Fletcher Boyd
Scottish footballer
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Fletcher Boyd (born 26 January 2008) is a Scottish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa. He is a product of the Aberdeen academy and made twelve appearances for their senior side before transferring to Aston Villa's academy at the age of seventeen in 2025.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 January 2008[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aston Villa | ||
| Number | 66 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deveronvale | |||
| 2017–2024 | Aberdeen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024–2025 | Aberdeen | 6 | (2) |
| 2025– | Aston Villa | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023–2024 | Scotland U16 | 8 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | Scotland U17 | 6 | (3) |
| 2024– | Scotland U19 | 4 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:33, 5 January 2026 (UTC) | |||
Career
Aberdeen
Boyd attended the SFA Performance School. He was then was approached by the youth academy at Aberdeen.[2]
In May 2023 whilst at Aberdeen F.C. Academy Boyd won the 2023–24 Club Academy Scotland U18 (Elite) League, with 30 goal contributions. He earned his first team debut against Hibernian on 12 May 2024. He was substituted on in the 82' minute, and scored in the 90+2 minute.[3] In his second appearance, against Livingston on 15 May 2024, he scored in the 90+3 minute.[4]
Aston Villa
On 4 September 2025, Fletcher signed with Aston Villa.[5][6] The transfer was for what Aberdeen described as a "significant fee",[7] reported by local media as £1 million.[8] On 25 February 2026, Boyd signed a contract extension with Aston Villa after featuring heavily for their Under-18 squad.[9]
International
Boyd has represented Scotland 8 times at under-16 level.[10] He scored two goals against Norway on 4 March 2024. In September 2025, Boyd was called up to the Scotland U19 squad for the first time ahead of two friendlies against Italy U19 on 10 and 13 October.[11]
Career statistics
- As of match played 16 September 2025[12]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aberdeen | 2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2024–25 | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Aston Villa U21 | 2025–26 | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | ||
- Appearances in EFL Trophy
Honours
Aberdeen