Aidan Nesbitt

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Aidan Nesbitt
Personal information
Full name Aidan Robert Nesbitt [1]
Date of birth (1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Scotland
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Falkirk
Number 10
Youth career
2014–2015 Celtic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Celtic 1 (0)
2016 → Partick Thistle (loan) 7 (0)
2016–2017 → Greenock Morton (loan) 30 (3)
2017–2019 Milton Keynes Dons 19 (2)
2019 Dundee United 7 (0)
2019–2021 Greenock Morton 42 (7)
2021– Falkirk 108 (17)
International career‡
2013–2014 Scotland U17 10 (1)
2015–2016 Scotland U19 6 (2)
2016 Scotland U21 2 (0)
2017 Scotland U20 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:20, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:08, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Aidan Robert Nesbitt (born 5 February 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Championship club Falkirk.

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He has previously played for Partick Thistle, Dundee United, Milton Keynes Dons and Greenock Morton, after progressing through the Celtic youth academy.

Club career

Celtic

Nesbitt is a product of the academy system at Celtic. [2] On 21 May 2015, Nesbitt scored a hat-trick in the Scottish Youth Cup final against Rangers. [3] On 23 September 2015, Nesbitt made his first team debut in a League Cup match against Raith Rovers when he came on in the 89th minute. [4] On 24 April 2016, he won the Celtic academy player of the year award. [5]

On 1 February 2016, Nesbitt joined fellow Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season. [6] Nesbitt made his Premiership debut for Partick Thistle, starting in a 2–0 home win against St Johnstone on 23 February 2016; getting awarded a man of the match for his performance. [7] He signed on loan with Greenock Morton in August 2016. [8] The loan was extended in January 2017 until the end of the season. [9]

Milton Keynes Dons

On 31 August 2017, Nesbitt joined League One club Milton Keynes Dons for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year deal. [10] Having made intermittent appearances under manager Robbie Neilson, Nesbitt soon found himself out of favour under new manager Paul Tisdale during the 2018–19 season. Nesbitt left the club by mutual consent on 2 January 2019, having made a total of 27 appearances in all competitions and scoring 4 goals. [11]

Dundee United

On 4 January 2019, Nesbitt joined Scottish Championship club Dundee United on a short term deal, reuniting with his former manager at his previous club, Robbie Neilson. [12] Nesbitt was released by United on 6 May 2019. [13]

Greenock Morton

On 17 June 2019, Nesbitt signed for Greenock Morton on a one-year contract. [14]

International career

Nesbitt was named in the team of the tournament at the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, as Scotland U17s reached the semi-finals. [15] He then appeared for the Scotland U19 team in each of the following two seasons. [16] Whilst on loan to Morton, Nesbitt received his first call-up to the Scotland U21 squad in September 2016. [17]

He was selected for the under-20 squad in the 2017 Toulon Tournament. [18] After a historic first ever win against Brazil, which was at any level. [19] Nesbitt played in the win over Czech Republic for the bronze medal. [20] It was the nations first ever medal at the competition. [21]

Career statistics

As of 12 July 2024 [22] [23]
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 2015–16 Scottish Premiership 0000100010
2016–17 Scottish Premiership0000000000
2017–18 Scottish Premiership0000000000
Total0000100010
Celtic Under-20s [a] 2016–17 —3232
2017–18 —1010
Total0000004242
Partick Thistle (loan) 2015–16 Scottish Premiership7000000070
Greenock Morton (loan) 2016–17 Scottish Championship 30130301 [b] 0371
Milton Keynes Dons 2017–18 League One 19232003 [c] 0254
2018–19 League Two 0000002 [c] 020
Total192320050274
Dundee United 2018–19 Scottish Championship7010000080
Greenock Morton 2019–20 Scottish Championship203205200275
2020–21 Scottish Championship25430314 [d] 0355
Total4575083406210
Falkirk 2021–22 Scottish League One34221102 [e] 1394
2022–23 Scottish League One36351414 [f] 0495
2023–24 Scottish League One341220003 [e] 03912
2024–25 Scottish Championship0000320032
Total1041782839113023
Career total2122720318523327640
  1. ↑ Matches in the Scottish Challenge Cup, in which teams from the SPFL Development League compete against senior clubs.
  2. ↑ Appearance in Scottish Premiership play-offs.
  3. 1 2 Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  4. ↑ Appearances in Scottish Championship play-offs.
  5. 1 2 Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup.
  6. ↑ Two Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup and two appearances in Scottish Championship Play-offs.

Honours

Celtic U20

Scotland U20

Individual

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  2. ↑ "Welcome to Paradise". CelticFC. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Nesbitt the hat-trick hero as Celtic lift Youth Cup". CelticFC. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Wilson, Richard (22 September 2015). "BBC Sport – Celtic 2–0 Raith Rovers". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Player of the Year Awards: Celtic, Rangers and Hearts pay special tribute to their key men this season". Daily Record. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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  21. ↑ "JULES AND HOLSGROVE TAKE BRONZE WITH SCOTLAND IN TOULON". Reading FC. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  22. ↑ Aidan Nesbitt at Soccerbase
  23. ↑ Aidan Nesbitt at Soccerway
  24. ↑ @PFAScotland (19 April 2024). "PFA Scotland on X: "🏆 PFA Scotland League 1 Team of the Year. As voted for by the players, congratulations to… Nicky Hogarth Finn Yeats Coll Donaldson Tom Lang Leon McCann Brad Spencer Liam Henderson Aidan Nesbitt Callumn Morrison Rumarn Burrell Calvin Miller #PFASAwards" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 April 2024– via Twitter.
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