Aidan Smith | |
Birth Date: | 11 May 1997 |
Birth Place: | Dumfries, Scotland |
Position: | Striker |
Currentclub: | Annan Athletic |
Youthyears1: | 2008–2015 |
Youthclubs1: | Queen of the South |
Years1: | 2015–2017 |
Caps1: | 21 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Years2: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs2: | → Annan Athletic (loan) |
Caps2: | 33 |
Goals2: | 7 |
Years3: | 2017–2019 |
Caps3: | 71 |
Goals3: | 23 |
Years4: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs4: | Peterhead |
Caps4: | 23 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2020– |
Caps5: | 78 |
Goals5: | 15 |
Club-Update: | 09:13, 28 October 2021 (UTC) |
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.
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]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Queen of the South | 2014–15 | Scottish Championship | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[10] | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
2015–16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[11] | 0 | 20 | 1 | |||
2016–17 | 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 | Scottish League Two | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[12] | 2 | 35 | 9 | |
Annan Athletic | 2017–18 | Scottish League Two | 36 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 15 | |
2018–19 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 14 | |||
Total | 71 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 91 | 29 | |||
Peterhead | 2019–20 | Scottish League One | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
Annan Athletic | 2020–21 | Scottish League Two | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
2021–22 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 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 |