Scott Allardice (born 31 March 1998) is a Scottish

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who plays as a

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for Scottish club Ross County. He began his career with

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, making his first team debut in April 2017. He spent loan spells with East Fife and

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in 2018 before joining Bohemians in 2019. In 2020 he joined

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team currently competes in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional F ...

and player there until 2023, when he joined their Highland rivals Ross County. He has represented the Scotland national under-19 team.

Early life

Scott Allardice was born in

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on 31 March 1998. He began his football career with Dundee Rovers and

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before joining

as a youth player. A pupil at

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, he joined the

youth programme based at the school in 2010, where he was coached by

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Club career

Allardice signed his first professional contract for Dundee United in June 2014, but missed most of the 2014–15 season due to a knee injury. He made his first team debut against

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in a

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match on 8 April 2017. Allardice was loaned to East Fife in February 2018. In May 2018 he signed a new one-year contract with Dundee United before joining

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side

on a six-month loan deal. He made 13 appearances for Dumbarton before returning to United in January 2019. He was released later that month, joining

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club

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after a successful trial. He would go on to wear the captains armband for Bohemians in his native Scotland as the Irish outfit took part in the

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before the 2020 season commenced. In August 2020, Allardice joined

on a one-year deal. He signed a two-year contract extension in January 2021. He would play an important part for the ''Caley Jags'' over three seasons and helped the club to an unlikely

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appearance. In June 2023, Allardice would leave Inverness and join their

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rivals,

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club Ross County.

International career

Allardice has represented the Scotland under-19 team.

Career statistics

Honours

Inverness CT *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allardice, Scott Living people 1998 births Footballers from Dundee Scottish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Dundee United F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Scotland men's youth international footballers East Fife F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players Bohemian F.C. players Waterford F.C. players League of Ireland players Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players Scottish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Ireland Ross County F.C. players