| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfie Dillon Beestin [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 October 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Scunthorpe United | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| i2i Football Development Centre | |||
| –2016 | Tadcaster Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Doncaster Rovers | 34 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Tadcaster Albion | 13 | (1) |
| 2020– | Scunthorpe United | 188 | (22) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:15, 8 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Alfie Dillon Beestin (born 1 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for National League club Scunthorpe United.
He was born in Leeds and trained with the York College/i2i Football Development Centre, [2] also playing for the Tadcaster Albion development team. [3]
Born in Leeds, Beestin studied at The Co-operative Academy of Leeds, before moving on to York College, achieving a Level 2 Certificate in Sport and a Level 1 Coaching Award. [3]
He started his career at the Tadcaster Albion development team, scoring four goals in three games. During a trial at Doncaster Rovers he impressed manager Darren Ferguson. [4]
Beestin signed for Doncaster Rovers on 2 August 2016. [5] Following his signing, manager Darren Ferguson said "ability-wise he's got a hell of a lot". [6]
Beestin came on as a substitute against Mansfield Town in the EFL Trophy, scoring on his debut in a 2–0 victory. [7] In a 5–1 victory against Morecambe Beestin made his League debut as a substitute [8] In his fourth start for the club, he scored his first League goal, the opener in the 1–1 draw against Plymouth on 13 January 2018. [2]
He was released by Doncaster at the end of the 2018–19 season. [9]
Beestin joined Scunthorpe United in January 2020 having previously been playing with Tadcaster Albion. [10] [11]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Doncaster Rovers | 2016–17 [13] | League Two | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 [a] | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 2017–18 [14] | League One | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [a] | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
| 2018–19 [15] | League One | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [a] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 50 | 3 | ||
| Chesterfield (loan) | 2018–19 [15] | National League | 5 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Tadcaster Albion | 2019–20 [16] | NPL Division One East | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 [b] | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| Career total | 52 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 75 | 4 | ||
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