Scott Jamieson

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Scott Jamieson

Jamieson with Melbourne City in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Scott Alexander Jamieson
Date of birth	(1988-10-13) 13 October 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Auburn, Sydney, Australia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s)	Left Back
Youth career
1994–1998	Kings Langley
1998–2003	Blacktown City
2005–2006	Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	Blacktown City	1	(0)
2006–2008	Bolton Wanderers	0	(0)
2008–2010	Adelaide United	49	(0)
2010–2012	Sydney FC	48	(1)
2012–2015	Perth Glory	55	(1)
2015–2016	Western Sydney Wanderers	29	(0)
2016–2017	IFK Göteborg	13	(0)
2017–2023	Melbourne City	140	(3)
International career‡
2005–2006	Australia U17	3	(0)
2010–2012	Australia	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 February 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 December 2012

Scott Alexander Jamieson (born 13 October 1988) is an Australian retired soccer player who played as a left back.

Club career

Blacktown City

Jamieson was born in Auburn, Sydney. He has previously played for the Blacktown City in the New South Wales Premier League and has also attended Westfields Sports High School before signing for English Premier League side Bolton Wanderers. In the summer of 2007 he made an appearance for Wanderers in their pre-season defeat against Hibernian.

Adelaide United

He ended a three-year stint in England with Bolton on 6 June by signing for Adelaide United on a two-year deal. ^[2] He made his first A-League appearance for Adelaide in the season opener on 17 August 2008 where he played a full game at left back. ^[3] Since his first game Jamieson has become a mainstay in the United backline contributing significantly in attack and from set plays. Jamieson was named man of the match for his performance in the Club World Cup game against Waitakere United on 11 December 2008. Jamieson capped off what was a terrific A-League debut season picking up the Rising Star Player of the Year award beating the likes of Michael Zullo, James Holland and Tarek Elrich. ^[4]

Before the start of the 2009–10 A-League season, Jamieson was linked with moves to several Dutch Eredivisie clubs, but declined all offers and stated his preference in staying in Australia for another season. ^[5]

After the end of the 2009–10 A-League season, he trialled with German second division club Greuther Fürth. ^[6] Unfortunately the trial was unsuccessful and he returned to Australia undecided on his next move. ^{[7] [8]}

Sydney FC

On 21 May 2010 he was signed to a two-year contract by Sydney FC. ^[9] Jamieson scored his first goal in the A-League against North Queensland Fury on 14 August 2010 with an unmarked header late in the game. ^[10]

Perth Glory

He was released from Sydney FC after his 2-year contract was not renewed. He announced via his Twitter, that he was moving to Western Australia to play for Perth Glory. ^[11]

Western Sydney Wanderers

After 3 seasons in Perth, Jamieson signed with Western Sydney Wanderers on 28 May 2015. In his first season with the club, Jamieson was named in the PFA Team of the Year. ^[12]

IFK Göteborg

In August 2016, Jamieson joined Swedish club IFK Göteborg. ^[13]

Melbourne City

2017–2018: Return to Australia and City debut

The following year Scott returned to Australia for personal reasons and signed for Melbourne City on 26 September 2017 for a four-year contract. ^[14] Jamieson had his decision to chose on joining Melbourne City for the better chance to win his first domestic trophy in his career. ^[15] He made his debut for Melbourne City on 1 August 2017 in the FFA Cup against Peninsula Power in a 2–0 win. ^[16]

2018–2019: Assuming the captaincy

As Jamieson finished his first season with Melbourne City in 2017–18; On 13 October 2018 he was awarded to be the club's team captain to start the 2018–19 A-League season, replacing the captaincy for Michael Jakobsen. ^[17]

2019–2020: Third season and NSW ditch

After it was announced by Football Federation Australia that the remainder of the 2019–20 A-League season from 24 March 2020 would be played in a New South Wales hub, Jamieson had decided on 17 August to return to Melbourne for the birth of his first child to his partner Vicky. ^[18] and give his captaincy to Josh Brillante for the rest of the A-League campaign.

2020–2021: Record appearance-maker and double

On 22 May 2021, he earned a starting line-up role to give Melbourne City them and his first ever domestic league trophy by securing the A-League Premiership by winning 1–0 against the Central Coast Mariners. ^[19] Jamieson officially became Melbourne City's all-time appearance maker with 104 appearances in Melbourne City's home semi-final on 20 June 2021 overtaking David Williams. ^[20] A week later, he captained Melbourne City in their first A-League Championship by winning 3–1 against Sydney FC in the 2021 scored City's second goal to put City into the lead by a penalty. ^[21]

International career

He has represented Australia at U-17 level and was a member of Australia's squad for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

After a string of impressive performances for Adelaide, Jamieson was called into Pim Verbeek's training squad for the match against Qatar in October 2008. ^[22] Jamieson was once again selected in the Australian squad for an Asian cup qualifying match against Indonesia on 28 January 2009, where he played his first full international for the Australian national team. ^[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 November 2021 ^[24]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup [lower-alpha 1]		Continental [lower-alpha 2]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Blacktown City	2003–04	NSW Premier League	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Bolton Wanderers	2005–06	Premier League	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2006–07		0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2007–08		0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adelaide United	2008–09	A-League	25	0	3	0	6	0	3 [lower-alpha 3]	0	37	0
	2009–10		24	0	—		6	0	—		30	0
	Total		49	0	3	0	12	0	3	0	67	0
Sydney FC	2010–11	A-League	26	1	—		6	0	—		32	1
	2011–12	A-League	22	0	—		0	0	—		22	0
	Total		48	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	53	1
Perth Glory	2012–13	A-League	23	0	—		—		—		23	0
	2013–14		7	0	—		—		—		7	0
	2014–15		26	1	4	0	—		—		30	1
	Total		55	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	56	1
Western Sydney Wanderers	2015–16	A-League	29	0	2	0	—		—		31	0
IFK Göteborg	2016	Allsvenskan	13	0	4	0	2 [lower-alpha 4]	0	—		19	0
	2017		2	0	—		—		—		2	0
	Total		15	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	21	0
Melbourne City	2017–18	A-League	28	0	3	0	—		—		31	0
	2018–19		23	0	3	0	—		—		26	0
	2019–20		22	0	5	0	—		—		27	0
	2020–21		21	3	—		—		—		21	3
	2021–22	A-League Men	1	0	1	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		95	3	12	0	0	0	0	0	107	3
Career total			292	5	25	0	20	0	3	0	340	5

Notes

1. Includes the Pre-Season Challenge Cup, FFA Cup and Svenska Cupen
2. All appearances in the AFC Champions League, unless otherwise noted.
3. Three appearances in the FIFA Club World Cup
4. Two appearances in the UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 11 June 2021

National team	Year	Competitive		Friendly		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Australia	2011	2	0	0	0	2	0
	2012	0	0	2	0	2	0
Total		2	0	2	0	4	0

Honours

Melbourne City

• A-League Premiership: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 ^[25]
• A-League Championship: 2020–21

Individual

• A-League Young Player of the Year: 2008–09
• Rising Star Award: 2008–09
• PFA A-League Team of the Season: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2020–21 ^[26]

References

1. "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
2. "Reds sign former Wanderer". Adelaide United FC. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
3. "Dodd scores winner in 100th appearance for Reds". Adelaide United FC. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
4. "Scotty Is The Rising Star". 2 February 2009. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
5. Scott Jamieson To Chase European Dream At End Of Season
6. Jamieson weighs up options with German trial
7. Adelaide United’s Jamieson fails in Germany bid Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
8. Future of Adelaide duo uncertain
9. Sydney FC snares Scott Jamieson
10. "North Queensland 2 Sydney FC 1". A-League. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
11. Ormond, Aiden (16 May 2012). "Thwaite And Jamieson Head For Glory". FourFourTwo Australia. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
12. "Top honour for Roar ironman". 27 April 2016.
13. Lewis, Dave (11 August 2016). "Jamieson agrees to go wandering in Gothenburg". The World Game . SBS.
14. "Experienced defender Scott Jamieson joins Melbourne City". Melbourne City FC. 26 September 2017.
15. "Jamieson: I like City's ambition". Melbourne City FC. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
16. @MelbourneCity (1 August 2017). "Our starting XI is IN! @ScottJamieson to make his competitive debut, while @StefanMauk returns to the line-up for the first time #PENvMCY" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
17. "Melbourne City FC announces Scott Jamieson as Captain". Melbourne City FC. 13 October 2018.
18. "Jamieson to remain in Melbourne after birth of first child". Melbourne City FC. 17 August 2020.
19. Trevenen, Brett (22 May 2021). "Match Report: City 1–0 Central Coast". Melbourne City FC.
20. "Officially our most capped player. Congrats, @ScottJamieson". Twitter . Melbourne City FC. 20 June 2021.
21. Comitto, Matthew (27 June 2021). "Champions at last: City dominate ten-man Sky Blues in 3-1 Grand Final triumph". A-League.
22. Ritson, Jon (7 October 2008). "Verbeek Culls Injury-Hit Roos Squad". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
23. "Galekovic, Jamieson and Reid make Socceroo debut". 1 February 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
24. Scott Jamieson at Soccerway
25. Melbourne City vs. Western Sydney Wanderers (Television production). Australia: Paramount+. 28 April 2023. Event occurs at 2:26:30. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
26. "PFA reveals LUCRF Super A-League Team of the Season". 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

External links

• Westeren Sydney Wanderers profile
• Scott Jamieson at Soccerbase