3: | 2004–2005 |
Years4: | 2005–2008 |
Years5: | 2008–2009 |
Years6: | 2009–2010 |
Years7: | 2010–2011 |
Years8: | 2011–2014 |
Years9: | 2014–2016 |
Years10: | 2016–2018 |
Years11: | 2018 |
Years12: | 2018 |
Years13: | 2018 |
Clubs1: | Celtic |
Clubs2: | Aberdeen |
Clubs3: | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
Clubs4: | Airdrie United |
Clubs5: | Ayr United |
Clubs6: | → Stirling Albion (loan) |
Clubs7: | Alloa Athletic |
Clubs8: | Dumbarton |
Clubs9: | Airdrieonians |
Clubs10: | Arbroath |
Clubs11: | East Kilbride |
Clubs12: | BSC Glasgow |
Clubs13: | Cumbernauld United |
Caps1: | 0 |
Caps2: | 18 |
Caps3: | 27 |
Caps4: | 85 |
Caps5: | 41 |
Caps6: | 3 |
Caps7: | 47 |
Caps8: | 99 |
Caps9: | 58 |
Caps10: | 32 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Goals4: | 22 |
Goals5: | 15 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Goals7: | 16 |
Goals8: | 31 |
Goals9: | 18 |
Goals10: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 2003 |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland U20 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Nationalyears2: | 2004 |
Nationalteam2: | Scotland U21 |
Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Bryan Prunty (born 12 January 1983) is a Scottish former footballer[1] who is currently on the backroom staff at Scottish Championship club Airdrieonians.
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]
Prunty left Cumbernauld United in November 2018 to join the coaching staff at Airdrieonians, working alongside former manager Ian Murray.[25]
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]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Aberdeen | 2003–04 | Premier League | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | ||
Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2004–05 | Premier League | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 19 | 2 | ||
Airdrie United | 2005–06 | First Division | 31 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[28] | 0 | 35 | 15 | |
2006–07 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | |||
2007–08 | Second Division | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[29] | 1 | 38 | 6 | ||
Total | 85 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 101 | 24 | |||
Ayr United | 2008–09 | Second Division | 31 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5[30] | 1 | 40 | 17 | |
2009–10 | First Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Total | 41 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 17 | |||
Stirling Albion (loan) | 2009–10 | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Alloa Athletic | 2009–10 | Second Division | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[31] | 0 | 20 | 8 | ||
2010–11 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[32] | 0 | 33 | 8 | |||
Total | 47 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 16 | |||
Dumbarton | 2011–12 | Second Division | 33 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 15 | |
2012–13 | First Division | 34 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 12 | ||
2013–14 | Championship | 30 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 7 | ||
2014–15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 99 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 114 | 34 | |||
Airdrieonians | 2014–15 | League One | 30 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 14 | ||
2015–16 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | |||
Total | 58 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 19 | |||
Arbroath | 2016–17 | League Two | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
2017–18 | League One | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
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