Aidan Smith
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| 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 as of 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]
