| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Scott Paul Fitzgerald | ||
| Date of birth | 18 November 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Hillingdon, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hemel Hempstead Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–2003 | Northwood | 152 | (74) |
| 2003–2005 | Watford | 55 | (11) |
| 2004 | → Swansea (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Brentford | 23 | (5) |
| 2005 | → Oxford (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2006 | → Walsall (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 14 | (5) |
| 2007–2008 | Basingstoke | 58 | (12) |
| 2008–2010 | Hayes & Yeading United | 70 | (25) |
| 2010–2011 | Wealdstone | 24 | (9) |
| 2011– | Hemel Hempstead Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:18, 2 January 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Scott P. Fitzgerald (born 18 November 1979 in Hillingdon) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays for Hemel Hempstead Town. He plays as a striker.
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Fitzgerald started his career in non-League football at Northwood before being signed by First Division side Watford in February 2003. He made his professional debut on 21 April 2003, coming on as a substitute for Michael Chopra in a home win over Derby County. In his first start for the club he scored his first goal, the second in a 2–0 win over Sheffield United on the final day of the season.
In the 2003–04 season he scored 11 goals to finish as the club's top scorer. At Watford Fitzgerald scored 11 goals in 29 league starts. He fell out of favour in the 2004–05 season, however, and he spent a goalless loan spell at Swansea. He returned to Watford and made several late substitute appearances towards the end of 2004, before being loaned to Leyton Orient in January 2005. On his only appearance for Orient, a home tie with Grimsby Town, Fitzgerald was sent off for elbowing. He was loaned to Brentford in March 2005, and scored both goals in a 2–0 away win at Oldham Athletic in his second game for the club. He signed permanently later that month, on transfer deadline day.
He scored two further goals that season, and featured as a substitute in the second leg of Brentford's play-off semi-final defeat to Sheffield Wednesday. In 2005–06 he was out of favour, and was loaned out to Oxford United, scoring once, and Walsall. After not scoring in five appearances with Walsall he was released from his five month loan contract a month early in April 2006.
Fitzgerald then spent a month-long loan period at the start of the 2006–07 season at non-League club AFC Wimbledon, where he made five starts as short-term cover for injured strikers Richard Butler and Paul Barnes. He returned for a second loan spell in November 2006,[1] making nine further league appearances, before returning to Brentford in January 2007.
On 15 January 2007, his contract with Brentford was terminated by mutual consent and Fitzgerald signed for Conference South side Basingstoke Town on a contract running initially until the end of the 2006–07 season. He made his debut for on 20 January 2007 in a 1–1 draw away at Yeading.
At the beginning of the 2008–09 season Fitzgerald moved to another Conference South side, Hayes & Yeading United.[2]
In June 2010, he signed for Isthmian Premier League side Wealdstone and will be an important part of their quest to achieve promotion.
In August 2011, he made his debut for Hemel Hempstead Town.
He has a daughter born on 16 June named Charlotte.