Alfie Bavidge (born 11 April 2006) is a Scottish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a striker for side

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Career

Bavidge started his career with

. After impressing in the academy, scoring plenty of goals along the way, he made his League debut on 4 February 2023, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3–1 win against

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

. In September 2023, Bavidge joined

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club

Kelty Hearts Kelty Hearts Football Club is a football club based in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland. Formed in 1975 and nicknamed ''the Hearts'', ''the Maroon Machine'' and ''the Jambos'', they play their home games at New Central Park. Their home ...

on loan until January 2024. On 3 February 2024, Bavidge scored his first career hat-trick in a 3-0 away win over Edinburgh City. He followed this up just 13 days later with another hat-trick, this time for Scotland U-19 in a 4-0 win against Latvia.

Personal life

Alfie is the son of former professional footballer

Martin Bavidge Martin Bavidge (born 30 April 1980) is a Scottish retired professional footballer. He played as a forward. Bavidge started his career with Forres Mechanics in the Highland Football League before going on to play for Inverness Caledonian Thistle ...

; his grandfather Mitch Bavidge also played at a high level, mainly in the

Highland Football League The Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL, commonly known as the Highland League) is a senior football league based in the north of Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system The Scottish football league syst ...

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bavidge, Alfie 2006 births Living people Footballers from Aberdeen People educated at Hazlehead Academy Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Aberdeen F.C. players Kelty Hearts F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Scotland men's youth international footballers