Angus Fraser James Gunn (born 22 January 1996) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for EFL Championship club

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and the Scotland national team. Gunn began his career at his hometown club

, before joining Manchester City in 2011, signing his first professional contract in 2013. After spending the 2017–18 season on loan at Norwich, Gunn signed for

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in the summer of 2018, for a transfer fee of £13.5 million. After a return to the Championship with Stoke City for the 2020–21 season, he returned to Norwich on a permanent basis following their promotion back to the Premier League. He has represented England at under-21 level but declared for Scotland in March 2023 and made his senior debut later that month.

Early life

Gunn was born in

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, Norfolk, to

's former goalkeeper and manager Bryan and artist Susan Gunn. His father is originally from

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, Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. Gunn attended Alpington Primary School and Framingham Earl High School.

Club career

Manchester City

Gunn began his career at his hometown club

, before moving to Manchester City in 2011, for which a tribunal decided Manchester City had to pay £250,000. He signed a three-year professional contract in June 2013. He was named on the substitutes bench on a number of occasions throughout the 2016–17 season, but did not play for Manchester City that season. For the 2017–18 season, Gunn was loaned back to Norwich of the EFL Championship. He made his first-team debut in Norwich's first match of the season, away to Fulham. He got his first professional football clean sheet on 16 August 2017, in a 2–0 home win over

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at Carrow Road. He would ultimately be the only player to be ever present for Norwich in the league during the season, also being ever present in the

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and making three appearances in the EFL Cup. At the end of the season, Norwich fans voted him third in the Player of the Season vote behind

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and

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Southampton

Gunn joined

in July 2018, signing a five-year deal with the club, for a fee estimated at £13.5 million. He made his debut for the club on 28 August 2018 in an EFL Cup tie against

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, and his

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debut on 2 January 2019, making several vital saves and keeping a clean sheet and earning the man of the match award in a 0–0 draw against

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Stoke City (loan)

In October 2020 Gunn joined EFL Championship side Stoke City on loan for the 2020–21 season as a replacement for the departing

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. Gunn made his debut on 27 October 2020 against Swansea City coming on as a half time substitute for the injured Adam Davies. He kept his place for the next three matches before he suffered an ankle injury. Josef Bursik took his place in goal until both Gunn and Davies returned to fitness in January. Gunn made 15 appearances for Stoke until his season was ended by a foot injury in April 2021.

Norwich City

On 23 June 2021, Gunn made a permanent return to Norwich City, for an undisclosed fee.

International career

England

Despite his father Bryan representing Scotland at international level, Angus represented England at various youth levels. Gunn received his first call up to the England national team in November 2017 for a friendly match against

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, after

withdrew from the squad with an injury. In March 2018, Gunn was offered the opportunity by

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manager

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to switch allegiances to Scotland, but decided to stay with the England national team, and was called up by

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to their training camp ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Scotland

Gunn switched his international allegiance to Scotland in March 2023, and he was selected in their squad for

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matches that month. He made his debut on 25 March against

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at Hampden Park, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0

victory.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

England U21 *

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References

External links

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Southampton FC profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gunn, Angus 1996 births Living people Footballers from Norwich Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers English men's footballers England men's youth international footballers England men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Norwich City F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players English Football League players Premier League players English people of Scottish descent Footballers educated at St Bede's College, Manchester