Aidan Smith
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 May 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Dumfries, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Peterhead | ||
Number | 11 | ||
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) |
2017–2019 | Annan Athletic | 71 | (23) |
2019– | Peterhead | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 10 August 2019 (UTC) |
Aidan Smith (born 11 May 1997) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Peterhead as a striker. Smith has previously played for Queen of the South and Annan Athletic.
Queen of the South
Born in Dumfries, Smith started 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 away to Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Championship.[1] Smith was a named substitute for six other matches that season, although he was unused.
On 6 March 2015, Smith debuted in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, replacing Gavin Reilly for the final 11 minutes of the 1-0 defeat at Palmerston Park versus Falkirk.[2] Four days later, Smith made his league debut at Ibrox versus Rangers, replacing Reilly once again in the 83rd minute and 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 for the Doonhamers.[3]
Smith was then loaned out to Annan Athletic for the first half of the 2016–17 season, [4] with the loan deal then extended until the end of the season on 7 January 2017.[5]
Annan Athletic
Smith's contract wasn't renewed with Queens 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 a permanent deal with Annan Athletic, after a season-long spell on loan at Galabank from Queens during the 2016–17 season.[7]
Peterhead
On 24 June 2019, Smith signed for Peterhead after two seasons with the Galabankies. [8]
Career statistics
- As of 18 August 2019
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Queen of the South | 2014–15[9] | Championship | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 7 | 1 |
2015–16[10] | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
2016–17[11] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
Annan Athletic (loan) | 2016–17[11] | League Two | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 2 | 35 | 9 |
Annan Athletic | 2017–18[12] | League Two | 36 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[b] | 3 | 43 | 15 |
Annan Athletic | 2018-19 | League Two | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 14 |
Total | 104 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 126 | 38 | ||
Peterhead | 2019-20 | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Career total | 126 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 162 | 40 |
- ^ Appearance in the Premiership play-offs
- ^ a b Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
- ^ Appearances in the League One play-offs
References
- ^ "Hamilton Academical 2-0 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ Southwick, Andrew (6 March 2015). "Queen of the South 0-1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ Wilson, Richard (10 March 2015). "Rangers 1-1 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Aidan Joins Annan on Loan". Queen of the South FC. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ "Smith Rejoins Annan". Queen of the South FC. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ "Squad update". Queen of the South FC. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Peter Murphy makes first signings". Annan Athletic FC. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/sport/football/scottish-football/play-offs-targeted-by-new-blue-toon-striker/
- ^ "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
External links
- Aidan Smith at Soccerbase
- Aidan Smith at Soccerway