Aidan Wilson

Aidan Wilson (born 2 January 1999) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for NIFL Premiership side Glentoran. He previously played for Rangers, Dumbarton, Forfar Athletic, Edinburgh City and most recently Crusaders.

Aidan Wilson
Personal information
Full name Aidan Wilson[1]
Date of birth (1999-01-02) 2 January 1999
Place of birth Helensburgh, Scotland[1]
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Glentoran
Number 5
Youth career
Ardencaple Boys Club
2006–2017 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Rangers 2 (0)
2018 → Dumbarton (loan) 3 (0)
2018 → Forfar Athletic (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2020 → Edinburgh City (loan) 10 (1)
2020–2022 Crusaders 52 (4)
2022– Glentoran 34 (4)
International career‡
2014 Scotland U16 1 (0)
2017–2018 Scotland U19 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:43, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:34, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

Club career

Wilson joined Rangers aged seven from his local boys club Ardencaple.[2] He signed a new contract on 9 May 2017 which tied him to the club until May 2019.[3] Wilson made his debut for Rangers in a Scottish Premiership match against Aberdeen on 17 May 2017.[4][5] Wilson agreed a further one-year extension to his Rangers contract in October 2017.[6] He joined Scottish Championship club Dumbarton on loan in February 2018.[7] On 3 August, Wilson joined Forfar Athletic on loan until January 2019.[8]

After a successful trial period, Wilson signed for NIFL Premiership side Crusaders on 11 September 2020 on a two-year contract.[9] On 7 May 2022, he came on as a substitute in the final of the 2021–22 Irish Cup which Crusaders won 2–1 after extra time.[10]

At the end of the 2021–22 season Wilson signed for Glentoran.[11]

International career

Wilson has represented Scotland U16 in the Victory Shield and U17 and U19 in the Euro Championship.[12]

Career statistics
As of 13:35, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[1]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 200000—20
2017–18 Scottish Premiership 000000—00
Dumbarton (loan) 2017–18 Scottish Championship 3010000040
Forfar Athletic (loan) 2018–19 Scottish League One 9000000090
Edinburgh City (loan) 2019–20 Scottish League Two 101200000121
Crusaders 2020–21 NIFL Premiership 252000020272
2021–22 272501020352
Career total 765801040895

Honours

Crusaders

References
  1. "A. WILSON". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. "Next Gen Gers: Aidan Wilson". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 19 March 2017.
  3. Thomson, Nick (9 May 2017). "Trio Sign Contract Extensions". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club.
  4. Hedworth, Alice (17 May 2017). "Aidan Wilson Makes Debut". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club.
  5. "Rangers 1-2 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 May 2017.
  6. Hedworth, Alice (31 October 2017). "Aidan Extends Until 2020". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers FC. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  7. Findlay, Alan. "SIGNING NEWS: EMERGENCY TRANSFER COMPLETE". Dumbarton FC. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  8. "RangersFC can tonight confirm that @RFC_Youth defender Aidan Wilson (@_aidanwilson1) has joined Forfar Athletic on until January 2019". Twitter, Inc. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  9. "Irish Premiership: Former Rangers defender Aidan Wilson joins Crusaders". BBC. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  10. "Crusaders net dramatic winner in Samuel Gelston's Whiskey Irish Cup Final". Irish Football Association. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  11. "Wilson Makes Move Across City". NI Football League. 4 June 2022.
  12. "Aidan Wilson". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 26 October 2015.


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