Finn Ecrepont
{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Finn Ecrepont
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2002|7|30}}
| birth_place = Scotland
| position = Left-back
| currentclub = Stranraer
| clubnumber = 19
| youthyears1 = 2011–2018
| youthclubs1 = Ayr United
| years1 = 2018–2024
| clubs1 = Ayr United
| caps1 = 8
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2020–2021
| clubs2 = → Albion Rovers (loan)
| caps2 = 17
| goals2 = 0
| clubs3 = → Stranraer (loan)
| years3 = 2023
| caps3 = 13
| goals3 = 1
| club-update = 31 January 2024
| nationalyears1 = 2017–2018
| nationalteam1 = Scotland U16
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2018–2019
| nationalteam2 = Scotland U17
| nationalcaps2 = 9
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalteam-update = 18:37, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
| years4 = 2024–
| clubs4 = Stranraer
| caps4 = 4
| goals4 = 0
}}
Finn Ecrepont (born 30 July 2002){{cite web|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=237673&lid=13|title=Finn Ecrepont {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA|website=www.scottishfa.co.uk|access-date=23 January 2019}} is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for {{Scottish football updater|Stranrae}} club Stranraer.{{cite web|url=http://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/about-ayr-united/current-squad/|title=Current Squad – Ayr United Football Club|language=en-US|access-date=23 January 2019|archive-date=10 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110022818/http://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/about-ayr-united/current-squad/|url-status=dead}} He spent his youth and early years at Ayr United, and also played on loan for Albion Rovers and Stranraer.
Early life
Ecrepont was born in Scotland in 2002. He attended Alloway Primary School and had plans to play as a left back.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/talented-youngster-finn-ecrepont-walking-12713551|title=Talented youngster with bright future is walking on Ayr|last=Highet|first=Lochlin|date=18 June 2018|website=Daily Record|access-date=25 January 2019}}
Club career
=Ayr United=
Ecrepont joined Ayr United at the age of 9, moving through the under-17, under-20 and under-21 teams. On 1 July 2018, he signed a senior three-year contract. As well as playing for Ayr's youth teams he said that he often does a few shifts at a cafe which his dad Eddy runs. At first, Ecrepont struggled to find a school that would accept him because of his footballing duties as he was training four mornings a week after signing a new contract but Ayr Academy let him in.
Ecrepont made his debut, coming off the bench against Dundee United in the Scottish Championship on 30 November 2018.{{soccerbase season|114886|2018|accessdate=17 May 2019}}
On 26 January 2023, Ecrepont joined Scottish League Two club Stranraer on loan until the end of the season.{{Cite web |date=26 January 2023 |title=@StranraerFC on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/StranraerFC/status/1618610010665398273 |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=Twitter |language=en}}
In January 2024, Ecrepont would return to Stranraer on a permanent basis.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-05 |title=After over a decade at Ayr United Finn Ecrepont departs for Stranraer |url=https://www.ayradvertiser.com/sport/24030344.ayr-united-finn-ecrepont-leaves-club-stranraer/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=Ayr Advertiser |language=en}}
International career
On 25 July 2017, aged 14, Ecrepont made his Scotland under-16 debut in a 7–0 thrashing of Qatar.{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/international-matches/?mid=186670|title=International Matches|website=www.scottishfa.co.uk|access-date=26 January 2019}} He went on to gain 9 caps and scored one goal at that level.
On 19 August 2018, Ecrepont made his debut for the under-17s in a 1–0 win over Russia.{{cite web|title=Russia 0–1 Scotland|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/international-matches/?mid=210467|publisher=Scottish Football Association|date=19 August 2018|accessdate=17 May 2019}}
Personal life
His younger brother Ollie is also a footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper and was also in the Ayr United squad in 2023[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/scotland-youth-star-ollie-ecrepont-29333202 Scotland youth star Ollie Ecrepont reveals Premier League ambition with Ayr United], Stuart Wilson, Daily Record, 28 February 2023 – they were the first siblings to be contracted to the club at the same time.[https://ayrunitedfc.co.uk/ollie-ecrepont-signs-professional-contract Ollie Ecrepont Signs Professional Contract], Ayr United FC, 28 February 2023
Career statistics
{{Updated|17 May 2019}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |league ! colspan="2" |Scottish Cup ! colspan="2" |League Cup ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total | |||||||||
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" |Ayr United
| rowspan="2" |Scottish Championship |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019–20
|0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |1 |0 | |||||||||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Stranraer F.C. squad}}
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