Scott Ruscoe
Quick Facts
Biography
Scott Ruscoe (born 15 December 1977) in Shrewsbury, is a Welsh former professional footballer.
He is now Assistant Manager at The New Saints FC.
Ruscoe started his career with two years at Stoke City, before moving to Port Vale for one year. In the summer of 2000, he signed for Chester from Newtown, after scoring 17 goals in 92 League of Wales appearances for the Robins. He switched back to the Welsh Premier with TNS in January 2002, where he was called up to the Welsh semi-professional side that won the Four Nations trophy in 2004 and a member of the league's dream team in 2004/5 and 2005/6.
Ruscoe is one of the most prominent midfielders in the history of the Welsh Premier League, winning the league championship eight times, the Welsh Cup four times and the League Cup five times with TNS. He is the record holder for the most appearances at TNS – over 400 and scored 73 goals. He also holds the league record for the most European appearances – with 30 games in total. He now works as Assistant manager and Head of youth development.