Alan Forrest

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Alan Forrest
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Prestwick, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Heart of Midlothian
Number 17
Youth career
Ayr United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2020 Ayr United 197 (48)
2020–2022 Livingston 62 (9)
2022– Heart of Midlothian 64 (7)
International career‡
2016 Scotland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2019

Alan Forrest (born 9 September 1996) is a Scottish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian. He began his career at Ayr United, coming through the academy and making 245 appearances for The Honest Men. He would then spend two seasons with Scottish Premiership side Livingston.

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

Career

Club

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]

Forrest signed a pre-contract deal with Livingston on 10 April 2020, making the jump from the Scottish Championship to the Scottish Premiership. [3] Forrest made his debut for Livingston on the opening day of the 2020–21 Scottish Premiership season in a 1–0 loss against St Mirren at St Mirren Park. He scored his first goal for Livingston in a 2–2 draw against Motherwell on 12 August 2020, at Fir Park. [4]

On 1 June 2022, it was announced that Forrest would join Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian following the expiration of his Livingston contract on 10 June as a free agent on a two-year deal. [5] [6] On 19 January 2024, he signed a 2 year extension to his contract until 2026.

International

In 2016, Forrest made his debut for the Scotland under-21 team in a friendly against Slovakia. [7] [8]

Career statistics

As of 29 April 2024 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
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 One29721102 [lower-alpha 2] 1349
2018–19 Scottish Championship17300612 [lower-alpha 4] 0254
2019–20 251020401 [lower-alpha 2] 03210
Total1974815118315324555
Livingston 2020–21 Scottish Premiership 3042077003911
2021–22 325203100376
Total62940108007617
Heart of Midlothian 2022–23 Scottish Premiership 354301081475
2023–24 293401020363
Total6477020101838
Career total32264261301125440380
  1. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in the Scottish Challenge Cup; Two appearances in the Scottish Championship play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 4 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

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References

  1. 1 2 "Alan Forrest Ayr United Player Profile". Ayr United. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Alan Forrest wins award". Ayr United FC. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Alan Forrest: Pre-Contract Agreement". Livingston FC. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Motherwell 2-2 Livingston - Match Report & Highlights". Sky Sports . Sky Sports. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Hearts confirm signing of winger from Livingston on 2-year deal". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Alan Forrest Is Our First Summer Recruit". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian F.C. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "International friendly: Slovakia U21 4–0 Scotland U21". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Scotland U21 profile". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  9. ↑ Alan Forrest at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January.
  10. ↑ "Scottish League One: Ayr United pip Raith Rovers to title and automatic promotion". BBC Sport. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "Ayr United vs. Stranraer - Football Match Report - May 15, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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