Zander MacKenzie
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 August 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Lochgilphead, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Central Midfielder, Right Midfielder, Right Back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Partick Thistle | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
Lochgilphead Red Star | |||
Partick Thistle | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Partick Thistle | 30 | (1) |
2022 | → Petershill (loan) | ||
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Scotland U19 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:41, 14 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:46, 23 December 2023 (UTC) |
Zander MacKenzie (born 28 August 2005) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Scottish Championship club Partick Thistle.
Career
[edit]Partick Thistle
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Zander MacKenzie joins the club as a modern apprentice". Partick Thistle FC. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
- ^ "Falkirk v Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
- ^ "Dundee comeback floors 10-man Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65073273
- ^ https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23469782.kris-doolan-zander-mackenzie-future-partick-thistle/
- ^ https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/zander-mackenzie-signs-three-year-deal/
- ^ https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23709528.zander-mackenzie-breakthrough-partick-thistle/
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c79wr3eqnyqt
External links
[edit]- Zander MacKenzie at Soccerbase