Alfie Beestin

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Alfie Beestin
Personal information
Full name Alfie Dillon Beestin [1]
Date of birth (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth Leeds, England
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Scunthorpe United
Number 8
Youth career
i2i Football Development Centre
0000–2016 Tadcaster Albion
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Doncaster Rovers 34 (2)
2018–2019 → Chesterfield (loan) 4 (0)
2019–2020 Tadcaster Albion 13 (1)
2020– Scunthorpe United 91 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct 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 Scunthorpe United.

Contents

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]

Early life

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]

Career

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]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 February 2019 [12]
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Doncaster Rovers 2016–17 [13] League Two 3010004 [lower-alpha 1] 181
2017–18 [14] League One 26230103 [lower-alpha 1] 0332
2018–19 [15] League One 2000103 [lower-alpha 1] 060
Chesterfield (loan) 2018–19 National League 5000003080
Career total3624020131553
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in the Football League Trophy

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References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Scunthorpe United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 62. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Beestin's delight at first league goal" . Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 Sissons, Jill. "Football Development Centre Student Signed to the Professional Game". www.yorkcollege.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Tadcaster Albion snap up ex-York and Northern Ireland keeper Michael Ingham". 2 August 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Hoden, Liam (2 August 2016). "Doncaster Rovers: Striker Alfie Beestin signs". The Star. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Doncaster Rovers: First sight of Alfie Beestin against Mansfield Town". www.thestar.co.uk. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Mansfield 0 Rovers 2" . Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Morecambe 1-5 Doncaster Rovers". BBC Sport. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Doncaster Rovers: Tommy Rowe, Andy Butler & Danny Andrew offered new deals". BBC Sport. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "Iron U23s sign Alfie Beestin". Scunthorpe United. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Tadcaster Albion – Appearances – Alfie Beestin – 2019-2020". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  12. ↑ "Alfie Beestin | Football Stats | Doncaster Rovers | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Alfie Beestin in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Alfie Beestin in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Alfie Beestin in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
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