Alan Forrest

Alan Forrest (born 9 September 1996) is a Scottish football player. He currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Livingston in the Scottish Premiership. He began his career at Ayr United, coming through the academy and making 244 appearances for The Honest Men.

Alan Forrest
Personal information
Full name Alan Forrest
Date of birth (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996
Place of birth Prestwick, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Livingston
Number 11
Youth career
Ayr United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2020 Ayr United 196 (48)
2020– Livingston 0 (0)
National team‡
2016 Scotland U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:20, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2019

Career

Forrest made his debut for Ayr United in a Scottish Challenge Cup match against Queen's Park. He came off the bench to score an 89th-minute winner at Hampden Park. With this goal Forrest became Ayr's youngest ever goalscorer aged 16 years, 321 days.[1] During the 2019–20 Scottish Championship season after scoring five goals in three league games Forrest was awarded the Scottish Championship Player of the Month for September.[2]

In 2016 Forrest made his debut for the Scotland under-21 team in a friendly against Slovakia.[3][4]

He is the younger brother of Celtic and Scotland midfielder James Forrest.[1][5]

Forrest signed a pre-contract deal with Livingston on the 10 April 2020, making the jump from the Scottish Championship to the Scottish Premiership.[6]

Career statistics
As of 3 March 2020 [7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Ayr United 2013–14 Scottish League One 27820104[lower-alpha 1]1349
2014–15 31920201[lower-alpha 2]0369
2015–16 34510202[lower-alpha 3]0395
2016–17 Scottish Championship 34660223[lower-alpha 2]1459
2017–18 Scottish League One 29721102[lower-alpha 2]1349
2018–19 Scottish Championship 17300612[lower-alpha 4]0254
2019–20 24102040103110
Career total 1964815118315324455
  1. Two appearances and one goal in the Scottish Challenge Cup; Two appearances in the Scottish Championship play-offs
  2. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  3. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup; One appearance in the Scottish Championship play-offs
  4. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup; One appearance in the Scottish Premiership play-offs

Honours

Club

Ayr United

Individual

References
  1. "Alan Forrest Ayr United Player Profile". Ayr United. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  2. "Alan Forrest wins award". Ayr United FC. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  3. "International friendly: Slovakia U21 4–0 Scotland U21". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  4. "Scotland U21 profile". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. "Games played by Alan Forrest Soccerbase Player Statistics in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  6. https://livingstonfc.co.uk/alan-forrest-pre-contract-agreement/
  7. Alan Forrest at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November.
  8. "Scottish League One: Ayr United pip Raith Rovers to title and automatic promotion". BBC Sport. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
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