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Chris Aitken

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Aitken
Date of birth	21 September 1979 (1979-09-21) (age 30)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Ayr United
Youth career
1998–2000	Greenock Morton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
2000	Greenock Morton	002 0(0)
2000–2001	Clyde	023 0(2)
2001–2003	Greenock Morton	019 0(1)
2003–2005	Hamilton Academical	050 0(8)
2005–2008	Stirling Albion	101 (37)
2008–	Ayr United	029 0(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:01, 14 May 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Chris Aitken (born September 21, 1979 in Glasgow) is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Scottish First Division side Ayr United.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Morton & Clyde 1.2 Hamilton 1.3 Stirling 1.4 Ayr 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Morton & Clyde

Aitken started his professional career at Greenock Morton making his debut against Inverness Caledonain Thistle on April 1, 2000. Aitken was with the Greenock club for only two games before being signed by Clyde on June 14, 2000.^[1]

He made his first team debut for Clyde on August 5, 2000 against Falkirk^[2] and went on to make a further 23 appearances for Clyde. Aitken scored his first goal of his professional career against Airdrie on November 22, 2000.^[3] Aitken stayed with Clyde for just over a season before returning to play for Greenock Morton on November 10, 2001.

He made his second debut for Morton on November 10, 2001 against Forfar Athletic. Aitken remained with Greenock Morton for two seasons making 19 appearances for the club, before signing for Hamilton Academical in June 2003.

[edit] Hamilton

Aitken made his debut for Hamilton and scored his first goal on August 2, 2003 against St. Johnstone in the Scottish League Challenge Cup.^[4] He went on to make over 50 league appearances, scoring 8 goals for the club during his time there, before he signed for Stirling Albion on January 31, 2005.

[edit] Stirling

Aitken made his debut for Stirling Albion against Dumbarton on February 5, 2005. Aitken scored his first goal for Stirling Albion against Brechin City on February 26, 2005. Since signing in 2005, Aitken went on to make over 90 league appearances, scoring over 30 goals for the Binos. Aitken was awarded the Players Player of the Year award for the 2006-07 season. He was made captain of the Stirlingshire side and at the end of the 2007-08 season, Aitken won the Stirling Albion supporters club player of the year award and the Stirling Albion supporters Trust award. Aitken was the leading goal scorer for Stirling Albion in the 2007-08 season.^[5] In May 2008, after Stirling Albion were relegated to the Scottish Second Division, Aikten agreed a two-year deal with Second Division rivals Ayr United, stating that Ayr's ambition is what drew him to Somerset Park.^[6]

[edit] Ayr

In May 2008, Aitken became Ayr United's eighth signing since the end of the 2007-08 season.^[6] Chris is wideley recognised as one of the best penalty kick taker,s in Scottish top flight soccer, having only missed 1 out of 35 attempts.

He played a major part in Ayr's playoff success in the 08/09 season, scoring 3 goals against Brechin and captaining the side all the way to the 1st division.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Chris Aitken career stats at Soccerbase

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