Aidan Smith (born 11 May 1997) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Annan Athletic as a striker. Smith has previously played for Queen of the South and Peterhead.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 May 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Dumfries, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Annan Athletic | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2015 | Queen of the South | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Queen of the South | 21 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | → Annan Athletic (loan) | 33 | (7) |
| 2017–2019 | Annan Athletic | 71 | (23) |
| 2019–2020 | Peterhead | 23 | (0) |
| 2020– | Annan Athletic | 78 | (15) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:13, 28 October 2021 (UTC) | |||
Career
Born in Dumfries, Smith started his career at hometown club Queen of the South. Smith was first named in a match-day squad on 24 August 2013, remaining an unused substitute in the team's 2–0 defeat away to Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Championship.[1] Smith was a named substitute for six other matches that season, although he was unused.
On 6 March 2015, Smith debuted in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, replacing Gavin Reilly for the final 11 minutes of the 1–0 defeat at Palmerston Park versus Falkirk.[2] Four days later, Smith made his league debut at Ibrox versus Rangers, replacing Reilly once again in the 83rd minute and three minutes later the 17-year-old scored his first career league goal, exploiting a mistake by goalkeeper Lee Robinson to earn a 1–1 draw for the Doonhamers.[3]
Smith was then loaned out to Annan Athletic for the first half of the 2016–17 season,[4] with the loan deal then extended until the end of the season on 7 January 2017.[5] His contract with Queens wasn't renewed during May 2017, so he was released after spending seven seasons in the youth set-up at Palmerston from 2008 until 2015 and then two seasons in the first-team squad.[6] On 14 June 2017, Smith signed a permanent deal with Annan Athletic, after a season-long spell on loan at Galabank from Queens during the 2016–17 season.[7]
On 24 June 2019, Smith signed for Peterhead after two seasons with the Galabankies.[8] He left Peterhead after one season, and returned to Annan in September 2020.[9]
Statistics
- As of match played 23 October 2021
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Queen of the South | 2014–15[10] | Scottish Championship | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2015–16[11] | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17[12] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| Annan Athletic (loan) | 2016–17[12] | Scottish League Two | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 2 | 35 | 9 |
| Annan Athletic | 2017–18[13] | Scottish League Two | 36 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[b] | 3 | 43 | 15 |
| 2018–19[14] | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6[d] | 0 | 48 | 14 | ||
| Total | 71 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 91 | 29 | ||
| Peterhead | 2019–20[15] | Scottish League One | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Annan Athletic | 2020–21[16] | Scottish League Two | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| 2021–22[17] | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Total | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 180 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 226 | 44 | ||
References
External links
- Aidan Smith at Soccerbase
- Aidan Smith at Soccerway
