Max Anderson (footballer)

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Max Anderson
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-17) 17 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Scotland
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.67 m) [1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Crawley Town
Number 6
Youth career
Dundee
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2024 Dundee 68 (6)
2023–2024 → Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) 31 (2)
2024– Crawley Town 17 (2)
International career‡
2021 Scotland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:28, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Max Anderson (born 17 May 2001) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL League One club Crawley Town. [2]

Contents

Career

Dundee

After spending his youth career with Dundee, Anderson signed his first professional contract with the club in April 2019. [3] Anderson would make his professional debut with Dundee in the Scottish Challenge Cup in September 2019, coming off the bench in a loss to Elgin City. [4]

In October 2020, Anderson signed a new contract with Dundee to keep him at the club until 2023. [5] [6] After impressing in friendlies and the Scottish League Cup, Anderson made his league debut for The Dark Blues in an away loss to Heart of Midlothian, and would compete for regular starts after impressing in his games. [7] [8] In March 2021, Anderson would score his first goal for Dundee in a 2–1 home win against Inverness Caledonian Thistle. [9] At the end of the league season, Anderson was awarded Dundee's Isobel Sneddon Young Player of the Year award. [10] Anderson would be a part of the Dundee team which won the Premiership play-offs and gained promotion to the Scottish Premiership. [11]

Anderson notched his first Premiership goal for the club in a 0–1 away win against St Mirren, and would win Man of the Match for his performance. [12] Despite Dundee being relegated, Anderson's consistent and impressive play resulted in him being awarded the Isobel Sneddon Young Player of the Year award for the second successive season. [13] [14]

He scored his first goal of the 2022–23 season against The New Saints in the Scottish Challenge Cup, adding further goals against Cove Rangers and Dunfermline. [15] [16] On 5 November 2022, Anderson came off the bench to play a big part in helping Dundee overturn a 2-goal deficit against Partick Thistle, assisting the winning goal in a 3–2 victory. [17] Anderson would win the Scottish Championship title with Dundee at the end of the season. [18] On 13 June 2023, Dundee announced that Anderson had signed a new two-year deal, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2025. [19]

After falling down the pecking order, Anderson joined Scottish Championship club Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a season-long loan on 28 August 2023. [20] [21] He made his debut on 2 September in a league game against Dunfermline Athletic. [22] Anderson scored his first goal for the Caley Jags on 9 December in an away win over Queen's Park. [23] The season would end negatively, with Inverness being relegated by Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Championship play-off final. [24]

Crawley Town

On 24 July 2024, Anderson joined EFL League One club Crawley Town for an undisclosed fee on an initial two-year deal. [25] He made his debut in a league-opening win against Blackpool. [26] On 9 November, Anderson scored his first goal for the Red Devils in a league draw at home to Huddersfield Town. [27] On 3 December, Anderson netted the late winner for Crawley away to Charlton Athletic. [28]

International career

In August 2021, Anderson received a call-up for the Scotland national under-21 football team for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier against Turkey. [29] [30] He would make his international debut in this fixture as a substitute. [31]

Career statistics

As of 14 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dundee U20 2017–18 [32] ————1 [a] 010
2018–19 [33] ————1 [a] 010
2021–22 [34] ————1 [a] 010
2023–24 [35] ————1 [a] 111
Total———4141
Dundee 2019–20 [36] Scottish Championship 0000001 [b] 010
2020–21 [37] Scottish Championship19420302 [c] 0264
2021–22 [34] Scottish Premiership 3313040—401
2022–23 [38] Scottish Championship16120504 [b] 2273
2023–24 [35] Scottish Premiership0000100010
Total6867013072958
Inverness CT (loan) 2023–24 [35] Scottish Championship31220—4 [d] 0372
Crawley Town 2024–25 [39] EFL League One 17220202 [e] 0232
Career total1161011015017315913
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup for Dundee under-20/under-21s in which age-restricted sides from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Scottish Championship play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Club

Dundee

Individual

Dundee

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