Zander MacKenzie
Scottish footballer
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Zander MacKenzie (born 28 August 2005) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or full back for Scottish League One club Queen of the South on loan from Scottish Championship club Partick Thistle.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 August 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Lochgilphead, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Queen of the South (on loan from Partick Thistle) | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lochgilphead Red Star | |||
| Partick Thistle | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Partick Thistle | 38 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Petershill (loan) | ||
| 2025– | → Queen of the South (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Scotland U19 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:39, 14 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:46, 23 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Career
Partick Thistle
Aged 16 MacKenzie graduated from the Thistle Weir youth academy and joined the club's first team on a two-year contract, as a modern apprentice.[1]
MacKenzie made his first team debut for Thistle in September 2022, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, coming off the bench away to Falkirk.[2] MacKenzie made his first league appearance for Thistle as a substitute in a 3-2 home defeat to Dundee, in November 2022.[3]
MacKenzie provided the first assist of his career in a 5-0 away win over Cove Rangers.[4][5]
Following a breakthrough into the first team, MacKenzie signed a three-year contract extension with Partick Thistle in July 2023.[6][7]
MacKenzie scored his first goal for Partick Thistle adding the third in a 3–0 home win over Queen's Park in the Scottish Championship in August 2024.[8]
In September 2025, MacKenzie joined Scottish League One club Queen of the South on loan until January 2026.[9][10] In January 2026 MacKenzie’s loan with Queen of the South was extended until the end of the season.[11]