Aidan Will Barlow (born 10 January 2000) is an English professional
footballer who plays as a
left midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Eastleigh.
Club career
Barlow is a product of the
Manchester United
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
academy, having joined at the age of six.
He made his first appearance at under-18 level in a defeat to
Liverpool in
2014–15, prior to making the step up to under-23 football; he also featured for the under-19s in the
UEFA Youth League.
Barlow signed his first professional contract in December 2017.
On 13 August 2019, Barlow was loaned to
Eliteserien side
Tromsø until the end of the Norwegian season.
He made his professional debut in Norway's
top flight on 18 August, featuring for 76 minutes of a fixture with
Lillestrøm.
His first senior goal arrived in his third game, as he scored against
Haugesund
Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...
on 1 September.
After a further goal versus
Sarpsborg 08, he returned to his parent club on 3 December.
On 25 June 2020, it was announced that Barlow would leave Manchester United upon the expiration of his contract five days later.
In September 2020, he went on trial at
Stoke City
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, playing three games for their U23 side.
In November 2020, he appeared for
Ipswich Town's U23 side as a trialist. He went on another trial at
Doncaster Rovers in July 2021, and signed a one-year contract with the club on 28 July 2021. Following relegation to League Two, Barlow signed a further one-year contract extension in May 2022 with the option for a following year.
On 4 July 2023, Barlow signed for
National League club
Eastleigh.
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International career
In May 2017, Barlow represented England at the
UEFA Under-17 Championship
The UEFA European Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Under-17 Championship, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Spain is the most successful team in this ...
in Croatia.
He scored on his first appearance in the competition, netting in a 4–0 victory over
Ukraine on 7 May.
Barlow appeared in three of England's six games as they finished as runners-up to
Spain.
In the following September, Barlow played for the
U18s in a friendly against
South Africa U20s.
Career statistics
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References
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2000 births
Living people
Footballers from Salford
English men's footballers
England men's youth international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
English expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
English expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Manchester United F.C. players
Tromsø IL players
Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
Eastleigh F.C. players
Eliteserien players
English Football League players