Scott Andrew Sinclair (born 25 March 1989) is an English professional

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who plays as a winger for EFL League One club

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. He represented England at youth level, from the under-17s to the under-21s, and also played for

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at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He started his career with

, before moving to

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, from where he spent periods on loan at Plymouth Argyle,

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and Wigan Athletic. In 2010 he signed for Swansea City and in 2012 for Manchester City, who loaned him to

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and Aston Villa. He joined Villa on a permanent contract in 2015, and moved on to Celtic in August 2016. In his first season with Celtic he won both the PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year and

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awards, and he stayed with the club for a further two-and-a-half seasons before returning to England with Preston North End. In October 2022 he signed a short-term deal to return to his boyhood club Bristol Rovers.

Early life

Sinclair was born in Bath, Somerset, where he attended

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. He began his career with Bath Arsenal and grew up supporting Manchester United. Sinclair joined

at the age of nine. He became the second-youngest (after Ronnie Dix) Bristol Rovers first-team debutantat the age of 15 years, 277 daysas a late substitute for Junior Agogo in the

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game against

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in December 2004.

Club career

Chelsea

Early career

signed Sinclair in July 2005. A Football League tribunal set the compensation to be paid to Bristol Rovers at an initial £200,000, with increments up to a potential £750,000 to be paid if and when the player met various appearance milestones at club or international level. Chelsea would also have to pay Rovers 15% of the profit on any future sale. Sinclair was called up to Chelsea's squad to play Macclesfield Town in the

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on 6 January 2007 but remained on the bench. His debut came four days later as a very late substitute in the 2007

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semi-final against

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. He scored his first goal for Chelsea in September 2007, in the 37th minute of the League Cup third-round match against

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to help Chelsea win 4–0. He provided the assist for

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's 100th goal for Chelsea, in a 3–1 victory over

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in the FA Cup. He made his league debut for Chelsea on 6 May 2007, when he came off the bench to replace Shaun Wright-Phillips for the final ten minutes of the game against Arsenal. During the January transfer window, Sinclair was signed on a month's loan by Plymouth Argyle, whose manager

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had noticed him as a ten-year-old prospect at former club Bristol Rovers. He made his debut as a substitute in the 3–2 victory over

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at Molineux to put Plymouth 1–0 up in the game, which they drew 2–2. On 17 February 2007, Sinclair scored the second goal, with a looping header from a David Norris cross, as Argyle defeated

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2–0 in their FA Cup fifth-round tie. This result put the club through to the last eight for the first time since 1984. He played in the quarter-final, but Plymouth went down 1–0 to

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and he was substituted in the second half of the game. On 17 March, Sinclair ran from his own half past two defenders before hitting the ball in off the crossbar to score the only goal of the home match against

Later career

On 6 May 2007, Sinclair was named in the Chelsea squad to face Arsenal in one of Chelsea's most crucial matches of the season: anything but a win would have handed Manchester United the

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title. Sinclair came on as a substitute for Shaun Wright-Phillips but was unable to stop Chelsea drawing 1–1. Sinclair made his first start for Chelsea in the following Premier League game, against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, and suffered a broken

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after a challenge from

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. Sinclair signed a new four-year deal on 15 August 2007. He was given squad number 17 for the new season, and made his first appearance as a late substitute in the 2007 FA Community Shield against Manchester United. On 25 September, he scored his first senior goal for the club in a 4–0 win against Hull City in the League Cup. He was picked in the starting eleven against

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in the fourth round of the League Cup; he was involved in Chelsea's first two goals and his shot was turned onto the post by Leicester's goalkeeper.

reportedly "beat off stiff competition from eight other

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clubs" to sign Sinclair on loan for a month from 6 November 2007. Sinclair's last goal for Plymouth had been against Crystal Palace, and he followed this up by scoring his first for QPR against the same club. He played four times for Chelsea on his return, before going out on loan again in February 2008. Ian Holloway, who had managed Sinclair at Plymouth Argyle, wanted to take the player to Leicester City, but Chelsea wanted him to join a club nearer the top of the table. On 28 February, Sinclair joined

on loan until the end of the season. Finding his first-team opportunities limited at Charlton, he made just three appearances off the bench and the loan was terminated after a month. On 27 March, Sinclair joined Crystal Palace on loan until the end of the season. He scored twice, against Hull and

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, in six appearances and helped Palace to finish fifth in the Championship. Sinclair played in the play-off semi-finals, in which Palace lost to Bristol City. Scott Sinclair 18-10-2008 1

Sinclair was offered a chance by new Chelsea manager

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to prove himself as a first-team player, although he still played in most of the Reserves' matches. On 8 August 2008, Sinclair was handed the number 16 for Chelsea, swapping with José Bosingwa (who wore 16 during pre-season) who was given Sinclair's previous number 17. He was the second-youngest player in the Chelsea first team for the season, older than the youngest, striker Franco Di Santo, by 13 days. He made his first league appearance of the season at

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on 18 October in Chelsea's 5–0 win. In January 2009, Sinclair joined Championship club

on loan for an initial period of one month, which was later extended to the remainder of the 2008–09 season. He made 14 appearances for the club, and returned to Chelsea on 4 May. Interim Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink named Sinclair among the substitutes for the match against

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on 17 May, but he did not play. New coach

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included him in the squad that travelled to the United States for a pre-season tour, where he featured in two matches. Sinclair joined Premier League club Wigan Athletic on 6 August 2009 on loan for the 2009–10 season. He scored his first goal for Wigan in a 2–1 defeat at Hull City on 3 October, and his second, again against Hull, in the FA Cup on 2 January 2010.

Swansea City

In summer 2010, Sinclair was linked with moves to Blackpool, recently promoted to the Premier League, and Championship club Swansea City. He signed a three-year deal with Swansea City on 9 August 2010 for a £500,000 fee, with the potential for the fee to rise to £1 million depending on the club's future success. He made his debut in a 4–0 win against Preston North End on 14 August, during which he had a goal disallowed. He scored his first goal for the club against

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in the League Cup, and his first League goal for Swansea was scored on 28 August in the 1–0 home win against recently relegated Burnley. Sinclair scored his first career

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on 21 September in a 3–1 League Cup win against

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. A brace against

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on 26 February 2011 took his goal tally for the season to 21. Swansea qualified for the end-of-season play-offs and reached the

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, played at

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on 30 May. In a "pulsating" match against

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, Sinclair scored a hat-trick that included two penalties as Swansea won 4–2. The result meant a return to the top division of English football for the club, having been relegated from the old First Division in 1982–83, and they became the first Welsh club to reach the Premier League. Sinclair scored Swansea's first Premier League goal on 17 September 2011 with a penalty in a 3–0 win against

. He became Swansea's main penalty taker, scoring penalties against Stoke City, Bolton Wanderers, Fulham and Arsenal. On 31 January 2012, Sinclair scored against his former club Chelsea, in a game that ended in a 1–1 draw. After scoring 13 penalties since joining the club, his streak ended on 15 March when Manchester City's

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saved his attempt. Swansea won the match 1–0, and Sinclair said he was still willing to continue taking Swansea's penalties. With one season remaining on his contract with Swansea, it was confirmed on 17 August that Sinclair would not be signing a new deal with the club. On the opening day of the 2012–13 season, he scored in a substitute appearance as Swansea beat Queens Park Rangers 5–0 at

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Manchester City

Sinclair signed a four-year contract with champions Manchester City on 31 August 2012, moving from Swansea for a reported transfer fee of £8 million, including add-ons. He was given the number 11 shirt and made his debut on 15 September, playing 74 minutes of a 1–1 draw away to Stoke City. He started against Arsenal on 23 September, coming off at half-time, and was thereafter relegated to the bench. He made only one further start all season, away at

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in the

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group stage on 4 December, with both teams' final position already decided. His 12 other appearances that season were all coming on late from the bench. His final appearance of the season came as an 83rd-minute substitute on 21 April 2013, in a 3–1 loss away to

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. On 8 May, he had surgery on a blood clot in his shoulder, ending a frustrating season in which he played only 190 minutes of league football, after which he suggested that manager

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had not given him a fair chance. Sinclair joined West Bromwich Albion on 22 August 2013 on a season-long loan, with the option to complete a permanent deal. He played regularly at the start of the season before a hamstring injury kept him out until December. Soon afterwards, manager

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was sacked, and Sinclair played little under his successor,

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Aston Villa

On 30 January 2015, after failing to break into the Manchester City starting eleven, Sinclair joined Aston Villa for the remainder of the season on loan. He made his debut in a 5–0 defeat at Arsenal on 1 February, replacing

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after 65 minutes. Sinclair scored his first goal for Villa after 89 minutes of a 2–1 win in the fifth round of the FA Cup against Leicester City on 15 February, and six days later, scored their only goal in a 2–1 defeat at home to Stoke City. He scored again in Villa's 2–0 FA Cup quarter-final victory over local rivals West Brom. On 19 May 2015, after Villa had secured Premier League safety, it was announced that Sinclair would be joining on a permanent basis at the end of the season for an undisclosed fee, reported as £2.5 million, signing a four-year contract. He said that, "This is the happiest I have been in a long time." On 25 August 2015, Sinclair scored a hat-trick against

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in a 5–3 victory for the home side in the second round of the League Cup. Four days later, in the Premier League, Sinclair scored both goals for Villa in a 2–2 draw with Sunderland.

Celtic

On 7 August 2016, Sinclair signed a four-year deal with

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champions Celtic. He made his debut later that day, coming on as a substitute for Stuart Armstrong against Hearts, and scored the winner in the 81st minute, slotting in

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' cross to put Celtic 2–1 ahead. On 18 September, Sinclair became the first Celtic player since

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in 1922 to score in each of his first five league matches. Sinclair scored his first Celtic hat-trick on 2 April 2017, as the Hoops beat Hearts 5–0 at Tynecastle to wrap up a sixth consecutive Scottish league title. On 30 April, Sinclair was voted Player of the Year and Player's Player of the Year at Celtic's Player of the Year Awards. Afterwards, he told the club's website: "This is the best time and the happiest time in my career right now. To have the connection with the fans and all of them who voted for me, it just means so much to me." He ended his debut season with 25 goals, making him the club's second-highest scorer behind Moussa Dembélé, who scored 32 goals. In May 2019, Celtic exercised a clause in Sinclair's contract to keep him at the club for a further season.

Preston North End

Sinclair signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with EFL Championship club Preston North End on 8 January 2020. Sinclair was released by the club at the end of the 2021–22 season.

Bristol Rovers

On 18 October 2022, Sinclair returned to his first club Bristol Rovers on a short-term basis until January 2023, having been training at the club for a number of weeks. On 22 October, he made his second debut for the club as a late substitute in a 2–2 draw against a former club of Sinclair's in Plymouth Argyle. Sinclair scored his first goal for the club on his first start on 5 November, the only goal in an FA Cup First Round victory over

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International career

Sinclair was selected for the England under-19s for their matches during October 2007, but, together with

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and Ryan Bertrand, he was sent home after breaking a team curfew.

England U21s

On 12 November 2010, Sinclair was called up for the England under-21s for their friendly against the German under-21s. He earned his first cap playing in this friendly where England lost 2–0. In May 2011, Sinclair was named in the England squad for the

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, the former Jamaica coach, tried to convince Sinclair to play for the Jamaica senior team.

Great Britain Olympic football team

On 2 July 2012, Sinclair was named in Stuart Pearce's 18-man squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He scored the second goal in Team GB's second game of the tournament, against the

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Personal life

Sinclair's brother

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has

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, and was selected in the Great Britain Cerebral Palsy football team for the

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. His younger brother

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is also a footballer and plays for Mangotsfield United. Sinclair became engaged to actress

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on 31 May 2018. They have two daughters, and one son. They split in October 2022.

Career statistics

Honours

Birmingham City * Football League Championship runner-up: 2008–09 Swansea City * Football League Championship play-offs: 2011 Aston Villa *

runner-up: 2014–15 Celtic *

: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

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: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 Individual * PFA Team of the Year: 2010–11 Championship * Celtic Supporters' Player of the Year: 2016–17 *Celtic Players' Player of the Year: 2016–17 * PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year: 2016–17 *

: 2016–17 * PFA Scotland Team of the Year: 2016–17 Scottish Premiership

References

External links

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