Derek Young

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Derek Young
Personal information
Full name Derek Young
Date of birth (1980-05-27) 27 May 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Cathkin United
1995–1997 Aberdeen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–2003 Aberdeen 111 (13)
1996 → Lewis United (loan)
2003–2006 Dunfermline Athletic 63 (9)
2006 St Johnstone 1 (0)
2006–2007 Partick Thistle 28 (5)
2007–2011 Aberdeen 95 (6)
2011 Grindavík 5 (0)
2011–2012 Greenock Morton 19 (1)
2012–2014 Queen of the South 45 (2)
2014–2016 Forfar Athletic 28 (2)
2016–2017 Formartine United - (-)
International career
1997–2001 Scotland U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:37, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Derek Young (born 27 May 1980) is a Scottish ex-professional association football midfielder. Young started his career alongside his brother Darren at Aberdeen before leaving with him in 2003 to join Dunfermline Athletic. Spells at St Johnstone and Partick Thistle followed before returning to Aberdeen for another four years. He spent a short spell in Iceland with Grindavík before returning to Scotland with Morton in 2011. In summer 2012 he joined Queen of the South with whom he won a league and cup double. [1] He joined Forfar Athletic in 2014 before ending his playing career with a season at Formartine United.

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Career

Young grew up in Whitlawburn, Cambuslang and attended Cathkin High School. [2] He started his career with Aberdeen where without winning any trophies, he played in numerous UEFA Cup games including a tie against Hertha Berlin. He also represented Scotland under 21s. [1]

He then joined Dunfermline Athletic where he was part of the club's best times since the days of George Farm in the late 1960s. Young played in a Scottish Cup Final defeat against Celtic in 2004 [1] (alongside his brother Darren), [3] and in a loss to the same opponents in the 2006 Scottish League Cup Final. [4] He was then briefly at St Johnstone before spending most of the 2006–07 season playing for Partick Thistle. [1]

Young rejoined Aberdeen in July 2007. [5] Like his first spell there, he again tasted UEFA competition against the likes of Atlético Madrid. [1] In April 2011, he was told by Aberdeen manager Craig Brown that his contract would not be renewed for the following season. [6] In July 2011, he signed for Icelandic club Grindavík. [7]

After leaving Grindavik, Young was offered a contract until the end of 2011 by Greenock Morton, [8] but was unable to play against Livingston due to a suspension that only was brought to light when Morton received international clearance from the Icelandic FA. His signing was confirmed in November along with the loan signing of Dominic Cervi. [9] In January 2012, Young was offered a contract extension by Allan Moore until the end of the season; [10] the contract offer was accepted and signed on 6 January. [11] Young was released by Morton at the end of the 2011–12 season due to difficulties travelling over from Aberdeen for training.

Young signed for Queen of the South during the 2012 summer transfer window. [12] Young scored for Queen of the South in their 4–3 penalty shootout win against Rangers at Ibrox. [13] and did the same when Queens won the 2013 Scottish Challenge Cup Final that season against Partick. Having already won the 2012–13 Scottish Second Division title by a large margin, this gave Young and his teammates a league and cup double. [1]

Young moved to Forfar Athletic in June 2014, spending two seasons with the Station Park club before signing for Highland League club Formartine United in July 2016. [14]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club [15] [16] [17] SeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aberdeen 1996–97 Scottish Premier Division 00000000--00
1997–98 00000000--00
1998–99 SPL 40001000--50
1999–00 140002000--160
2000–01 316301110--367
2001–02 323311000--364
2002–03 294312040--385
Total11013927150--13116
Dunfermline Athletic 2003-04 SPL 284500000--334
2004-05 174001000--185
2005-06 181114300--235
Total639615300--7414
St Johnstone 2006-07 Scottish First Division 100020----30
Total100020----30
Partick Thistle 2006-07 Scottish First Division 2853000----315
Total2853000----315
Aberdeen 2007-08 SPL 242403150--363
2008-09 221202000--261
2009-10 203300010--243
2010-11 290403000--360
Total9561308160--1227
Grindavík 2011-12 Úrvalsdeild 50000000--5+0+
Total50000000--5+0+
Greenock Morton 2011-12 Scottish First Division 1813000----211
Total1813000----211
Queen of the South 2012-13 Scottish Second Division 2621030----302
2013-14 Scottish Championship 1601020--20210
Total4222050--20512
Forfar Athletic 2014-15 Scottish League One 2110010--40261
2015-16 2414011----292
Total4524011----553
Formantine United 2016-17 Highland League 003100----31
Total003100----31
Career total4073843428611040496+48+

Honours

Queen of the South

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