List of Scottish football transfers summer 2011

Aberdeen captain Paul Hartley announced his retirement at the age of 34 on 13 May. The former Scotland international hadn't played for Aberdeen since March due to a serious knee ligament injury. Despite having just declared the ended his career he became player/manager of Alloa Athletic just four days later, making it his eleventh club as player & first as manager.

Craig Bryson signed for Derby County when he moved from Scottish club Kilmarnock in June 2011 for a fee of £350,000 rising to £450,000 upon appearances. Bryson had previously been on trial at the English club in 2007 before joining Kilmarnock from Clyde.

Adam Matthews joined Celtic on a pre-contract back in February from Welsh side Cardiff City, the fullback became an official Celtic player after signing a four-year contract, on 1 July, playing his first match for his new club a day later against Central Coast Mariners.

Garry O'Connor made a surprise move back to his former club Hibernian in June after his contract ran out in April at English club Barnsley,almost 5 years after he left the Scottish outfit for Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow.

Irishman Adam Rooney made his return to English football, when he signed a 2-year contract with Birmingham City after leaving Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a free. The striker scored an impressive 24 league goals in the 2009–10 season & a further 15 league goals in the 2010–11 season.

Chris Maguire left the SPL moving from Aberdeen to Championship side Derby County; compensation of £400,000 was agreed for the recently capped Scotland international due to his age.

Dorin Goian became Rangers 3rd summer signing after the arrivals of Juan Manuel Ortiz & Lee Wallace. The experienced Romanian International signed a three-year contract with the SPL champions on 25 July after securing a move from Serie A side Palermo. After receiving a work permit on 28 July he made his debut for his new club the next day against St Johnstone in a league match.

After have legal charges against him dropped on 25 July David Goodwillie was able to focus on securing a move away from Dundee United. The much sought after Scottish international striker who scored 18 goals in the 2010–11 season opted to sign a four-year contract with Premiership side Blackburn ending a protracted transfer saga in which Rangers also bid for the player.

On 13 July Inverness Caledonian Thistle announced the club had agreed terms with Ireland Under-21 international Aaron Doran along with Billy McKay. Doran completed his move from Blackburn for an undisclosed fee on 21 July. He previously spent time on loan at Inverness in the latter part of the 2010–11 season scoring 3 goals.

After spending the 2010–11 season on loan at St Johnstone where he made 14 appearances Marcus Haber was released by his parent club West Brom. The Canadian international who made his debut for his national side while on loan at The Saints made his move permanent on 22 July becoming their 9th summer signing.

Ghanaian footballer Prince Buaben left Dundee United along with fellow footballers Craig Conway & Morgaro Gomis as the club could not meet the players wage demands. Bauben spent 4 seasons in Scotland after leaving Ajax due to residential issues before moving to England to join Championship side Watford on 14 July.

Kyle Bartley rejoined Rangers on a season long loan on 4 August a day after he signed a new contract with Arsenal. Kyle spent the latter part of the 2010–11 season on loan at Ibrox. His previous loan period with the SPL champions was limited to 9 appearances due to injury.

Thomas Piermayr became Inverness's eight summer signing on 23 July. The Austrian under-21 international signed a one-year deal with the Caley Thistle after securing a Free transfer move from recently relegated Austrian First Division side LASK Linz.

Madjid Bougherra left Rangers for Qatari side Lekhiwaya following the arrivals of Dorin Goian & Kyle Bartley. Bougherra a French born Algerian international was expected to move back to England where he previously played for Sheffield Wednesday & Charlton. However on 10 August he decided to move to the Middle East joining Ivorian’s Aruna Dindane & Bakari Koné at Lekhiwaya.

Junior Agogo the much travelled Ghanaian international signed for Hibernian on 26 July making them his fifteenth club. Having played in England, America, Egypt & most recently Cyprus with Apollon Limassol, it will be his first experience of Scottish football. Agogo will offer Hibenian significant experience having represented his country on 27 occasions & being part of Ghana’s 2008 Africa Cup of Nations squad. He will compete with fellow new arrival Garry O’Connor, loanee Phil Airey, Akpo Sodje & youngsters Danny Handling, Ross Caldwell for starting place up front.

Isaiah Osbourne joined Hibernian on 10 August following in the footsteps of his older brother Isaac who also left England for Scotland this summer signing for Aberdeen. After his release from Aston Villa he went on trial at Leeds however he choose to sign for Hibernain.

USA international Alejandro Bedoya joined Rangers on 17 August becoming their 5th summer signing. After leaving college football he joined Swedish side Örebro in 2009. Initially Rangers had agreed to sign Bedoya on a pre-contract with him moving to Glasgow in January 2012 but after the two clubs reach an agreement for an undisclosed fee he was allowed move immediately.

Mohamed Bangura became Celtic's sixth summer signing on the penultimate day of summer transfer window. The Sierra Leone international comes to Parkhead from Swedish side AIK for a fee of approximately £2.2million. Bangura had only been with AIK for one season having signed from Kallon in his homeland after impressing whilst on loan at Swedish lower division side Värnamo.

Having played for Kilmarnock for four years, Tim Clancy was released in the summer of 2011. The experienced SPL player who also had spells in Ireland & England remained in Scotland joining Motherwell with the North Lanarkshire side needing a replacement for injured Steven Saunders.

Shaun Maloney departed Scotland for the Premier League in a one million pound transfer from Celtic to Wigan on transfer deadline day. Malaysian born Maloney had previously left Celtic for a similar fee joining former Hoops manager Martin O'Neill at Aston Villa before rejoining Celtic for £3 million.