Chris Paterson

As of February 17, 2011 National: October 12, 2011

Chris Douglas Paterson, MBE (born 30 March 1978 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish rugby union player who is active for Edinburgh and the Scottish national team. He plays on the positions of compound semiconductor, wings and full goalkeeper.

Paterson began his career in 1998 at the Glasgow Caledonians, after only a year, however, he moved to the second major Scottish club to Edinburgh. He played eight years to 2007 he went to England for Gloucester RFC. After just one season he returned to Edinburgh.

He made ​​his international debut at the 1999 World Cup in the final group game against Spain. With the Six Nations 2000, he heard the same squad as in the friendlies against New Zealand in the same year. In the second encounter with the All Blacks, he scored his first try for Scotland.

In the following years, Paterson became one of the major players of the Scottish national team and one of the best kickers in the world. At the World Championships in 2007 and the Six Nations 2008, he missed not a single criminal or increase occurs. His last kick of failed dates from August 2007.

Paterson is his country's most capped player with 95 inserts. He scored 738 points, also Scottish record. In the test statistic it is set with 22 experiments, only two behind Tony Stanger and Ian Smith. Paterson was the youngest Scottish player who has reached 50 international appearances with 26.

He was voted the best back line players in the Six Nations in 2005, but was not considered for the tour of the British and Irish Lions, what coach Clive Woodward has been heavily criticized in public.