Английская Википедия:Harry Souttar

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Infobox football biography Harry James Souttar (born 22 October 1998) is a professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Шаблон:English football updater club Leicester City and the Australia national team.

Born in Scotland, Souttar began his senior career there with Dundee United before moving to England with Stoke City in 2016. He then joined Leicester City in 2023. After initially representing Scotland at youth level, he switched to play for Australia in 2019 and was a member of their squad at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. His brother John Souttar plays for Scotland.

Early life

Souttar grew up in Luthermuir and attended Luthermuir Primary School Luthermuir, and subsequently Mearns Academy in Laurencekirk. He played youth football for Brechin City Boys Club and was attached to Celtic before joining the academy at Dundee United in July 2013. His older brother John is also a professional footballer and plays for Rangers, as well as representing Scotland. Their mother Heather was born in Port Hedland, Western Australia which meant the Souttar brothers were eligible to represent either Australia or Scotland at the international level. They grew up supporting Brechin City where their father, Jack, had played in the 1970s.

Club career

Dundee United

Souttar played for the Dundee United development team, including alongside his brother John in February 2015. Having featured in a number of match day squads and having been listed as a substitute for the first team, Souttar signed a contract extension in December 2015, tying him to Dundee United until May 2018. He made his first team debut against Partick Thistle in a Scottish Premiership match on 10 May 2016 and scored his first senior goal against Kilmarnock four days later.

English Premier League club Stoke City became interested in signing Souttar, and although Dundee United rejected two bids to buy the player during June 2016, it was reported during August 2016 that the clubs had agreed an initial £200,000 fee for his transfer.

Stoke City

Despite an agreement for Souttar's transfer to Stoke City having been reached before the end of the transfer window on 31 August, completion was delayed pending FIFA approval due to the player being under 18 years old. He officially joined Stoke on 29 September 2016, signing a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Souttar made his Stoke debut on 23 August 2017 in a 4–0 EFL Cup win over Rochdale. After signing a new contract with Stoke, Souttar joined Scottish Premiership side Ross County on 24 January 2018 until the end of the season. He played 13 times for the Staggies but was unable to help them avoid relegation to the Scottish Championship.

On 30 January 2019 Souttar joined EFL League One side Fleetwood Town on loan for the remainder of the 2018–19 season. Souttar played 11 times for Fleetwood, scoring once against Accrington Stanley. Souttar re-joined Fleetwood on loan for the 2019–20 season. Souttar played regularly under Joey Barton in 2019–20 and his performances earned him the EFL Young Player of the Month award for February 2020. The League One season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the table was decided via points per game which saw Fleetwood quality for the EFL League One play-offs in sixth place, where they faced Wycombe Wanderers and lost 6–3 on aggregate.

Souttar made his league debut for Stoke City on 26 September 2020 in a 1–0 win away to Preston North End, and was named as the man of the match. Due to a number of outstanding performances, he was named Stoke City's Player Of The Month in October. Souttar established himself as a key member of Michael O'Neill's side in 2020–21 and he signed a new long term contract with the club in February 2021. He scored his first goal for Stoke in a 2–0 win over Wycombe Wanderers on 6 March 2021. Souttar made 43 appearances in 2020–21 as Stoke finished in 14th position. Souttar began the 2021–22 season in good form having been part of a Stoke defence that had conceded 19 goals in 17 games with the Potters fifth in the Championship before he suffered a season ending anterior cruciate ligament injury whilst playing for Australia in November 2021. Souttar made his return a year later prior to the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. After returning to England following the World Cup Souttar attracted bids from Premier League clubs.

Leicester City

On 31 January 2023, Souttar joined Leicester City on a five-and-a-half year contract for an undisclosed fee. The fee was reported by the BBC to be £15 million which could eventually rise to £20 million with add-ons.

International career

Souttar made his debut for the Scotland under-17 team against Romania in February 2015. On 6 March 2019, he was called up to the Australia national under-23 team.

On 10 October 2019, he switched allegiance and debuted for the senior Australian national team at 20 years of age in a World Cup qualifier against Nepal, and scored twice in a 5–0 win; the fourth goal was initially recorded as a Nepalese own goal, but eventually was awarded to Souttar by FIFA. Souttar would go on to score two more goals for Australia in a 7–1 win against Chinese Taipei in his second game for the national team.

At Шаблон:Convert, Souttar is the tallest outfield player to have represented the senior Australia national team, and the second tallest player ever, behind goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac at Шаблон:Convert.

Souttar qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He was part of the Olyroos Olympic squad. The team beat Argentina in their first group match but were unable to win another match. They were therefore not in medal contention.

He was named in Australia's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in November 2022. Souttar received significant praise for his defensive performances during the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dundee United	2015–16	Scottish Premiership	2	1	0	0	0	0	—		2	1
	2016–17	Scottish Championship	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
Stoke City U23	2017–18	—			—		—		3Шаблон:Efn	0	3	0
	2018–19	—			—		—		3Шаблон:Efn	0	3	0
	Total		—		—		—		6	0	6	0
Stoke City	2017–18	Premier League	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
	2018–19	Championship	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
	2019–20	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2020–21	Championship	38	1	1	0	4	0	—		43	1
	2021–22	Championship	16	0	0	0	2	1	—		18	1
	2022–23	Championship	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	0
	Total		61	1	1	0	8	1	—		70	2
Ross County (loan)	2017–18	Scottish Premiership	13	0	0	0	0	0	—		13	0
Fleetwood Town (loan)	2018–19	League One	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
	2019–20	League One	34	3	3	0	1	0	3Шаблон:Efn	0	41	3
	Total		45	4	3	0	1	0	3	0	52	4
Leicester City	2022–23	Premier League	12	0	0	0	0	0	—		12	0
	2023–24	Championship	3	0	0	0	1	0	—		4	0
	Total		15	0	0	0	1	0	—		16	0
Career total			136	6	4	0	11	1	9	0	160	7

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Australia	2019	2	4
	2021	8	2
	2022	4	0
	2023	7	4
	2024	6	1
Total		27	11

Шаблон:Updated Australia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Souttar goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 October 2019	Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia	1	Шаблон:Fb	3–0	5–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2					4–0
3	15 October 2019	National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	2	Шаблон:Fb	5–1	7–1
4					7–1
5	7 June 2021	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	3	Шаблон:Fb	1–0	5–1
6	15 June 2021		5	Шаблон:Fb	1–0	1–0
7	9 September 2023	AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States	17	Шаблон:Fb	1–0	2–2	Friendly
8	18 October 2023	Gtech Community Stadium, London, United Kingdom	19	Шаблон:Fb	1–0	2–0	Soccer Ashes
9	16 November 2023	AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia	20	Шаблон:Fb	1–0	7–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	21 November 2023	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	21	Шаблон:Fb	1–0	1–0
11	28 January 2024	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	26	Шаблон:Fb	4–0	4–0	2023 AFC Asian Cup

See also

• List of Australia international soccer players born outside Australia
• List of Scottish football families
• List of sportspeople who competed for more than one nation

External links

• Profile at the Leicester City F.C. website
• Шаблон:Soccerbase