Paul David Scott (born 29 January 1985) is an English former professional

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who played as a defender.

Early life

Scott was born in

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

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into a football family with strong links to

Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club () is an English association football club based in Burnley, Lancashire, that competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football, following relegation from the 2021–22 Premier League. Founded on 18 Ma ...

His

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and

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and older brother have all played for the club. He attended

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.Another great Scott joins the dynasty

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Accessed 2011

Career

He joined the youth team at

in the summer of 2001, and in 2003 manager

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promoted him into the first-team squad. In the 2003–04 season, he made two substitute appearances in the league for Burnley. His debut for the club came in the 4-0 defeat to

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on 13 March 2004. Scott was released by Burnley at the end of the 2004–05 campaign and did not want to carry on a footballing career thereafter.

References

* Footballers from Burnley English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Burnley F.C. players English Football League players 1985 births Living people {{England-footy-defender-1980s-stub