.jpg) Fraser lining up forScotland in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ryan Fraser[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-02-24)24 February 1994 (age 31)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[3] | ||
| Position | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Southampton | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2010 | Aberdeen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Aberdeen | 21 | (0) |
| 2013–2020 | Bournemouth | 183 | (20) |
| 2015–2016 | →Ipswich Town (loan) | 18 | (4) |
| 2020–2024 | Newcastle United | 53 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | →Southampton (loan) | 39 | (6) |
| 2024– | Southampton | 20 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Scotland U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2013–2016 | Scotland U21 | 10 | (3) |
| 2017–2022 | Scotland | 26 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:17, 25 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:21, 16 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
Ryan Fraser (born 24 February 1994) is a Scottish professionalfootballer who plays as aleft winger forEFL Championship clubSouthampton. He played for theScotland national team until 2022.
He started his professional playing career forAberdeen before joiningBournemouth in 2013. Fraser spent the2015–16 season on loan atIpswich Town. After leaving Bournemouth in 2020, he signed forNewcastle United. In 2023, Fraser joined Southampton on loan before joining the club permanently in 2024.
He represented theScotland under-19 andunder-21 team, and made his full international debut in June 2017.
Fraser signed forAberdeen in May 2010, aged 16, after leavingKincorth Academy.[4] He made his debut for the first team againstHeart of Midlothian in October 2010.[5] Fraser made a significant impression in the Aberdeen first team during the early part of the2012–13 Scottish Premier League season, winning the Young Player of the Month award for September and October 2012.[6] AberdeenmanagerCraig Brown expressed concerns at this time that opposing teams were targeting Fraser with tough tackling.[6] Fraser rejected a contract extension with Aberdeen on 7 December 2012.[7]
Fraser signed a three-year contract withLeague One clubBournemouth on 18 January 2013.[8] Bournemouth paid Aberdeen a transfer fee of £400,000 to complete the deal.[8] During his first season, Fraser helped Bournemouth gain promotion to theChampionship. After Bournemouth were promoted to the Premier League in 2015, Fraser was loaned to Championship clubIpswich Town for the 2015–16 season.[9][10]
Fraser scored his firstPremier League goal on 4 December 2016, in a 4–3 win againstLiverpool.[11] He entered the game as a second-half substitute, when Bournemouth trailed 2–0.[11] Fraser won apenalty kick for the first Bournemouth goal, scored the second and provided an assist for the third goal.[11]
Fraser scored both Bournemouth goals in a 2–1 win againstEverton on 30 December 2017.[12] He ranked highly in the assists chart during the2018–19 Premier League season with 14 assists and 7 goals, leading to transfer speculation linking him with a move toArsenal.[13] No summer move materialised and Fraser admitted in January 2020 that this speculation had caused a decline in his performances during the 2019–20 season.[14] With his contract due to expire on 30 June 2020, Fraser rejected the offer of a short-term extension to play the rest of Bournemouth's matches in the 2019–20 season, which was interrupted by thecoronavirus pandemic, as he did not want to risk injury.[15][16] ManagerEddie Howe later confirmed that Fraser would not play for the club again.[17]
On 7 September 2020, Fraser joinedNewcastle United on a five-year contract.[18] He made his debut for the club on 15 September 2020, scoring the winner in a 1–0 victory overBlackburn Rovers in theEFL Cup.[19]
AfterSteve Bruce was sacked by the club, and replaced by Eddie Howe, Fraser garnered increased playing time in the second half of the 2021–22 season, helping Newcastle to avoid relegation with an 11th placed finish.[20] His playing time was reduced during the 2022–23 season, with his last appearance coming on 19 October.[21] By March 2023 he was training with the club's under-21 squad, with Howe saying that he had done this in order to concentrate on players who were "committed" to the club. He added that he felt Fraser had no future at Newcastle.[21]
On 25 August 2023, Fraser joinedSouthampton on a season-long loan.[22] One day later, he made his debut for the club in a 2–1 victory againstQueens Park Rangers, coming on as a substitute forSam Amo-Ameyaw in the 56th minute.[23] Fraser scored his first goal for the club on 21 October 2023 in a 2–1 victory againstHull City.[24]
On 30 August 2024, Fraser joined Southampton permanently on a two-year contract.[25] During a 3–2 defeat againstLeicester City on 19 October 2024, he received ared card for a foul onJamie Vardy after refereeAnthony Taylor reviewed the pitchside monitor.[26][27]
Fraser was first called up to the seniorScotland squad in March 2017.[28] He made his international debut in June 2017, appearing as a substitute in a 2–2 draw withEngland.[29]
In March 2019, Fraser missed aUEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match againstKazakhstan due to the Kazakhs using an artificial playing surface.[30] Scotland lost 3–0, and Fraser was criticised by former Scotland playerDarren Fletcher for showing a lack of commitment to the national team.[30] Fraser said he had previously suffered two serious injuries while playing on artificial surfaces, and that the decision not to play had been agreed with both the national team and his club side Bournemouth.[30] In November 2019 he was one of three Scotland players to withdraw from the national squad due to injury.[31]
Fraser scored the goal in a 1–0 win against theCzech Republic on 14 October 2020.[32]
Primarily deployed as awinger on the left flank, Fraser is a right-footed player described by his compatriotCharlie Nicholas as an "old-fashioned type of player" and a "little pocket dynamo" for the muscular physique he has developed to "take the knocks and kicks that come his way."[33] Fraser has occasionally played in the right-back position for both club and country.[34] He had previously been utilised in a central midfield role forNewcastle, but has most recently been played by managerEddie Howe as a winger on the right flank, in a 4-3-3 formation.[35]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aberdeen | 2010–11[37] | Scottish Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011–12[38] | Scottish Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2012–13[39] | Scottish Premier League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Bournemouth | 2012–13[39] | League One | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2013–14[40] | Championship | 37 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4 | |
| 2014–15[41] | Championship | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
| 2015–16[42] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016–17[43] | Premier League | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | |
| 2017–18[44] | Premier League | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6 | |
| 2018–19[45] | Premier League | 38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 8 | |
| 2019–20[46] | Premier League | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| Total | 183 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 24 | ||
| Ipswich Town (loan) | 2015–16[42] | Championship | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 |
| Newcastle United | 2020–21[47] | Premier League | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 22 | 1 | |
| 2021–22[48] | Premier League | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23[49] | Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 3 | ||
| Southampton (loan) | 2023–24[50] | Championship | 39 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 44 | 8 |
| Southampton | 2024–25[51] | Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| 2025–26[52] | Championship | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 334 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 379 | 42 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 4 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 November 2018 | Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania |  Albania | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C |
| 2 | 14 October 2020 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland |  Czech Republic | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B |
| 3 | 28 March 2021 | Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel |  Israel | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 31 March 2021 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland |  Faroe Islands | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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