Shaun Maloney
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"Shaun Richard Maloney" is a Scotland/Scottish professional Association football/footballer who plays as an Midfielder#Winger/attacking midfielder or Midfielder#Winger/winger for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire Soccer Club/Chicago Fire and the Scotland national football team/Scotland national team.

He began his career at Celtic F.C./Celtic, playing 215 matches across all competitions and winning honours including five Scottish Premier League titles and five Scottish Cups, spending time in England with Aston Villa between two spells at Celtic Park. He is the first player to claim both the SPFA Players' Player of the Year and the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year/SPFA Young Player of the Year awards in the same season, doing so in 2006 during his first spell with Celtic. In 2011 he returned to England with Wigan Athletic, winning the 2013 FA Cup Final before leaving for Chicago in January 2015.

Maloney made his senior international debut for Scotland in 2005, and has since earned 37 caps, scoring 4 goals.

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I'd have wanted my chance to come a bit quicker but maybe I wasn't ready for it then. The new manager told me to be patient at the start of the season and that's probably not one of my virtues. You don't want to be a sub. It took a few weeks and a few suspensions but I've got a chance now.

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There seems to be a regular flow of younger forwards into the national side. With Lee Miller and Derek Riordan having been in and Garry O'Connor and Craig there just now, the competition for a couple of places could involve about six players. We all want to be there.

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He was superb here as manager, and any team or country who would have him as a manager would be quite privileged. People talk about his man-management and his motivational skills - but he certainly knows the game.

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There have been discussions for the past couple of months. Hopefully, it will get sorted out pretty quickly.

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It's a big boost because there was some uncertainty within himself. I don't know his family situation but to have him back for next year is massive.

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It is funny because we never played up front together too much coming through the ranks. We have really only done that in the first team this season and have come on a lot together. Having grown up alongside one another it is refreshing to see Craig scoring goals.

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