Stephen Aitken

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Stephen Aitken
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Aitken
Date of birth	(1976-09-25) 25 September 1976
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Stranraer (manager)
Youth career
–1993	Erskine B.C.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1993–2001	Greenock Morton	113	(4)
2001–2007	Stranraer	156	(5)
2007	Stenhousemuir	11	(0)
2007–2009	Arthurlie
2009–2011	Stranraer	19	(0)
Teams managed
2012–	Stranraer
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Stephen Aitken (born 25 September 1976 in Glasgow) is a Scottish footballer who is currently the manager of Stranraer in the Scottish Football League Second Division. Aitken played for Greenock Morton, Stranraer, Stenhousemuir and Arthurlie. He rejoined Stranrer in 2009 as assistant manager to Keith Knox. Aitken retired as a player in 2011 and was appointed manager of Stranraer in 2012.

Career

Aitken started his senior career with Greenock Morton, where he played for eight years before moving to Stranraer where he stayed for six years. Upon leaving Stranraer he joined Stenhousemuir briefly, before leaving the senior game to join Barrhead side Arthurlie in the junior ranks.

In 2009, he returned to Stranraer for a second time at the age of 32, and shortly thereafter took up a role as assistant manager.^[1] On 27 October 2012 Stranraer FC are delighted to announce that Stephen Aitken will take over as manager at the club.^[2]

Managerial Statistics

As of 1 February 2014 (2014-02-01)

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Stranraer		October 2012	Present	700158000000000000058	700124000000000000024	700113000000000000013	700121000000000000021	700141380000000000041.38

References

↑ "Aitken makes return to Stranraer". BBC Sport. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
↑ http://www.stranraerfc.org/index.php/latest-news/240-aitken-takes-charge

External links

Stephen Aitken career stats at Soccerbase

v t e Stranraer F.C. – current squad

GK Fahey GK Mitchell DF Docherty DF Kinnaird DF MacGregor DF McKeown DF Robertson DF Rumsby DF Wood MF Agnew MF C. Aitken MF Bell MF Borris MF Corcoran MF Gallagher MF Maxwell MF Rafferty MF Stirling MF Winter FW Forde FW Grehan FW Longworth FW McKenna Manager: S. Aitken

v t e Stranraer F.C. – managers

McLindon (1970–71) Caldow (1973–75) Hughes (1975–76) Hood (1980–81) Hamilton (1981–82) Sneddon (1982–85) J. Clark (1986) N. Clark (1986–87) McAnespie (1987–96) Money (1996–99) McLaren (1999–2003) Watt (2003–06) Britton (2006–08) Ferguson (2008–09) Knox (2009–12) Aitken (2012–)

Persondata
Name	Aitken, Stephen
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish footballer
Date of birth	25 September 1976
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death

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