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John Sutton

John Sutton

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Retired
Age42
CitizenshipEngland
Height1.86 m
Footright
BornDecember 26, 1983
👕500+ Apps ⚽100+ Goals ⏳Veteran
Market value —
Rating · 19/20 8.4 Top
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

10
clubs played for
02/03
debut season
0.27
goals / match
Motherwell FC
top club · 208 apps

Position rank · 19/20

#1144
goals rank
#1110
assists rank
149
season goals
44
season assists

Among 2,931 Attack - Centre-Forwards · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€850k
peak value · 2011
€90k
top transfer fee · 03/04
22
best season · 13/14
14 · 9.4%
pens / of goals

Born the same day

Jean-Emmanuel Effa-Owona
Attack - Centre-Forward · Without Club
Pavel Los
Midfield · Retired
Labinot Kelmendi
Midfield · Retired
Giuseppe Mattera
Defender - Centre-Back · Real Forio

Shares 1983-12-26 · 4 players total

546Appearances
149Goals
44Assists
14Yellow cards
1Red cards
69Full matches (90′)
Full nameJohn Sutton
Name in home countryJohn William Michael Sutton
Date of birth1983-12-26 (42 yrs)
Place of birthNorwich, England
CitizenshipEngland
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height186.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2020-08-01
Contract expires—
Aug 2020
Transfer: Morton → Retired
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2019
19/20 — Greenock Morton FC
28 matches · 6 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2019
Transfer: Career break → Morton
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2018
Transfer: St. Mirren → Career break
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — St. Mirren FC
20 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — St. Mirren FC
47 matches · 13 G · 7 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2016
Transfer: St. Johnstone → St. Mirren
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — St. Johnstone FC
25 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2015
Transfer: Motherwell FC → St. Johnstone
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2014
14/15 — Motherwell FC
43 matches · 13 G · 2 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Motherwell FC
41 matches · 22 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2013
Transfer: Heart of Midl. → Motherwell FC
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — Heart of Midlothian FC
41 matches · 8 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
May 2012
Transfer: Central Coast → Heart of Midl.
11/12 · Return from loan
Feb 2012
Transfer: Heart of Midl. → Central Coast
11/12 · Loan
Jul 2011
11/12 — Central Coast Mariners, Heart of Midlothian FC
28 matches · 4 G · 7 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2011
Transfer: Motherwell FC → Heart of Midl.
11/12 · Transfer
Jul 2010
10/11 — Motherwell FC
50 matches · 17 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — Motherwell FC
42 matches · 14 G · 8 A · across 3 competitions
Aug 2008
Transfer: Wycombe → Motherwell FC
08/09 · Transfer
Jul 2008
08/09 — Motherwell FC, Wycombe Wanderers
32 matches · 12 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — Wycombe Wanderers
48 matches · 6 G · 2 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2007
Transfer: St. Mirren → Wycombe
07/08 · Transfer
Jul 2006
06/07 — St. Mirren FC
30 matches · 10 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — St. Mirren FC
32 matches · 13 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2005
Transfer: Millwall → St. Mirren
05/06 · Transfer
May 2005
Transfer: Dundee FC → Millwall
04/05 · Return from loan
Aug 2004
Transfer: Millwall → Dundee United
04/05 · Loan
Jul 2004
04/05 — Dundee FC
33 matches · 8 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2004
Transfer: Raith Rovers → Millwall
03/04 · Transfer · €90k
Jul 2003
03/04 — Millwall FC
5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2003
Transfer: Tottenham → Raith Rovers
03/04 · Transfer
Dec 2002
Transfer: Swindon Town → Tottenham
02/03 · Return from loan
Dec 2002
Transfer: Tottenham → Swindon Town
02/03 · Loan
Nov 2002
Transfer: Carlisle United → Tottenham
02/03 · Return from loan
Oct 2002
Transfer: Tottenham → Carlisle United
02/03 · Loan
Jul 2002
02/03 — Swindon Town
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2002
Transfer: Spurs U18 → Tottenham
02/03 · Transfer
Jul 2000
Transfer: Norwich U18 → Spurs U18
00/01 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €850k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 933 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 19/20. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals6 total · 1.04/90
75
Assists2 total · 0.35/90
70
G+A8 total · 1.39/90
75
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
85
6,237 min
Minutes played by club
Greenock Morton FC 8.3%
St. Mirren FC 25.5%
St. Johnstone FC 9.9%
Motherwell FC 30.9%
Heart of Midlothian FC 8.8%
Central Coast Mariners 6.9%
Wycombe Wanderers 5.8%
Dundee FC 3.9%
Millwall FC 0.0%
Swindon Town 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Greenock Morton FC 1 19/20 19/20 28 6 2 519
St. Mirren FC 4 05/06 17/18 129 38 11 1,591
St. Johnstone FC 1 15/16 15/16 25 1 0 616
Motherwell FC 5 08/09 14/15 208 78 18 1,930
Heart of Midlothian FC 2 11/12 12/13 59 11 11 546
Central Coast Mariners 1 11/12 11/12 10 1 0 430
Wycombe Wanderers 2 07/08 08/09 48 6 2 359
Dundee FC 1 04/05 04/05 33 8 0 246
Millwall FC 1 03/04 03/04 5 0 0 0
Swindon Town 1 02/03 02/03 1 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

6€213K13€425K19€638K25€850K04/05 — 8 goals (Dundee FC)804/0505/06 — 13 goals (St. Mirren FC)1305/0606/07 — 10 goals (St. Mirren FC)06/07 — 2 assists1206/0707/08 — 6 goals (Wycombe Wanderers)07/08 — 2 assists807/0808/09 — 12 goals (Motherwell FC)08/09 — 1 assists1308/0909/10 — 14 goals (Motherwell FC)09/10 — 8 assists2209/1010/11 — 17 goals (Motherwell FC)10/11 — 4 assists2110/1111/12 — 4 goals (Central Coast Mariners)11/12 — 7 assists1111/1212/13 — 8 goals (Heart of Midlothian FC)12/13 — 4 assists1212/1313/14 — 22 goals (Motherwell FC)13/14 — 3 assists2513/1414/15 — 13 goals (Motherwell FC)14/15 — 2 assists1514/1515/16 — 1 goals (St. Johnstone FC)115/1616/17 — 13 goals (St. Mirren FC)16/17 — 7 assists2016/1717/18 — 2 goals (St. Mirren FC)17/18 — 2 assists417/1819/20 — 6 goals (Greenock Morton FC)19/20 — 2 assists819/2004/05 — €50K05/06 — €550K09/10 — €600K10/11 — €700K11/12 — €850K12/13 — €700K13/14 — €450K14/15 — €500K15/16 — €450K16/17 — €300K19/20 — €25KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

02/03: 0002/0303/04: 0003/0404/05: 8804/0505/06: 131305/0606/07: 101006/0707/08: 6607/0808/09: 121208/0909/10: 141409/1010/11: 171710/1111/12: 4411/1212/13: 8812/1313/14: 222213/1414/15: 131314/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 131316/1717/18: 2217/1819/20: 6619/20

Assists by season

02/03: 0002/0303/04: 0003/0404/05: 0004/0505/06: 0005/0606/07: 2206/0707/08: 2207/0808/09: 1108/0909/10: 8809/1010/11: 4410/1111/12: 7711/1212/13: 4412/1313/14: 3313/1414/15: 2214/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 7716/1717/18: 2217/1819/20: 2219/20
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
19/20 Betfred Cup Greenock Morton FC 5 2 0 0 0 184
19/20 Championship Greenock Morton FC 19 3 2 0 0 311
19/20 SFA Cup Greenock Morton FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Tunnock Ch. Cup Greenock Morton FC 1 1 0 0 0 24
17/18 Betfred Cup St. Mirren FC 3 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 Championship St. Mirren FC 15 1 1 0 0 361
17/18 Irn-Bru Cup St. Mirren FC 1 1 0 0 0 19
17/18 SFA Cup St. Mirren FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Betfred Cup St. Mirren FC 4 0 1 0 0 0
16/17 Championship St. Mirren FC 34 7 3 1 0 329
16/17 Irn-Bru Cup St. Mirren FC 5 4 1 0 0 118
16/17 SFA Cup St. Mirren FC 4 2 2 0 0 135
15/16 Europa League Qualifying St. Johnstone FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Premiership St. Johnstone FC 21 1 0 0 0 616
15/16 SCL by Utilita St. Johnstone FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 SFA Cup St. Johnstone FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Europa League Qualifying Motherwell FC 2 0 1 0 0 0
14/15 League Cup Motherwell FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Premiership Motherwell FC 38 12 1 1 0 208
14/15 Premiership Play-offs Motherwell FC 1 1 0 0 0 14
14/15 SFA Cup Motherwell FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Europa League Qualifying Motherwell FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 League Cup Motherwell FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Premiership Motherwell FC 38 22 3 2 0 152
13/14 SFA Cup Motherwell FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Europa League Qualifying Heart of Midlothian FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Premiership Heart of Midlothian FC 35 8 4 2 0 258
12/13 Scot. League Cup Heart of Midlothian FC 3 0 0 1 0 0
12/13 SFA Cup Heart of Midlothian FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 A-League Central Coast Mariners 6 1 0 1 0 430
11/12 A-League Fin. Central Coast Mariners 2 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 AFC Champions League Central Coast Mariners 2 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Europa League Qualifying Heart of Midlothian FC 3 0 3 0 0 0
11/12 Premiership Heart of Midlothian FC 14 3 4 0 0 288
11/12 Scot. League Cup Heart of Midlothian FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Co-op. Ins. Cup Motherwell FC 3 0 1 0 0 0
10/11 Europa League Qualifying Motherwell FC 6 1 0 0 0 480
10/11 Premiership Motherwell FC 35 10 0 2 0 237
10/11 SFA Cup Motherwell FC 6 6 3 0 0 90
09/10 Europa League Qualifying Motherwell FC 6 2 4 0 0 263
09/10 Premiership Motherwell FC 35 12 4 1 0 227
09/10 SFA Cup Motherwell FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Co-op. Ins. Cup Motherwell FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 League Cup Wycombe Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Premiership Motherwell FC 28 10 1 0 0 214
08/09 SFA Cup Motherwell FC 1 2 0 0 0 45
08/09 UEFA Cup Motherwell FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 EFL Trophy Wycombe Wanderers 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 FA Cup Wycombe Wanderers 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 League Cup Wycombe Wanderers 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 League Two Wycombe Wanderers 43 6 2 1 0 359
07/08 League Two Play-Offs Wycombe Wanderers 2 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 CIS Insur. Cup St. Mirren FC 1 1 0 0 0 73
06/07 Premiership St. Mirren FC 29 9 2 1 0 261
05/06 Challenge Cup St. Mirren FC 1 1 0 0 0 90
05/06 Championship St. Mirren FC 31 12 0 0 1 205
04/05 Premiership Dundee FC 32 8 0 0 0 246
04/05 SFA Cup Dundee FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 FA Cup Millwall FC 1 0 0 1 0 0
03/04 First Division Millwall FC 4 0 0 0 0 0
02/03 Second Division Swindon Town 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
00/01 2000-07-01 Norwich U18 Spurs U18 Transfer 0 —
02/03 2002-07-01 Spurs U18 Tottenham Transfer 0 —
02/03 2002-10-01 Tottenham Carlisle United Loan 0 —
02/03 2002-11-01 Carlisle United Tottenham Return from loan 0 —
02/03 2002-12-01 Tottenham Swindon Town Loan 0 —
02/03 2002-12-31 Swindon Town Tottenham Return from loan 0 —
03/04 2003-07-01 Tottenham Raith Rovers Transfer 0 —
03/04 2004-01-01 Raith Rovers Millwall Transfer 0 €90k
04/05 2004-08-01 Millwall Dundee United Loan 0 —
04/05 2005-05-01 Dundee FC Millwall Return from loan 550000 —
05/06 2005-07-01 Millwall St. Mirren Transfer 550000 —
07/08 2007-07-01 St. Mirren Wycombe Transfer 550000 —
08/09 2008-08-01 Wycombe Motherwell FC Transfer 550000 —
11/12 2011-07-01 Motherwell FC Heart of Midl. Transfer 700000 —
11/12 2012-02-01 Heart of Midl. Central Coast Loan 850000 —
11/12 2012-05-01 Central Coast Heart of Midl. Return from loan 700000 —
13/14 2013-07-01 Heart of Midl. Motherwell FC Transfer 500000 —
15/16 2015-07-01 Motherwell FC St. Johnstone Transfer 500000 —
16/17 2016-07-01 St. Johnstone St. Mirren Transfer 450000 —
18/19 2018-07-01 St. Mirren Career break Transfer 0 —
19/20 2019-07-01 Career break Morton Transfer 0 —
20/21 2020-08-01 Morton Retired Transfer 0 —

No recorded injuries.

Current—
Peak€850k
Low—
Δ since start−€50k
—€213k€425k€638k€850k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 —
Jan 1, 1970 €25k
Jan 1, 1970 €25k
Jan 1, 1970 €25k
Jan 1, 1970 —
Jan 1, 1970 €225k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €850k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €550k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #30322 — 0 0 — — former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Jamie Murphy 1 7 0
Mark Reynolds 1 0 0
Chris Humphrey 2 4 0
Jack Baird 1 0 0
Lewis Morgan 1 3 0
Ross Forbes 1 3 0
Iain Vigurs 1 5 0

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

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
13/14 Premiership Motherwell FC 22 38
05/06 Championship St. Mirren FC 12 31
09/10 Premiership Motherwell FC 12 35

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
09/10 Premiership Motherwell FC 4 35
09/10 Europa League Qualifying Motherwell FC 4 6
11/12 Premiership Heart of Midlothian FC 4 14

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
11/12 2012-05-01 Central Coast Heart of Midl. Return from loan — €700k
11/12 2012-02-01 Heart of Midl. Central Coast Loan — €850k
04/05 2005-05-01 Dundee FC Millwall Return from loan — €550k
04/05 2004-08-01 Millwall Dundee United Loan — —
02/03 2002-12-31 Swindon Town Tottenham Return from loan — —
02/03 2002-12-01 Tottenham Swindon Town Loan — —
02/03 2002-11-01 Carlisle United Tottenham Return from loan — —
02/03 2002-10-01 Tottenham Carlisle United Loan — —

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

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Accrington Stanley 21 4 10 7 20 24 -4 19%
Mansfield Town 18 7 6 5 27 19 +8 39%
Notts County 18 6 5 7 22 20 +2 33%
Barnet FC 18 7 7 4 21 14 +7 39%
Morecambe FC 18 9 5 4 24 15 +9 50%
Rochdale AFC 18 8 2 8 24 22 +2 44%
Bury FC 18 8 5 5 30 17 +13 44%
Exeter City 18 7 6 5 24 20 +4 39%
Bristol Rovers 16 9 1 6 19 17 +2 56%
Cheltenham Town 16 6 7 3 25 22 +3 38%
Lincoln City 15 7 3 5 18 18 0 47%
Shrewsbury Town 15 6 9 0 15 8 +7 40%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
02/03 Senior debut season
04/05 First senior goal
09/10 Goal #50 (career)
13/14 Goal #100 (career)

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

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
16/17 47 582 1 0 0 0.15
14/15 43 222 1 0 0 0.41
13/14 41 152 2 0 0 1.18
12/13 41 258 3 0 0 1.05
11/12 28 718 1 0 0 0.13
10/11 50 807 2 0 0 0.22
09/10 42 490 1 0 0 0.18
07/08 48 359 1 0 0 0.25
06/07 30 334 1 0 0 0.27
05/06 32 295 0 0 1 0.31
03/04 5 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Premiership
305 apps
95 G
19 A
Championship
99 apps
23 G
6 A
SFA Cup
21 apps
10 G
5 A
Tunnock Ch. Cup
8 apps
7 G
1 A
League Two
43 apps
6 G
2 A
Europa League Qualifying
22 apps
3 G
8 A
Scot. League Cup
24 apps
3 G
3 A
Premiership Play-offs
1 apps
1 G
0 A
A-League
6 apps
1 G
0 A

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Frequently asked about John Sutton

Who is John Sutton?

John Sutton is an England professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Retired.

How old is John Sutton?

John Sutton is 42 years old. He was born on December 26, 1983 in Norwich.

What position does John Sutton play?

John Sutton plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does John Sutton play for?

John Sutton currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has John Sutton scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, John Sutton has scored 149 goals in 546 appearances.