Aidan Smith

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Aidan Smith
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-05-11) 11 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Annan Athletic
Youth career
2008–2015 Queen of the South
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Queen of the South 21 (2)
2016–2017 → Annan Athletic (loan) 33 (7)
2017–2019 Annan Athletic 71 (23)
2019–2020 Peterhead 23 (0)
2020– Annan Athletic 78 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:13, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

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

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Career

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] His contract with Queens 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 a permanent deal with Annan Athletic, after a season-long spell on loan at Galabank from Queens during the 2016–17 season. [7]

On 24 June 2019, Smith signed for Peterhead after two seasons with the Galabankies. [8] He left Peterhead after one season, and returned to Annan in September 2020. [9]

Statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Queen of the South 2014–15 [10] Scottish Championship 5110001 [lower-alpha 1] 071
2015–16 [11] 16100202 [lower-alpha 2] 0201
2016–17 [12] 0000200020
Total212104030292
Annan Athletic (loan) 2016–17 [12] Scottish League Two 33700002 [lower-alpha 3] 2359
Annan Athletic 2017–18 [13] Scottish League Two 361210402 [lower-alpha 2] 34315
2018–19 [14] 351132416 [lower-alpha 4] 04814
Total71234281839129
Peterhead 2019–20 [15] Scottish League One 23010401 [lower-alpha 2] 0290
Annan Athletic 2020–21 [16] Scottish League Two 222114000273
2021–22 [17] 10110301 [lower-alpha 2] 0151
Total323217010424
Career total180358323115522644
  1. ↑ Appearance in the Premiership play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in the League One play-offs
  4. ↑ Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and four appearances in the Scottish League One play-offs

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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. Archived from the original on 13 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. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Peter Murphy makes first signings". Annan Athletic FC. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Law, Callum. "Play-offs the target for new Peterhead striker Smith ahead of League One campaign". Evening Express. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Law, Callum. "Jim McInally certain Aidan Smith's luck will change after goalless Peterhead spell". Press and Journal. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Aidan Smith in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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