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Roy Aitken

Squad: A Squad
DOB: 24/11/1958

Statistics

Caps 57
Goals 1

Biography

Robert Sime Aitken was born in Irvine (Ayrshire) on 24 November 1958. The rugged defender joined Celtic from Celtic Boys Club in 1975 and went on to make an enormous impact over the following 15 years at Celtic Park. Success came early with the team that won the double in 1977 and he went on to play in teams that won the league in 1979, 1981, 1982, and 1986, with further Scottish Cup winner medals in 1980 and 1985.

Roy featured for Scotland at both the 1986 and 1990 World cups, captaining his country at the 1990 tournament. He would wear the armband 27 times. His lone goal for Scotland came against Romania in a 1986 friendly at Hampden.

2007 saw a return to the international scene for the former skipper, this time as an assistant to Alex McLeish – a spell that included a memorable victory over France at the Parc des Princes.

Caps: All Levels

Match Appearances

A Squad Matches
Goals
Cards

All

16/10/1991
romania 1 - 0 scotland
20/06/1990
brazil 1 - 0 scotland
16/06/1990
sweden 1 - 2 scotland
11/06/1990
costa rica 1 - 0 scotland
28/05/1990
malta 1 - 2 scotland
19/05/1990
scotland 1 - 1 poland
28/03/1990
scotland 1 - 0 argentina
15/11/1989
scotland 1 - 1 norway
11/10/1989
france 3 - 0 scotland
06/09/1989
yugoslavia 3 - 1 scotland
30/05/1989
scotland 2 - 0 chile
27/05/1989
scotland 0 - 2 england
26/04/1989
scotland 2 - 1 cyprus
08/03/1989
scotland 2 - 0 france
08/02/1989
cyprus 2 - 3 scotland
22/12/1988
italy 2 - 0 scotland
19/10/1988
scotland 1 - 1 yugoslavia
14/09/1988
norway 1 - 2 scotland
21/05/1988
england 1 - 0 scotland
17/05/1988
scotland 0 - 0 colombia
27/04/1988
spain 0 - 0 scotland
22/03/1988
malta 1 - 1 scotland
17/02/1988
saudi arabia 2 - 2 scotland
02/12/1987
luxembourg 0 - 0 scotland
11/11/1987
bulgaria 0 - 1 scotland
14/10/1987
scotland 2 - 0 belgium
09/09/1987
scotland 2 - 0 hungary
26/05/1987
scotland 0 - 2 brazil
23/05/1987
scotland 0 - 0 england
01/04/1987
belgium 4 - 1 scotland
18/02/1987
scotland 0 - 1 republic of ireland
12/11/1986
scotland 3 - 0 luxembourg
15/10/1986
republic of ireland 0 - 0 scotland
10/09/1986
scotland 0 - 0 bulgaria
13/06/1986
uruguay 0 - 0 scotland
08/06/1986
germany (west) 2 - 1 scotland
04/06/1986
denmark 1 - 0 scotland
23/04/1986
england 2 - 1 scotland
26/03/1986
scotland 3 - 0 romania
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28/01/1986
israel 0 - 1 scotland
04/12/1985
australia 0 - 0 scotland
20/11/1985
scotland 2 - 0 australia
16/10/1985
scotland 0 - 0 germany (east)
10/09/1985
wales 1 - 1 scotland
28/05/1985
iceland 0 - 1 scotland
25/05/1985
scotland 1 - 0 england
28/02/1984
scotland 2 - 1 wales
13/12/1983
northern ireland 2 - 0 scotland
12/10/1983
scotland 1 - 1 belgium
20/06/1983
canada 0 - 2 scotland
16/06/1983
canada 0 - 3 scotland
15/12/1982
belgium 3 - 2 scotland
28/05/1980
poland 1 - 0 scotland
24/05/1980
scotland 0 - 2 england
21/05/1980
scotland 1 - 0 wales
19/12/1979
scotland 1 - 3 belgium
12/09/1979
scotland 1 - 1 peru

Debut Match

scotland 1 - 1 peru
12/09/1979

Last Match

romania 1 - 0 scotland
16/10/1991

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