Connor McLennan
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 October 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Peterhead, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aberdeen | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
Peterhead Boys Club[1] | |||
2008–2015 | Aberdeen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015– | Aberdeen | 40 | (6) |
2016–2017 | → Brechin City (loan) | 3 | (1) |
2017–2018 | → Brechin City (loan) | 15 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Scotland U16 | 2 | (0) |
2016 | Scotland U17 | 6 | (1) |
2018 | Scotland U20 | 1 | (0) |
2019– | Scotland U21 | 3 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:05, 7 March 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2019 |
Connor McLennan (born 5 October 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Aberdeen.
Club career
McLennan was born and raised in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, and attended Peterhead Academy.[1][2] He joined Aberdeen's youth system at the age of eight, and turned professional aged 16 in December 2015.[1][3] He made his debut as a substitute away to St Johnstone on 22 April 2016.[4]
On 16 December 2016, McLennan joined Scottish League One side Brechin City on a one-month emergency loan deal, playing 3 times and scoring 1 goal.[5] He returned to Brechin for a second loan spell on 30 August 2017.[6]
Having scored in the final of the 2017–18 Scottish Youth Cup[7] and made further appearances in the first team[2] including as a substitute in the 2018 Scottish League Cup Final,[8] in December 2018 he signed a new contract with Aberdeen until 2021.[9]
International career
McLennan represented Scotland at under-16, under-17 and under-20 levels,[10] including at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Azerbaijan.[1] He then played for the under-21 team, and scored both goals in a 2–1 win against Croatia in September 2019.[11]
Career statistics
- As of 7 March 2020
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aberdeen | 2015–16[12] | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2016–17[13] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2017–18[14] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2018–19[15] | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 28 | 4 | ||
2019–20[16] | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
Total | 40 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 57 | 7 | ||
Brechin City (loan) | 2016–17[13] | Scottish League One | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Brechin City (loan) | 2017–18[14] | Scottish Championship | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
Career total | 58 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 75 | 10 |
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) for Aberdeen under-20s/21s in the Scottish Challenge Cup, in which age-restricted teams from the SPFL Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
References
- ^ a b c d "Connor McLennan interview". Aberdeen F.C. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ a b "First Dons start and goal for Connor". Buchan Observer. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Connor McLennan signs deal". Aberdeen F.C. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "St Johnstone 3-0 Aberdeen: Dons need more physical players - McInnes". BBC Sport. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ Douglass, Sean (16 December 2016). "Young Dons forward joins Brechin City on emergency loan deal". Evening Express. DC Thomson & Co Ltd. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "Connor McLennan Returns on Loan". Brechin City F.C. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ Kenny Crawford (26 April 2018). "Scottish Youth Cup final: Hibernian beat Aberdeen 3-1". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Celtic 1–0 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Dons teenager signs on". Aberdeen F.C. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ Connor McLennan at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ "Croatia U21 1-2 Scotland U21: Connor McLennan's late double secures victory". BBC Sport. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Connor McLennan in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Games played by Connor McLennan in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Games played by Connor McLennan in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Connor McLennan in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Connor McLennan in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Scottish footballers
- Sportspeople from Aberdeenshire
- People from Peterhead
- People educated at Peterhead Academy
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Brechin City F.C. players
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Association football forwards
- Scotland youth international footballers
- Scotland under-21 international footballers
- Scottish football biography stubs