Shaun Maloney : biography
24 January 1983 –
Shaun Richard Maloney (born 24 January 1983) is a Scottish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for English Premier League club Wigan Athletic and the Scotland national team.
Maloney is known for his set-piece accuracy, technical ability and confidence when shooting. He is the first player to claim both the SPFA Players’ Player of the Year and the SPFA Young Player of the Year awards in the same season, doing so in 2006 during his first spell with Celtic.
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||||
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App | Goals | Assists | App | Goals | Assists | App | Goals | Assists | App | Goals | Assists | App | Goals | Assists | ||
Celtic | 2000–01 | 4 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | 2 |
2001–02 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | |
2002–03 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 12 | |
2003–04 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 8 | |
2004–05 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
2005–06 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 16 | 16 | |
2006–07 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 6 | |
Total | 104 | 26 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 138 | 37 | 56 | |
Aston Villa | 2006–07 | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 1 | 2 |
2007–08 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 25 | 6 | 5 | |
Total | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 33 | 7 | 7 | |
Celtic | 2008–09 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 7 |
2009–10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 5 | |
2010–11 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 5 | |
2011–12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 55 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 15 | 18 | |
Wigan Athletic | 2011–12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 3 | 3 |
2012–13 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 41 | 7 | 10 | |
Total | 49 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 56 | 10 | 13 | |
Celtic Total | 159 | 39 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 216 | 52 | 74 | |
Career Total | 237 | 53 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 303 | 69 | 94 |