Aidan Nesbitt
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aidan Nesbitt | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Partick Thistle | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| -2015 | Celtic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2015– | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| Scotland U16 | 3 | (0) | |
| 2013–2014 | Scotland U17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2014– | Scotland U19 | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:22, 27 April 2016 (UTC). | |||
Aidan Nesbitt (born 5 February 1997) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle, as an attacking midfielder.
Career
Celtic
Nesbitt is a product of the academy system at Celtic.[1] On 21 May 2015, Nesbitt scored a hat-trick in the 2015 SFA Youth Cup final against Rangers.[2] On 23 September 2015, Nesbitt made his first team debut in a League Cup match against Raith Rovers when he came on in the 89th minute.[3] On April 24th Nesbitt won the Celtic academy player of the year award.
Partick Thistle
On the 1 February 2016 Nesbitt joined fellow Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.[4] Nesbitt made his Scottish Premiership league debut for Partick Thistle, starting in a 2–0 home win against St Johnstone on 23 February 2016 getting awarded a man of the match for his performance. [5]
International career
Nesbitt was named in the team of the tournament at the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, as Scotland under-17s reached the semi-finals.[6] He then appeared for the Scotland under-19 team in each of the following two seasons.[7]
Career statistics
- As of 1 August 2015
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Celtic | |||||||||||
| 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
- Individual
- UEFA European U-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2014
References
- ↑ "Welcome to Paradise". CelticFC. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ↑ "Nesbitt the hat-trick hero as Celtic lift Youth Cup". CelticFC. 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ↑ Wilson, Richard (2015-09-22). "BBC Sport - Celtic 2-0 Raith Rovers". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35459423
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35430343
- ↑ "Technical REprot : Malta 2014" (PDF). Uefa.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ↑ "Aidan Nesbitt". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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