Aidan Smith (born 11 May 1997) is a

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who plays for Annan Athletic as a

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. Smith has previously played for Queen of the South and Peterhead.

Career

Born in

Dumfries Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...

, Smith started his career at hometown club Queen of the South. Smith was first named in a match-day squad on 24 August 2013, remaining an unused substitute in the team's 2–0 defeat away to Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Championship. Smith was a named substitute for six other matches that season, although he was unused. On 6 March 2015, Smith debuted in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, replacing

Gavin Reilly Gavin Christopher Reilly (born 10 May 1993) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Arbroath. Career Queen of the South (first spell) Reilly arrived through the youth ranks of Dumfries club Queen of the South, signin ...

for the final 11 minutes of the 1–0 defeat at Palmerston Park versus

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. Four days later, Smith made his league debut at Ibrox versus

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, replacing Reilly once again in the 83rd minute and three minutes later the 17-year-old scored his first career league goal, exploiting a mistake by goalkeeper Lee Robinson to earn a 1–1 draw for the ''Doonhamers''. Smith was then loaned out to Annan Athletic for the first half of the 2016–17 season, with the loan deal then extended until the end of the season on 7 January 2017. His contract with Queens wasn't renewed during May 2017, so he was released after spending seven seasons in the youth set-up at Palmerston from 2008 until 2015 and then two seasons in the first-team squad. On 14 June 2017, Smith signed a permanent deal with Annan Athletic, after a season-long spell on loan at

Galabank Galabank is a football stadium in the town of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Annan Athletic, who have played there since 1953. The ground has been shared by non-Leagu ...

from Queens during the 2016–17 season. On 24 June 2019, Smith signed for Peterhead after two seasons with the ''Galabankies''. He left Peterhead after one season, and returned to Annan in September 2020.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Aidan 1997 births Living people Footballers from Dumfries Scottish footballers Association football forwards Queen of the South F.C. players Annan Athletic F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Peterhead F.C. players