Bryan Prunty (born 12 January 1983) is a Scottish former
footballer
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who is currently on the backroom staff at
Scottish Championship
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club
Airdrieonians
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.
Career
Club
Prunty began his career with
Celtic
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, but he failed to make a senior appearance. In January 2004, he moved to fellow
Scottish Premier League
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club
Aberdeen
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, making his senior debut in a
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Dundee on 21 January 2004. His first senior goal came on 27 March 2004 in a 3–1 defeat against Kilmarnock. At the end of the 2003–04 season, Prunty was told by manager
Jimmy Calderwood
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that he could leave the club.
On 6 August 2004, Prunty signed for
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
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. A year later he joined
Airdrie United
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Second Division
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rivals Ayr United in May 2008. In May 2009, he was recognised by his fellow professionals as 2nd Division player of the year for 2008–2009.
Prunty spent part of the 2009–10 season on loan at
Stirling Albion
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. It was widely believed Prunty would sign permanently for Stirling in January 2010, but instead he was snapped up by Alloa Athletic. Prunty scored on his Alloa debut in a 2–0 win over
Stenhousemuir
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.
On 16 May 2011, Prunty then joined
Dumbarton
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Dumbarton was the ca ...
. In February 2012, he scored an overhead kick against Stenhousemuir which was voted as SFL Goal of the Month, 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
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in February 2013, which was reported to have been viewed so many times it caused the Livingston club website to crash. The goal was also voted Goal of the Season at both the
PFA Scotland
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and
Scottish Football League
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end of season awards. On 16 May 2013, Prunty agreed a new one-year contract with Dumbarton. In May 2014 Prunty agreed a new one-year deal with Dumbarton.
Despite only signing a new deal in May 2014, Prunty joined
Scottish League One
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Airdrieonians
Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League One. They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie Unite ...
on August 30, 2014. 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
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side
Arbroath
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It lies on the North Sea coast some ENE of Dundee and SSW of Aberdeen.
...
shortly after. After 18 months with the Red Lichties, Prunty signed for
Lowland League
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side
East Kilbride
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in January 2018. After five months with EK, he joined fellow
Lowland League
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side
BSC Glasgow
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in June 2018. He only spent a short period with BSC before joining
Scottish Junior Football Association
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Prunty left Cumbernauld United in November 2018 to join the coaching staff at
Airdrieonians
Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League One. They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie Unite ...
Prunty played and scored for the Scotland Under-20 side in 2003 against
Portugal
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. He also played three times for the Under-21 side in 2004.
Career statistics
Honours
* SFL Player of the Month: December 2005, November 2008
* PFA Scotland Second Division Player of the Season: 2008–09
* SFL Goal of the season: 2012–13
* PFA Scotland Goal of the Season: 2012–13
Arbroath
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Scottish League Two
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