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Zander MacKenzie

Zander MacKenzie is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or full back for Scottish League One club Queen of the South.

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Zander MacKenzie
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-08-28) 28 August 2005
Place of birth Lochgilphead, Scotland
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Queen of the South
Youth career
Lochgilphead Red Star
Partick Thistle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2026 Partick Thistle 38 (1)
2022 → Petershill (loan)
2025–2026 → Queen of the South (loan) 25 (0)
2026– Queen of the South 0 (0)
International career‡
2023– Scotland U19 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:03, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:46, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Zander MacKenzie (born 28 August 2005) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or full back for Scottish League One club Queen of the South.

Career

Partick Thistle

Aged 16 MacKenzie graduated from the Thistle Weir youth academy and joined the club's first team on a two-year contract, as a modern apprentice.1

MacKenzie made his first team debut for Thistle in September 2022, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, coming off the bench away to Falkirk.2 MacKenzie made his first league appearance for Thistle as a substitute in a 3-2 home defeat to Dundee, in November 2022.3

MacKenzie provided the first assist of his career in a 5-0 away win over Cove Rangers.45

Following a breakthrough into the first team, MacKenzie signed a three-year contract extension with Partick Thistle in July 2023.67

MacKenzie scored his first goal for Partick Thistle adding the third in a 3–0 home win over Queen's Park in the Scottish Championship in August 2024.8

Loan to Queen of the South

In September 2025, MacKenzie joined Scottish League One club Queen of the South on loan until January 2026.910 In January 2026 MacKenzie’s loan with Queen of the South was extended until the end of the season.11

Queen of the South

Following the end of his contract at Partick Thistle at the culmination of the 2025-26 season, it was announched that MacKenzie had signed for Queen of the South for the 2026-27 season.12

References

References

  1. "Zander MacKenzie joins the club as a modern apprentice". Partick Thistle FC. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  2. "Falkirk v Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  3. "Dundee comeback floors 10-man Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65073273
  5. https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23469782.kris-doolan-zander-mackenzie-future-partick-thistle/
  6. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/zander-mackenzie-signs-three-year-deal/
  7. https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23709528.zander-mackenzie-breakthrough-partick-thistle/
  8. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c79wr3eqnyqt
  9. https://www.qosfc.com/news-6838
  10. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/zander-mackenzie-heads-to-dumfries-on-loan/
  11. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/loan-update-2nd-january-2026/
  12. "QosFC: Permanent deal for Zander". qosfc.com. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
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