David Turnbull (footballer)

David Turnbull (born 10 July 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Motherwell. He has also played for Scotland national football team at various youth levels.

David Turnbull
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-07-10) 10 July 1999[1]
Place of birth Carluke, Scotland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Motherwell
Number 8
Youth career
2009–2017 Motherwell
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Motherwell 38 (16)
National team‡
2014 Scotland U16[1] 1 (0)
2017–2018 Scotland U19[1] 3 (1)
2018– Scotland U20[1] 1 (0)
2019– Scotland U21[1] 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:44, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:06, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Raised in Wishaw, Turnbull joined the Motherwell Youth Academy in 2009.[3] He was selected for the Scotland football team (represented by North Lanarkshire school pupils) at the 2014 International Children's Games alongside Motherwell colleague Jake Hastie,[4] who had already been a teammate for several years during their youth careers.[5] On 27 April 2016, Turnbull was part of the Well team that won the Scottish Youth Cup, beating Heart of Midlothian 5–2.[6]

Turnbull made his senior debut for Motherwell on 10 February 2018, in a 2–0 victory away at Dundee in the Scottish Cup.[7][8] On 8 May 2018, he made his first start and league debut in a 1–0 victory away to Partick Thistle.

On 31 October 2018, Turnbull scored his first goal for Motherwell against St Mirren. In January 2019, he was the sole goalscorer in two consecutive league wins in the space of four days, at home to Hibernian and away to Dundee.[5][9][10] A few days later he signed a new contract with Motherwell, running until summer 2021.[11][12] In May 2019, amid more goals and growing media praise for his performances,[13] he was nominated for the season's PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year, along with Jake Hastie; the award was won by Ryan Kent.[14] Turnbull won the SFWA Young Player of the Year award for 2018–19, voted for by Scottish football journalists.[15] He was the first Motherwell player to win that award since James McFadden in 2001–02.[15]

In June 2019, Motherwell agreed a club-record £3.25 million fee with Celtic for Turnbull.[16] The proposed deal with Celtic collapsed when medical tests found that Turnbull would require a knee operation, and the clubs could not agree revised terms.[17] Turnbull then had preventative surgery on his knee, and resumed full training in February 2020.[18] He made his return to the first team as a second half substitute at home to St Mirren on 25 February 2020.[19] In March 2020, Turnbull signed a contract extension, with Motherwell until 2022.[20]

International career

Turnbull has played at under-16, under-19 and under-20 level for Scotland.[1] He made his debut for the under-21 team in March 2019.[21]

Career statistics
As of 15 August 2020[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Motherwell 2016–17[22] Scottish Premiership 000000—00
2017–18[23] Scottish Premiership 201000—30
2018–19[24] Scottish Premiership 30151000—3115
2019–20[25] Scottish Premiership 200000—20
2020–21[26] Scottish Premiership 4100000041
Total 38162000004016
Motherwell U20/U21[lower-alpha 1] 2016–17 —2020
2017–18 —2121
2018–19 —3131
Total 0000007272
Career total 38162000724718
  1. Matches in the Scottish Challenge Cup, in which age-restricted teams from the SPFL Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs.

Honours

Individual

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References
  1. "David Turnbull profile". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. "D. Turnbull". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  3. McGilvray, Andy (21 May 2009). "Motherwell beat top clubs and sign up young David". Daily Record. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. "Meet the team". Daily Record. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  5. "Turnbull and Hastie partnership pays off for Motherwell". ClubCall. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  6. Southwick, Andrew (27 April 2016). "Scottish Youth Cup final: Hearts 2–5 Motherwell". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  7. "Dundee 0–2 Motherwell". BBC Sport. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  8. "Players react to cup win over Dundee". Motherwell F.C. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  9. "Motherwell 1–0 Hibernian: Turnbull goal downs slack visitors". BBC Sport. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  10. "Dundee 0–1 Motherwell: Turnbull penalty leaves Dens Park side in relegation trouble". BBC Sport. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  11. "Motherwell's David Turnbull turns down 'more lucrative club' to sign new deal". BBC Sport. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  12. "David Turnbull extends his Motherwell contract". Motherwell F.C. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  13. "Motherwell's David Turnbull 'delighted' with Michael Ballack comparison". The Scotsman. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  14. "Player of the Year: Old Firm quartet vie for PFA Scotland top prize". BBC Sport. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  15. Fisher, Stewart (11 May 2019). "Shades of McFadden as David Turnbull scoops SFWA young player of the year award". Evening Times. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  16. Mullen, Scott (20 June 2019). "David Turnbull: Motherwell midfielder set to sign for Celtic over Norwich City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  17. "David Turnbull: Motherwell midfielder's Celtic move collapses". BBC Sport. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  18. "Jake Carroll: Motherwell left-back out until next season". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  19. Dowden, Martin (25 February 2020). "Motherwell 1–2 St Mirren". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  20. "David Turnbull: Motherwell midfielder signs new contract until 2022". BBC Sport. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  21. "Scotland U21s 0 Mexico U22s 0 as Mikey Johnston misses last-gasp penalty – 3 talking points". Daily Record. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  22. "Games played by David Turnbull in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  23. "Games played by David Turnbull in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  24. "Games played by David Turnbull in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  25. "Games played by David Turnbull in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  26. "Games played by David Turnbull in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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