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Charlie Aitken (footballer, born 1942)
Charles Alexander Aitken (born 1 May 1942 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish former footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Alexander Aitken | ||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gorebridge Juniors | |||
| Edinburgh Thistle | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1976 | Aston Villa | 561 | (14) |
| 1976–1977 | New York Cosmos | 24 | (0) |
| Total | 585 | (14) | |
| International career | |||
| 1961–1962[1] | Scotland U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 1962[2] | SFA trial v SFL | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Aitken is the all-time record appearance holder at English club Aston Villa. He played for Villa from August 1959 until May 1976, a period of 17 seasons. He came to Villa to accompany his friend Wilson Briggs, also a left back, to a trial. They were both taken on, but Briggs ended up playing just two games in his career. Aitken was a member of the 1975 League Cup winning team, having been a runner-up in 1971. He spent the last two seasons of his professional career in the NASL with the New York Cosmos, playing alongside the greats of Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer.
Aston Villa Honours
Football League Second Division
- Runners-up: 1974–75
Football League Third Division
- Champions: 1971–72
- Runners-up: 1972
Aston Villa Career Statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1960–61 | Aston Villa | First Division | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| 1961–62 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 42 | 0 | ||
| 1962–63 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 53 | 0 | ||
| 1963–64 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 1 | ||
| 1964–65 | 42 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 53 | 3 | ||
| 1965–66 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 48 | 1 | ||
| 1966–67 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 42 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | Second Division | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 0 | |
| 1968–69 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 47 | 0 | ||
| 1969–70 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||
| 1970–71 | Third Division | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 55 | 1 | |
| 1971–72 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 50 | 4 | ||
| 1972–73 | Second Division | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 1 | |
| 1973–74 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 43 | 2 | ||
| 1974–75 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | – | – | 55 | 2 | ||
| 1975–76 | First Division | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| Career total | 561 | 14 | 35 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 659 | 16 | ||
References
- ^ Scotland U23 player Aitken, Charlie, FitbaStats
- ^ Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.
External links
- Charlie Aitken at Soccerbase
- nasljerseys.com with Aitken's North American statistics
- Aston Villa Player Database