1. Scott Harry Nathaniel Arfield was born on 1 November 1988 and is a professional association football player who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Championship club Falkirk.
32 Facts About Scott Arfield
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Scott Arfield began his career at Falkirk before moving to the English leagues for eight years with Huddersfield Town and Burnley.
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Scott Arfield returned to Scottish football in 2018, playing five seasons for Rangers.
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Scott Arfield came up through the Falkirk Youth Academy and earned promotion to the first team squad.
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Scott Arfield won the Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month award for December 2007.
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Scott Arfield signed a new five-year contract with Falkirk in February 2008.
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Scott Arfield finished the season with three goals in 35 SPL appearances.
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Scott Arfield finished the season with three goals from 36 appearances as the club were relegated from the SPL.
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Speculation began to grow that Scott Arfield was to leave Falkirk following their relegation from the SPL.
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On 17 May 2010, it was confirmed that Scott Arfield was having talks with Huddersfield Town and was to have a medical at the club.
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Scott Arfield left Falkirk after playing 108 games, scoring 13 times between 2007 and 2010.
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Scott 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.
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Scott Arfield selected the number 37 shirt in memory of fellow Falkirk youth player Craig Gowans, who wore the same squad number when he was tragically killed in a training ground accident in 2005.
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Burnley won promotion to the Premier League and Scott Arfield signed a three-year contract with the club in July 2014.
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Scott Arfield scored on his Premier League debut for Burnley against Chelsea in the 14th minute of their opening game of the season.
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Scott Arfield returned to Scotland and signed a four-year deal with Rangers on 14 May 2018.
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Scott Arfield made his debut for the club on 12 July 2018 in a Europa League qualification tie against FK Shkupi of Macedonia, and made his Scottish Premiership debut a few weeks later on 5 August, against Aberdeen.
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In May 2023, Rangers announced Scott Arfield would depart the club upon the expiration of his contract.
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In June 2023, Scott Arfield joined Major League Soccer club Charlotte FC on a contract through the end of 2024, with an option for 2025.
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On 3 February 2025,15 years after originally departing the club, Scott Arfield returned to Falkirk on a six month deal with the option of a further year.
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Scott Arfield represented Scotland at under-19, under-21 and B international levels.
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Scott Arfield was then a member of the Scotland under-21 squad, being called up for the first time in October 2007.
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Scott Arfield was a regular in Billy Stark's squad throughout the 2009 and 2011 European qualifying campaigns.
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Scott Arfield received his first cap for Scotland B against Northern Ireland at the Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie on 6 May 2009.
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Scott Arfield qualified to play for Canada, because his father was born in Toronto.
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In February 2016, it was widely reported that Scott Arfield was prepared to file his one-time switch paperwork with FIFA, which was needed for him to join the Canada squad.
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In March 2016, Scott Arfield was included in Canada's 23-man squad for their World Cup Qualification match against Mexico.
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Scott Arfield was named to Canada's squad for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup on 27 June 2017.
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In 2018, at the opening of Canada's Nations League campaign, Scott Arfield was named captain of the squad in their match against US Virgin Islands.
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In May 2019, Scott Arfield was named to the squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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In October 2020 Rangers coach Steven Gerrard suggested that Scott Arfield had retired from international duty.
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Scott Arfield later refuted the claim in an interview with Rangers TV, stating that his continued involvement with Canada would be up to coach John Herdman.