Bryan Prunty
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Airdrie, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Airdrieonians (First Team Coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2002 | Celtic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 2004 | Aberdeen | 18 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 27 | (2) |
| 2005–2008 | Airdrie United | 85 | (22) |
| 2008–2009 | Ayr United | 41 | (15) |
| 2009–2010 | → Stirling Albion (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Alloa Athletic | 47 | (16) |
| 2011–2014 | Dumbarton | 99 | (31) |
| 2014–2016 | Airdrieonians | 58 | (18) |
| 2016–2018 | Arbroath | 32 | (2) |
| 2018 | East Kilbride | ||
| 2018 | BSC Glasgow | ||
| 2018 | Cumbernauld United | ||
| International career | |||
| 2003 | Scotland U20 | 1 | (1) |
| 2004 | Scotland U21 | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bryan Prunty (born 12 January 1983) is a Scottish former footballer[1] who is on the backroom staff at Scottish Championship club Airdrieonians.
Club
Prunty began his career with Celtic, but he failed to make a senior appearance. In January 2004, he moved to fellow Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen,[2] making his senior debut in a Scottish Cup replay victory against Dundee on 21 January 2004.[3] His first senior goal came on 27 March 2004 in a 3–1 defeat against Kilmarnock.[4] At the end of the 2003–04 season, Prunty was told by manager Jimmy Calderwood that he could leave the club.[5]
On 6 August 2004, Prunty signed for Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[6] A year later he joined Airdrie United[7] where he was recognised as the club's 2005–06 Player of the Year. Prunty then signed for Airdrie's Second Division rivals Ayr United in May 2008.[8] In May 2009, he was recognised by his fellow professionals as 2nd Division player of the year for 2008–2009.[9]
Prunty spent part of the 2009–10 season on loan at Stirling Albion.[10] It was widely believed Prunty would sign permanently for Stirling in January 2010, but instead he was snapped up by Alloa Athletic.[11] Prunty scored on his Alloa debut in a 2–0 win over Stenhousemuir.[12]
On 16 May 2011, Prunty then joined Dumbarton.[13] In February 2012, he scored an overhead kick against Stenhousemuir which was voted as SFL Goal of the Month,[14] then a year later won the same award after scoring a stunning overhead bicycle kick from the edge of the box in a match against Livingston in February 2013, which was reported to have been viewed so many times it caused the Livingston club website to crash.[15] The goal was also voted Goal of the Season at both the PFA Scotland and Scottish Football League end of season awards.[16][17] On 16 May 2013, Prunty agreed a new one-year contract with Dumbarton.[18] In May 2014 Prunty agreed a new one-year deal with Dumbarton.[19]
Despite only signing a new deal in May 2014, Prunty joined Scottish League One Airdrieonians on 30 August 2014.[20] He left the club in May 2016 after it was announced Airdrie would be operating full-time from June 2016, signing for Scottish League Two side Arbroath shortly after.[21] After 18 months with the Red Lichties, Prunty signed for Lowland League side East Kilbride in January 2018.[22] After five months with EK, he joined fellow Lowland League side BSC Glasgow in June 2018.[23] He only spent a short period with BSC before joining Scottish Junior Football Association side Cumbernauld United.[24]
Coaching career
Prunty left Cumbernauld United in November 2018 to join the coaching staff at Airdrieonians, working alongside former manager Ian Murray.[25]
International
Prunty played and scored for the Scotland Under-20 side in 2003 against Portugal.[26] He also played three times for the Under-21 side in 2004.[27]
