Aidan Smith

Aidan Smith
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-05-11) 11 May 1997
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Annan Athletic
Youth career
2008–2015 Queen of the South
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Queen of the South 21 (2)
2016–2017 → Annan Athletic (loan) 33 (7)
2017– Annan Athletic 9 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:14, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Aidan Smith (born 11 May 1997) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Annan Athletic and is a striker. Smith has previously played for Queen of the South, as well as Annan on loan.

Career

Born in Dumfries, Smith began his career at hometown club Queen of the South. Smith was first named in a match-day squad on 24 August 2013, remaining an unused substitute in the team's 2–0 defeat at Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Championship;[1] he was named for six more games that season, but did not play in a single one.

On 6 March 2015, Smith made his debut in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, replacing Gavin Reilly for the final 11 minutes of a 0–1 home defeat to Falkirk.[2] Four days later Smith made his league debut away to Rangers, replacing Reilly once more in the 83rd minute, three minutes later the 17-year-old scored his first career league goal, exploiting a mistake by goalkeeper Lee Robinson to earn a 1–1 draw.[3]

Smith moved out on loan to Scottish League Two club Annan Athletic for the first half of the 2016–17 season [4] and the loan deal was then extended until the end of the season on 7 January 2017.[5]

Smith's contract wasn't renewed during May 2017, so he was released after spending seven seasons in the youth set-up at Palmerston from 2008 until 2015 and then two seasons in the first-team squad.[6] On 14 June 2017 Smith signed permanently for Annan Athletic, after a season-long spell on loan at Galabank from Queens during the 2016–17 season.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 October 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Queen of the South 2014–15[8] Championship 5110001[lower-alpha 1]071
2015–16[9] 16100202[lower-alpha 2]0201
2016–17[10] 0000200020
Total 212104030292
Annan Athletic (loan) 2016–17[10] League Two 33700002[lower-alpha 3]2359
Annan Athletic 2017–18[11] League Two 9610402[lower-alpha 2]3169
Career total 63152080758020
  1. ↑ Appearance in the Premiership play-offs
  2. 1 2 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in the League One play-offs

References

  1. ↑ "Hamilton Academical 2-0 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Southwick, Andrew (6 March 2015). "Queen of the South 0-1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Richard (10 March 2015). "Rangers 1-1 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Aidan Joins Annan on Loan". Queen of the South FC. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Smith Rejoins Annan". Queen of the South FC. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Squad update". Queen of the South FC. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Peter Murphy makes first signings". Annan Athletic FC. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.