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

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who plays as a

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

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club is a professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was founded in 1902. Since 1935, Norwich have played their h ...

, before joining

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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 Stoke City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, the cl ...

for the 2020–21 season, he returned to Norwich on a permanent basis following their promotion back to the

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. Gunn represented England at under-21 level but declared for Scotland in March 2023. He made his senior debut later that month, and was part of Scotland's squad at

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Early life

Gunn was born in

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, Norfolk, to

's former goalkeeper and manager Bryan and artist

Susan Gunn Susan Gunn is a British artist. She was born in present-day Greater Manchester, England in 1965, and studied at Norwich University of the Arts where she was awarded a First Class BA Honours in Fine Art Painting in 2004. In 2006 she was awarded t ...

. His father is originally from

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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

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

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. He made his first-team debut in Norwich's first match of the season, away to

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. He got his first professional football clean sheet on 16 August 2017, in a 2–0 home win over

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...

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. 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

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. At the end of the season, Norwich fans voted him third in the Player of the Season vote behind

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and Grant Hanley.

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

tie against

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, and his

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 Chelsea.

Stoke City (loan)

In October 2020 Gunn joined

side

on loan for the 2020–21 season as a replacement for the departing Jack Butland. Gunn made his debut on 27 October 2020 against

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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, for an undisclosed fee. On 28 April 2025, it was announced that Gunn would leave the club at the end of the season, when his contract expired.

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

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

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

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Scotland

Gunn switched his international allegiance to Scotland in March 2023, and 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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, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 victory. Three days later, Gunn recorded his second clean sheet in his second appearance for Scotland as they defeated

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2–0 to go top of

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. Overall, Gunn made six appearances for Scotland during Euro 2024 qualification, keeping four clean sheets as the Scots reached a second consecutive European Championship. On 7 June 2024, Gunn was named in Scotland's squad for the

finals in Germany. A week later, he started the opening match of the tournament, where he was beaten five times as Scotland lost 5–1 to hosts

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in Munich. He went on to start against both

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and

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as Scotland finished bottom of

with one point from three matches.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

England U21 *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

References

External links

*
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 UEFA Euro 2024 players English people of Scottish descent People educated at St Bede's College, Manchester 21st-century English sportsmen 21st-century Scottish sportsmen