Roy Aitken
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Roy Aitken, 1982
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Personnel | ||
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Surname | Robert Sime Aitken | |
birthday | November 24, 1958 | |
place of birth | Irvine , Scotland | |
size | 183 cm | |
position |
Defensive midfield central defender |
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Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1976-1990 | Celtic Glasgow | 483 (40) |
1990-1991 | Newcastle United | 54 | (1)
1991-1992 | FC St. Mirren | 34 | (1)
1992-1995 | Aberdeen FC | 29 | (2)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1976-1984 | Scotland U21 | 16 | (2)
1980-1991 | Scotland | 57 | (1)
Stations as a trainer | ||
Years | station | |
1995-1997 | Aberdeen FC | |
2003-2006 | Aston Villa (assistant coach) | |
2006-2007 | Scotland (assistant coach) | |
2007-2010 | Birmingham City (Assistant Coach) | |
2010-2011 | Al-Ahli (assistant coach) | |
1 Only league games are given. |
Robert Sime "Roy" Aitken (born November 24, 1958 in Irvine , Scotland ) is a former football player ( midfielder ) and today's coach. He was active for 14 years for Celtic Glasgow (from 1987 to 1990 as captain) and also played for Newcastle United , FC St. Mirren and FC Aberdeen . With the Scottish national team he took part in the soccer world championships in 1986 and 1990 , but retired with this in each case in the preliminary round.
He has been a coach since the end of his active career. From 1995 to 1997 he coached Aberdeen FC , with whom he won the Scottish League Cup in 1996. In June 2003 he became assistant coach at Aston Villa in Birmingham under David O'Leary . After an offer from the Scottish Football Association, he left Aston Villa to be assistant coach of the Scottish national team from January 2006 to November 2007 , when he followed Alex McLeish to Birmingham City , where Aitken continued to work as his assistant coach. In July 2010 he left Birmingham City again to work as an assistant coach at the al-Ahli Club in Dubai until May 2011.
literature
- Michael Nordmann: 1000 footballers. The best players ever . Verlag Naumann & Göbel, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-625-10538-1 , p. 18.
Individual evidence
- ^ Roy Aitken's profile on transfermarkt.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Aitken, Roy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aitken, Robert Sime (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Irvine , Scotland |