Anthony Paul Watt was born on 29 December 1993 and is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Motherwell on loan from Scottish Premiership side Dundee United.
28 Facts About Tony Watt
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Tony Watt signed for another Belgian club, Standard Liege, in the summer of 2014.
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Tony Watt returned to the UK in January 2015 to join Charlton Athletic.
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Tony Watt then had another stint in Belgian football with OH Leuven, before returning to Scotland with St Johnstone in July 2018.
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Tony Watt represented Scotland at various youth levels and has played for the Scotland national team once, in March 2016.
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Tony Watt started his career with Airdrie United in 2009 at under-17 level after impressing youth coach Jimmy Boyle in a bounce game; previously to this he had only played football for fun.
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Tony Watt scored two goals within five minutes of coming on as a substitute.
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On 15 November 2012, Tony Watt signed a new contract extending his stay with Celtic until 2016.
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Tony Watt made a further 14 appearances for Celtic that season, mostly coming on as a substitute, and did not score any more goals.
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Tony Watt did however win his first major honour as Celtic won their 44th league championship title in May 2013; his 20 league appearances over the season entitling him to a league winner's medal.
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Tony Watt struggled to hold down a first team place thereafter, and was sent off on 2 November 2013, within a minute of coming on as a second-half substitute against Charleroi, however the red card was later rescinded.
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Tony Watt was then again publicly criticised by Menzo in December 2013, with the manager stating he would not take him back from Scotland for the second half of the season.
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Tony Watt did not play for Lierse again, and returned to Celtic at the end of the season.
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However, Tony Watt failed to make much impact and by the end of December 2014 had scored only three goals with most of his appearances being as a substitute.
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Tony Watt did not score but turned in an outstanding performance which included an assist for Charlton's second goal, earning him the man of the match award.
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Tony Watt returned to Charlton after they rejected an extension to the loan deal, making nine appearances and scoring twice in the Welsh capital.
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Tony Watt scored his first league goal for Rovers against Birmingham City at Ewood Park.
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On 7 April 2016, Tony Watt returned to Charlton Athletic due to an injury.
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On 13 August 2017, Tony Watt returned to Belgium, signing for Belgian First Division B team Oud-Heverlee Leuven a one-year contract with the option for another season.
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Tony Watt went on to score six goals in the opening nine games of the season, seeing him winning the Scottish Premiership Player of the Month award for August 2018.
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On 27 May 2019, Tony Watt signed a three-year contract with Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia.
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Tony Watt parted ways with the team by mutual consent in January 2020 for personal reasons.
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In February 2020, Tony Watt started training with Motherwell and he subsequently signed a short-term contract with the club on 7 February 2020.
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Three weeks later, the clubs came to an agreement for Tony Watt to join United immediately for an undisclosed transfer fee.
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Tony Watt went on to make a total of nine appearances for the U21 side, scoring five times.
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On 21 May 2013, Tony Watt was called up by Gordon Strachan to the senior Scotland squad for the World Cup qualifier in Zagreb against Croatia on 7 June 2013.
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Tony Watt did not play, and was dropped from the Under 21 side by manager Billy Stark, with Stark citing issues with Watt's fitness as the main reason for not selecting him.
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Tony Watt grew up in Coatbridge and attended St Andrew's High School.