Scott Russell Tancock (born 29 December 1993) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a central defender for Haverfordwest County, having previously played for Swansea City.

Scott Tancock
Personal information
Full name Scott Russell Tancock[1]
Date of birth (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Swansea, Wales
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Haverfordwest County
Youth career
000?–2012 Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Swansea City 0 (0)
2014Newport County (loan) 4 (0)
2014Wrexham (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2018 Merthyr Town
2018–2019 Llanelli Town 24 (0)
2019– Haverfordwest County
International career
2013–2014 Wales U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:47, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Club career edit

Born in Swansea, Wales, Tancock is a product of the Swansea City academy, where he began his career at and eventually become the club's U21 captain. In the summer of 2012, Tancock signed his first professional contract at the club.[2]

In September 2014, he joined Football League Two side Newport County on a one-month loan deal.[3] Tancock made his football league debut for Newport against Wimbledon on 27 September 2014.[4] After the match, Wales based newspaper Wales Online praised Tancock's performance.[5] On 23 October 2014, Tancock extended his loan for a further month.[6] After two months at Newport County, Tancock's loan spell came to an end and returned to his parent club.[7]

On his return from Newport County, Tancock immediately joined Vanarama National League team Wrexham on a one-month loan deal.[8] Tancock made his Wrexham debut the next day, playing 90 minutes, in a 3–2 defeat to Altrincham.[9] Tancock made one more appearance for Wrexham before returning to his parent club once again.

On 28 May 2015, Swansea City confirmed that Tancock had been released by the club.[10] After a trial at Torquay United,[11] Tancock joined Welsh side Merthyr Town.[12]

In 2018, he signed for newly promoted Welsh Premier League side Llanelli Town.[13] A year later, he joined Haverfordwest County.[14]

International career edit

Because Tancock was born in Wales, he was among seven uncapped players to be called by Wales under-21.[15] Tancock made his Wales U21 debut on 6 February 2013, in a 3–0 win over Iceland U21.[16] Tancock went on to represent Wales under-21 on six occasions.

Career statistics edit

As of 2 May 2015
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Club Season League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Swansea City 2012–13 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013–14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014–15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Newport County 2014–2015[17] League Two 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Wrexham 2014–2015[17] Vanarama National League 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0

References edit

  1. ^ "01 February 2013 Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Tancock's praise for Youth set-up". Swansea City F.C. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  3. ^ "County swoop for Swans youngster on loan". South Wales Argus. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Newport County 4–1 AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Newport County 4–1 Wimbledon: Joe Pigott and Scott Tancock inspire County as they make it seven games unbeaten". Wales Online. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Tancock extends Newport loan". Swansea City A.F.C. 23 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Newport County set for drastic personnel change as loan spells come to and end". Wales Online. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Tancock joins Wrexham on loan". swanseacity.net. 21 November 2014. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Monday's loan watch". Swansea City F.C. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 November 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Tate and Tremmel leave Swans". Swansea City F.C. 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  11. ^ "TORQUAY UNITED: Swansea City defender Scott Tancock on trial with the Gulls". Torquay Herald Express. 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  12. ^ "Former Cardiff City forward Jon Brown hoping to be in Merthyr Town squad for Southern League home clash with Chesham United at Penydarren Park". Wales Online. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  13. ^ "Dial M for Magic – Andy Hill makes marquee signing; – Llanelli Town AFC".
  14. ^ NEW SIGNING SCOTT TANCOCK DEFENDER, facebook.com, 29 June 2019
  15. ^ "Wales U21 name seven uncapped players for Iceland friendly". Wales Online. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  16. ^ "Wales U21 3–0 Iceland U21". BBC Sport. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  17. ^ a b "Games played by Scott Tancock in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

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