Defender - Centre-Back ·Northern Ireland Ireland

Alex Bruce

Age41 BornSep 28, 1984 Height1.80 m FootRight

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Market value -

Rating · 19/205.2Average

Centre-Back Defender

At a glance

Career snapshot

12Clubs played for

04/05Debut season

0.03Goals per match

Ipswich TownTop club · 127 apps

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Everyone born Sep 28, 1984

Career highs

€1.50mPeak value · 2013

€240kTop transfer fee · 10/11

2Best season · 08/09

9 / 0Caps / int'l goals

Position rank19/20

#619Goals rank

#1304Assists rank

9Season goals

5Season assists

Among 2,675 Defender - Centre-Backs with 200+ minutes

358Appearances

9Goals

5Assists

57Yellow cards

5Red cards

82Full matches (90′)

Full name	Alex Bruce
Name in home country	Alex Stephen Bruce
Date of birth	1984-09-28 (41 yrs)
Place of birth	Norwich, Northern Ireland
Citizenship	Northern Ireland Ireland
Position	Defender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Foot	right
Height	180.00 m
Current club	Retired
Joined	2022-02-03
Contract expires	-

Feb 2022

Transfer: Macclesfield → Retired

21/22 · Transfer

Aug 2021

Transfer: Career break → Macclesfield

21/22 · Transfer

Nov 2020

Transfer: Without Club → Career break

20/21 · Transfer

Jan 2020

Transfer: Kilmarnock FC → Without Club

19/20 · Transfer

Nov 2019

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jul 2019

19/20 - Kilmarnock FC

17 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 2019

Transfer: Wigan → Kilmarnock FC

18/19 · Transfer

Jul 2018

18/19 - Wigan Athletic, Kilmarnock FC

6 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions

Aug 2017

Transfer: Bury → Wigan

17/18 · Transfer

Aug 2017

Transfer: Hull City → Bury

17/18 · Transfer

Jul 2017

17/18 - Wigan Athletic, Bury FC

12 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

May 2017

Transfer: Wigan → Hull City

16/17 · Return from loan

Jan 2017

Transfer: Hull City → Wigan

16/17 · Loan

Jul 2016

Injury: unknown

30 games missed

Jul 2016

16/17 - Wigan Athletic

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2015

15/16 - Hull City

17 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2014

14/15 - Hull City

25 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2013

13/14 - Hull City

25 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2012

Transfer: Leeds → Hull City

12/13 · Transfer

Jul 2012

12/13 - Hull City

37 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Dec 2011

Transfer: Huddersfield → Leeds

11/12 · Return from loan

Nov 2011

Transfer: Leeds → Huddersfield

11/12 · Loan

Jul 2011

11/12 - Leeds United, Huddersfield Town

11 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Aug 2010

Transfer: Ipswich → Leeds

10/11 · Transfer · €240k

Jul 2010

10/11 - Leeds United

25 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jun 2010

Transfer: Leicester → Ipswich

09/10 · Return from loan

Feb 2010

Transfer: Ipswich → Leicester

09/10 · Loan

Jul 2009

09/10 - Leicester City, Ipswich Town

20 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2008

08/09 - Ipswich Town

29 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2007

07/08 - Ipswich Town

38 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Aug 2006

Transfer: Birmingham → Ipswich

06/07 · Transfer

Jul 2006

06/07 - Ipswich Town

45 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Oct 2005

Transfer: Tranmere → Birmingham

05/06 · Return from loan

Aug 2005

Transfer: Birmingham → Tranmere

05/06 · Loan

Jul 2005

05/06 - Birmingham City, Tranmere Rovers

24 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

May 2005

Transfer: Sheff Wed → Birmingham

04/05 · Return from loan

Mar 2005

Transfer: Birmingham → Sheff Wed

04/05 · Loan

Mar 2005

Transfer: Oldham Athletic → Birmingham

04/05 · Return from loan

Jan 2005

Transfer: Birmingham → Oldham Athletic

04/05 · Loan

Jan 2005

Transfer: Blackburn → Birmingham

04/05 · Transfer

Jan 2005

Transfer: Oldham Athletic → Blackburn

04/05 · Return from loan

Dec 2004

Transfer: Blackburn → Oldham Athletic

04/05 · Loan

Jul 2004

04/05 - Oldham Athletic, Sheffield Wednesday

25 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2002

Transfer: Blackburn U18 → Blackburn

02/03 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €1.50m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 2211 other Defender - Centre-Backs with ≥500 minutes in 19/20. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better, inverted automatically).

Goals2 total · 0.17/90

Assists0 total · 0.00/90

G+A2 total · 0.17/90

Yellow cards3 total · 0.26/90

Minutes played by club

Kilmarnock FC 14.0%

Wigan Athletic 5.4%

Bury FC 1.8%

Hull City 9.5%

Leeds United 24.5%

Huddersfield Town 0.0%

Ipswich Town 44.7%

Leicester City 0.0%

Birmingham City 0.0%

Tranmere Rovers 0.0%

Sheffield Wednesday 0.0%

Oldham Athletic 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Kilmarnock FC	2	18/19	19/20	22	2	1	1,030
Wigan Athletic	3	16/17	18/19	13	1	0	400
Bury FC	1	17/18	17/18	2	1	0	134
Hull City	4	12/13	15/16	104	1	2	697
Leeds United	2	10/11	11/12	33	1	0	1,800
Huddersfield Town	1	11/12	11/12	3	0	0	0
Ipswich Town	4	06/07	09/10	127	3	2	3,283
Leicester City	1	09/10	09/10	5	0	0	0
Birmingham City	1	05/06	05/06	12	0	0	0
Tranmere Rovers	1	05/06	05/06	12	0	0	0
Sheffield Wednesday	1	04/05	04/05	9	0	0	0
Oldham Athletic	1	04/05	04/05	16	0	0	0

Career trajectory, goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
19/20	Betfred Cup	Kilmarnock FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
19/20	Premiership	Kilmarnock FC	16	1	0	3	1	974
19/20	SFA Cup	Kilmarnock FC	1	1	0	0	0	56
18/19	Championship	Wigan Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	EFL Cup	Wigan Athletic	1	0	0	1	0	0
18/19	Premiership	Kilmarnock FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	Scottish Premiership Top Six Split	Kilmarnock FC	3	0	1	0	0	0
18/19	SFA Cup	Kilmarnock FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	EFL Trophy	Wigan Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	FA Cup	Wigan Athletic	3	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	League One	Wigan Athletic	6	1	0	2	0	400
17/18	League One	Bury FC	2	1	0	1	0	134
16/17	Championship	Wigan Athletic	2	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	Championship	Hull City	11	1	0	1	0	697
15/16	Championship Play-Offs	Hull City	1	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	FA Cup	Hull City	3	0	0	1	0	0
15/16	League Cup	Hull City	2	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	Europa League Qualifying	Hull City	2	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	FA Cup	Hull City	0	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	League Cup	Hull City	1	0	0	1	0	0
14/15	Premier League	Hull City	22	0	1	3	0	0
13/14	FA Cup	Hull City	2	0	1	0	0	0
13/14	League Cup	Hull City	3	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	Premier League	Hull City	20	0	0	2	0	0
12/13	Championship	Hull City	32	0	0	2	0	0
12/13	FA Cup	Hull City	3	0	0	1	0	0
12/13	League Cup	Hull City	2	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	Championship	Leeds United	8	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	FA Cup	Leeds United	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	League Cup	Leeds United	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	League One	Huddersfield Town	3	0	0	1	0	0
10/11	Championship	Leeds United	21	1	0	3	0	1,800
10/11	FA Cup	Leeds United	2	0	0	0	0	0
10/11	League Cup	Leeds United	2	0	0	0	0	0
09/10	Championship	Leicester City	3	0	0	0	0	0
09/10	Championship	Ipswich Town	13	1	1	3	0	1,028
09/10	Championship Play-Offs	Leicester City	2	0	0	1	0	0
09/10	FA Cup	Ipswich Town	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/10	League Cup	Ipswich Town	2	0	0	1	0	0
08/09	Championship	Ipswich Town	25	1	0	3	2	2,144
08/09	FA Cup	Ipswich Town	2	1	0	1	0	111
08/09	League Cup	Ipswich Town	2	0	0	1	0	0
07/08	Championship	Ipswich Town	36	0	1	3	0	0
07/08	FA Cup	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	0	0	0
07/08	League Cup	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	0	0	0
06/07	Championship	Ipswich Town	41	0	0	10	1	0
06/07	FA Cup	Ipswich Town	3	0	0	1	0	0
06/07	League Cup	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	1	0	0
05/06	FA Cup	Birmingham City	6	0	0	1	0	0
05/06	League Cup	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0
05/06	League One	Tranmere Rovers	11	0	0	4	0	0
05/06	Premier League	Birmingham City	6	0	0	1	0	0
04/05	FA Cup	Oldham Athletic	2	0	0	0	0	0
04/05	FL Trophy	Oldham Athletic	2	0	0	0	0	0
04/05	League One	Sheffield Wednesday	6	0	0	0	1	0
04/05	League One	Oldham Athletic	12	0	0	4	0	0
04/05	League One Play-Offs	Sheffield Wednesday	3	0	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
02/03	2002-07-04	Blackburn U18	Blackburn	Transfer	0	-
04/05	2004-12-24	Blackburn	Oldham Athletic	Loan	0	-
04/05	2005-01-26	Oldham Athletic	Blackburn	Return from loan	0	-
04/05	2005-01-27	Blackburn	Birmingham	Transfer	0	-
04/05	2005-01-27	Birmingham	Oldham Athletic	Loan	0	-
04/05	2005-03-09	Oldham Athletic	Birmingham	Return from loan	0	-
04/05	2005-03-11	Birmingham	Sheff Wed	Loan	0	-
04/05	2005-05-30	Sheff Wed	Birmingham	Return from loan	0	-
05/06	2005-08-17	Birmingham	Tranmere	Loan	0	-
05/06	2005-10-17	Tranmere	Birmingham	Return from loan	0	-
06/07	2006-08-04	Birmingham	Ipswich	Transfer	125000	-
09/10	2010-02-01	Ipswich	Leicester	Loan	750000	-
09/10	2010-06-01	Leicester	Ipswich	Return from loan	750000	-
10/11	2010-08-01	Ipswich	Leeds	Transfer	750000	€240k
11/12	2011-11-24	Leeds	Huddersfield	Loan	500000	-
11/12	2011-12-27	Huddersfield	Leeds	Return from loan	500000	-
12/13	2012-07-30	Leeds	Hull City	Transfer	250000	-
16/17	2017-01-31	Hull City	Wigan	Loan	1000000	-
16/17	2017-05-31	Wigan	Hull City	Return from loan	750000	-
17/18	2017-08-13	Hull City	Bury	Transfer	750000	-
17/18	2017-08-31	Bury	Wigan	Transfer	750000	-
18/19	2019-01-30	Wigan	Kilmarnock FC	Transfer	350000	-
19/20	2020-01-31	Kilmarnock FC	Without Club	Transfer	300000	-
20/21	2020-11-23	Without Club	Career break	Transfer	0	-
21/22	2021-08-12	Career break	Macclesfield	Transfer	0	-
21/22	2022-02-03	Macclesfield	Retired	Transfer	0	-

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
16/17	Achilles tendon surgery	2016-07-11	2017-02-01	206	30
19/20	Knee injury	2019-11-09	2019-11-25	17	2

Current-

Peak€1.50m

Low-

Δ since start−€400k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	-
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€350k
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€125k
Jan 1, 1970	€75k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #21103	-	5	-	-	former national player
Team #5674	#5	3	-	-	former national player
Team #3509	-	1	-	-	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals	Minutes
Robbie Brady	2	0	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
17/18	League One	Wigan Athletic	2	8
09/10	Championship	Leicester City	1	16
19/20	SFA Cup	Kilmarnock FC	1	1

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
13/14	FA Cup	Hull City	1	2
09/10	Championship	Leicester City	1	16
07/08	Championship	Ipswich Town	1	36

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
16/17	2017-05-31	Wigan	Hull City	Return from loan	-	€750k
16/17	2017-01-31	Hull City	Wigan	Loan	-	€1.00m
11/12	2011-12-27	Huddersfield	Leeds	Return from loan	-	€500k
11/12	2011-11-24	Leeds	Huddersfield	Loan	-	€500k
09/10	2010-06-01	Leicester	Ipswich	Return from loan	-	€750k
09/10	2010-02-01	Ipswich	Leicester	Loan	-	€750k
05/06	2005-10-17	Tranmere	Birmingham	Return from loan	-	-
05/06	2005-08-17	Birmingham	Tranmere	Loan	-	-
04/05	2005-05-30	Sheff Wed	Birmingham	Return from loan	-	-
04/05	2005-03-11	Birmingham	Sheff Wed	Loan	-	-
04/05	2005-03-09	Oldham Athletic	Birmingham	Return from loan	-	-
04/05	2005-01-27	Birmingham	Oldham Athletic	Loan	-	-
04/05	2005-01-26	Oldham Athletic	Blackburn	Return from loan	-	-
04/05	2004-12-24	Blackburn	Oldham Athletic	Loan	-	-

Teams faced most often by Alex Bruce's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals, see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Middlesbrough FC	30	8	10	12	38	47	-9	27%
Preston North End	29	10	6	13	41	42	-1	34%
Cardiff City	28	10	4	14	33	42	-9	36%
Bristol City	28	11	9	8	46	37	+9	39%
Nottingham Forest	28	10	9	9	30	29	+1	36%
Fulham FC	28	8	9	11	28	34	-6	29%
Reading FC	28	13	10	5	37	27	+10	46%
Derby County	28	12	5	11	31	34	-3	43%
Queens Park Rangers	28	14	5	9	40	28	+12	50%
Barnsley FC	26	12	7	7	33	30	+3	46%
Blackburn Rovers	26	8	7	11	28	33	-5	31%
Millwall FC	26	6	6	14	33	44	-11	23%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
04/05	Senior debut season
08/09	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	RC	Cards / 90′
19/20	17	1,030	3	0	1	0.35
18/19	6	0	1	0	0	0
17/18	12	534	3	0	0	0.51
15/16	17	697	2	0	0	0.26
14/15	25	0	4	0	0	0
13/14	25	0	2	0	0	0
12/13	37	0	3	0	0	0
11/12	11	0	1	0	0	0
10/11	25	1,800	3	1	0	0.2
09/10	20	1,028	5	0	0	0.44
08/09	29	2,255	5	0	2	0.28
07/08	38	0	3	0	0	0
06/07	45	0	12	0	1	0
05/06	24	0	6	0	0	0
04/05	25	0	4	0	1	0