Aidan Fitzpatrick (born 20 March 2001) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Partick Thistle and has previously played for Norwich City and Queen of the South.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Aidan Fitzpatrick[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-03-20) 20 March 2001 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Partick Thistle | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Partick Thistle | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Partick Thistle | 21 | (3) |
| 2019–2021 | Norwich City | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Queen of the South (loan) | 22 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Queen of the South | 12 | (2) |
| 2022- | Partick Thistle | 2 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Scotland U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Scotland U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | Scotland U19 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:38, 8 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:18, 13 July 2021 (UTC) | |||
From Partick in Glasgow, Fitzpatrick started playing football at St Peters Primary School. He was recommended to Partick Thistle and progressed through the club's youth system.[2]
Fitzpatrick debuted for the first-team versus Albion Rovers in the 2018–19 Scottish League Cup in July 2018, coming on as a substitute and scoring a goal in the 2–0 win. He was the first player born in the 21st century to play for Partick Thistle.[3] On his first starting appearance versus Stranraer in the 2018–19 Scottish Challenge Cup, Fitzpatrick scored two goals and had an assist in a 5–0 victory, winning an Irn-Bru Golden Balls award.[2] He signed a new long-term contract in September 2018.[4] Thistle confirmed in January 2019 that the club had received two bids for Fitzpatrick, one in the summer of 2018 and one in January 2019,[5] however, both bids were turned down.[6]
Fitzpatrick scored his first league goal for Partick Thistle in the 2–1 away win to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in February 2019. The following month, he scored a stoppage time winner for Thistle in a 2–1 home win over Dundee United.[7] In his first season of senior football, Fitzpatrick made 28 appearances for the Firhill club across all competitions, scoring seven goals and having four assists.[5]
On 5 July 2019, Fitzpatrick signed for Premier League club Norwich City for a fee reported to be in the region of £350,000.[8]
On 24 August 2020, Fitzpatrick signed for Scottish Championship club Queen of the South in a season-long loan deal.[9] On 8 September 2021, after securing his contract release from Norwich, he signed a one-year permanent contract with Queen of the South.[10]
On 13 July 2022, Fitzpatrick signed a two-year deal with Partick Thistle once again. Although his contract at previous club Queen of the South had expired, the Doonhamers held out for a compensation fee, due to the player still being under 23 years old.[11][12]
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Partick Thistle U20s | 2017–18[14] | Development League | – | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Partick Thistle | 2018–19[15] | Scottish Championship | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 30 | 7 |
| Norwich City U23s | 2019–20[16] | Premier League 2 | – | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Queen of the South (loan) | 2020–21 | Scottish Championship | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| Queen of the South | 2021–22 | Scottish Championship | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
| Partick Thistle | 2022–23 | Scottish Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 55 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 74 | 15 | ||
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