Michael Wardrope

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name=Michael Wardrope

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| fullname=Michael Wardrope

| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1996|12|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Irvine, Scotland

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| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Auchinleck Talbot

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| years1 = 2013–2017

| clubs1 =Ayr United

| caps1 = 18 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2014–2015

| clubs2 = → Glenafton Athletic (loan)

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| years3 = 2017–2019

| clubs3 = Kilwinning Rangers

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| years4 = 2019

| clubs4 = → Ardrossan Winton Rovers (loan)

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| years5 = 2019–2021

| clubs5 = Hurlford United

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| years6 = 2021–2022

| clubs6 = Irvine Meadow XI

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| years7 = 2022–

| clubs7 = Auchinleck Talbot

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| club-update = 23 March 2022

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Michael Wardrope (born 17 December 1996) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Auchinleck Talbot in the West of Scotland Football League.

A native of Ardrossan (though born in Irvine), he came through the Ayr United academy system and made his debut in April 2013 in a match against Arbroath.{{Soccerbase season|69962|2012|name=Michael Wardrope Soccerbase Player Statistics|access-date=10 July 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/player/michael-wardrop/ |title=Michael Wardrope Ayr United Player Profile |publisher=Ayr United FC |accessdate=10 July 2016}} He spent the 2014–15 season on loan at New Cumnock-based Junior side, Glenafton Athletic.{{cite web | url=https://glenaftonfc.com/2014/08/13/honest-man-michael-on-loan-at-glens/ | title=Honest Man Michael on loan at Glens | work=Glenafton | date=13 August 2014 | accessdate=10 July 2016}} After four years with Ayr United, Wardrope left the club in June 2017 to sign for Kilwinning Rangers.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/kilwinning-rangers-win-race-former-10659201 |title=Kilwinning Rangers win race for former Ayr United starlet Michael Wardrope |first=Eric |last=McGowan |work=Daily Record |publisher=Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd |date=21 June 2017 |accessdate=24 June 2017}}

On 21 June 2019 Wardrope has signed for Hurlford United.

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On 22 March 2022, Auchinleck Talbot announced they had signed Wardrope from local rivals Irvine Meadow XI.{{cite web |url=https://www.irvinetimes.com/news/20012093.irvine-meadow-announce-shock-departure-michael-wardrope-auchinleck-talbot/ |title=Irvine Meadow announce shock departure of Michael Wardrope to Auchinleck Talbot |first=Lewis |last=Moynihan |work=irvinetimes.com |publisher=Irvine Times |date=22 March 2022 |accessdate=23 March 2022}}