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 |
Greenock Morton (on loan from Celtic) | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Celtic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2016– | → Greenock Morton (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012 | Scotland U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Scotland U17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Scotland U19 | 11 | (2) |
| 2016– | Scotland U21 | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:26, 5 November 2016 (UTC). | |||
Aidan Nesbitt (born 5 February 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Greenock Morton, on loan from Celtic.
Club 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 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 Premiership 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]
Morton
He signed on loan with Greenock Morton in August 2016.[6]
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.[7] He then appeared for the Scotland under-19 team in each of the following two seasons.[8]
Whilst on loan to Morton, Nesbitt received his first call-up to the Scotland under-21 squad in September 2016.[9]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Celtic | 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Partick Thistle (loan) | 2015–16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Greenock Morton (loan) | 2016–17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Career total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
Honours
Club
- Scottish Youth Cup Winners: 2014-15
Individual
- UEFA European U-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2014
References
- ↑ "Welcome to Paradise". CelticFC. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ↑ "Nesbitt the hat-trick hero as Celtic lift Youth Cup". CelticFC. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ↑ Wilson, Richard (22 September 2015). "BBC Sport - Celtic 2-0 Raith Rovers". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ↑ "Partick Thistle add forwards Aidan Nesbitt and Antonio German". BBC Sport. 1 February 2016.
- ↑ Wilson, Richard (23 February 2016). "Partick Thistle 2–0 St Johnstone". BBC Sport.
- ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (9 August 2016). "Aidan Nesbitt signs on loan from Celtic". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "Technical Report : Malta 2014" (PDF). Uefa.com. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ↑ "Aidan Nesbitt". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (27 September 2016). "Aidan earns first Scotland under-21 call-up". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ Aidan Nesbitt career statistics at Soccerbase
- ↑ Aidan Nesbitt profile at Soccerway
