Scott Arfield

Scott Arfield

Personal information
Full name	Scott Arfield
Date of birth	(1988-11-01) 1 November 1988
Place of birth	Livingston, Scotland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Burnley
Number	37
Youth career
000?–2007	Falkirk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–2010	Falkirk	108	(13)
2010–2013	Huddersfield Town	96	(7)
2013–	Burnley	27	(4)
National team‡
2007	Scotland U19[1]	2	(0)
2007–2010	Scotland U21[2]	17	(3)
2009	Scotland B[3]	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:06, 3 February 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 May 2012

Scott Arfield (born 1 November 1988 in Livingston, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays for Burnley. He plays as a midfielder. Arfield was a regular in the Scotland under-21 team

Club career

Falkirk

Arfield came up through the Falkirk Academy and when he graduated he got promotion to the first team. He won the Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month award for December 2007. Arfield signed a new five-year contract with Falkirk in February 2008. He made 35 appearances during the 2007/08 season, scoring three goals.

Arfield made his Falkirk debut in their 4–0 win away at Gretna on the opening day of the 2007/08 season. His first goal came in Falkirk's 4–2 defeat at Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He then scored twice in a 4–0 win over St Mirren. He finished the season with three goals in 35 SPL appearances.

Arfield scored 10 goals in the 2008/09 season, seven of them coming in the league. He was in the Falkirk side that were Scottish Cup runners-up, losing 1–0 to Rangers in the Hampden Park Final.

He was given the number 10 jersey, previously worn by Steven Pressley, for the 2009–10 season. Hamilton Academical offered £100,000 for Arfield in August 2009, but this was rejected by Falkirk, who commented that they "thought they had missed out a zero in the figure they offered".

Arfield's first appearance of the 2009–10 season came in a 1–0 home win over FC Vaduz in the UEFA Europa League. He finished the season with three goals from 36 appearances.

Arfield in the Scotland U21 Squad

Speculation began to grow that Arfield was to leave Falkirk following their relegation from the SPL. On 17 May 2010, it was confirmed that Arfield was having talks with Huddersfield Town and was to have a medical at the club. Falkirk had already turned down offers from Hamilton Academical, Hibernian, Hearts and Southampton.

Arfield left Falkirk after playing 108 games, scoring 13 times between 2007–2010. He made his last appearance for Falkirk in the 0–0 draw that confirmed relegation on the last day of the season.

Huddersfield Town

2010–11 season

On 21 May 2010, it was reported that Arfield had signed for Huddersfield Town for a reported fee initially in the region of £400,000 but potentially rising to over £600,000 after a certain number of appearances.^[4] The move was confirmed three days later, after the club had agreed personal terms with Arfield.

He made his Huddersfield debut in the 3–0 win over Notts County at Meadow Lane on 7 August 2010. On 11 September 2010, he scored his first goal for the Terriers at Brisbane Road against Leyton Orient, where Town won 2–1 in the end. A week later, he scored his first goal at the Galpharm Stadium against Yeovil Town, in a 4–2 win for the home side.

2011–12 season & promotion

Arfield was a regular in the Huddersfield side making 38 appearances scoring twice in all competitions as Huddersfield finished the season as Play-off champions winning promotion to the Championship after beating Sheffield United on penalties in the Wembley final with Arfield being scoring his penalty to make it 2–1 as Huddersfield win by 8–7.^[5]

2012–13 season

Arfield made fewer appearances in Town's first season in the Championship and at the end of the season was released along with Tom Clarke and Alan Lee.

Burnley

After leaving Huddersfield, Arfield went on trial with Burnley and scored in the 3–0 win over Cork City on 15 July 2013, before signing a two-year deal 4 days later with the Clarets. He scored his first professional goal for Burnley against York City F.C. On 6 August, In a 0–4 win

International career

Youth & B team level

Arfield playing for the Scotland Under 21s

Arfield has represented Scotland at the under-19, under-21 and B international levels. He made his début for Scotland under-19 in a 3–1 away friendly victory over Austria.^[1] His second and last outing for the under-19s came just four day later in the 2–1 home win over Norway,^[1] coming on as a substitute for Alex Pearce in the 65th minute of the game.

Arfield was then a member of the Scotland under-21 squad, having been called up for the first time in October 2007. His debut came in a 4–0 defeat against Netherlands on 16 October 2007.^[2] He was a regular in Billy Stark's squad throughout the 2009 and 2011 European qualifying campaigns.^[2] Arfield's first goal for the under-21s came in a 2–2 draw with Ukraine on 6 February 2008.^[2]

Arfield received his first cap for Scotland B against Northern Ireland at the Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie on 6 May 2009.^[3] Scotland won the game 3–0.^[3]

Career statistics

As of 1 February 2014

Honours

• Huddersfield Town:
  • Football League One play-off winner: 2011–12

References

External links

• Scott Arfield career stats at Soccerbase
• Scott Arfield at scottishfa.co.uk
• Player Profile at Huddersfield Town's official site