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Roy Aitken
Aitken in September 1982
Personal information
Full name
Robert Sime Aitken[1]
Date of birth
(1958-11-24) 24 November 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth
Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)
Defender
Youth career
1973–1975
Celtic
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1975–1990
Celtic
484
(40)
1990–1991
Newcastle United
54
(1)
1991–1992
St Mirren
34
(1)
1992–1995
Aberdeen
29
(2)
Total
784
(59)
International career
1976–1984
Scotland U21[3]
16
(2)
1979–1991
Scotland
57
(1)
1990[4]
SFA (SFL Centenary)
1
(0)
Managerial career
1995–1997
Aberdeen
2006
Aston Villa (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Robert Sime "Roy" Aitken (born 24 November 1958)[5] is a Scottish former football player and manager. He made over 480 league appearances for Celtic, and later played for Newcastle United, St Mirren and Aberdeen. Aitken also made 57 international appearances for Scotland. His playing position was either in midfield or defence.
Aitken had become assistant manager at Aberdeen towards the end of his playing career, and was appointed their manager in February 1995. He led the Dons to a Scottish League Cup win in 1995–96, but was sacked in November 1997. He has since coached several clubs, including Leeds United and Aston Villa.
^"Roy Aitken". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Roy Aitken (Player)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
^"Scotland Under-21 player Roy Aitken". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
^On this day, back in 1990, a Scottish League XI beat Scotland 1-0 at Hampden Park in the SFL Centenary match with the goal coming from then Aberdeen Football Club star Hans Gillhaus, Scottish Professional Football League via Facebook, 18 August 2016
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Scottish Football Hall of Fame". The Herald. Glasgow. 16 October 2017. "RoyAitken inducted into Scottish Hall of Fame". BT Sport. 21 October 2018. Retrieved...
McAdam, Roddie MacDonald and Jim Casey from their lineup due to injury. RoyAitken and Mike Conroy were drafted into the Celtic team as makeshift central...
Scotland national team on 29 January 2007. His assistants in the job were RoyAitken and Andy Watson. McLeish's first game in charge of the national team was...
Dundee United a few minutes after halftime. Gallacher outpaced Celtic's RoyAitken to a ball which had been headed forward by Eamonn Bannon and shot passed...
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of Fame". Aberdeen F.C. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2018. "RoyAitken inducted into Scottish Hall of Fame". BT Sport. 21 October 2018. Retrieved...
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