Aiden McGeady

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Aiden McGeady
Personal information
Full name:	Aiden John McGeady
Date of birth:	4 April 1986 (1986-04-04)
Place of birth:	Glasgow, Scotland
Height:	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position:	Winger
Club information
Current club	Hibernian
Number:	TBA
Youth clubs
2000–2001 2001–2004	Queen's Park Celtic
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2004–2010 2010–2014 2014–2017 2016 2016–2017 2017–2022 2020 2022–	Celtic Spartak Moscow Everton → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) → Preston North End (loan) Sunderland → Charlton Athletic (loan) Hibernian	185 0(31) 72 00(11) 32 00(1) 13 00(1) 34 00(8) 127 0(29) 10 00(0) 000 00(0)
National team
2002 2003 2004–2006 2004–2017	Republic of Ireland U17 Republic of Ireland U19 Republic of Ireland U21 Republic of Ireland	003 00(0) 001 00(0) 011 00(1) 093 00(5)

Aiden John McGeady (born 4 April 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian.

He started his career at Scottish Premier League club Celtic – with whom he won four league titles, two Scottish Cups and one Scottish League Cup – before moving to Russian club Spartak Moscow in 2010. In Russia, McGeady was a runner-up in the Russian Premier League. He moved to English football with Everton in January 2014, being loaned to Sheffield Wednesday and Preston North End before joining Sunderland in summer 2017. After five years with Sunderland he signed for Hibernian in June 2022.

McGeady was born and brought up in Scotland but chose to play for the Republic of Ireland national team, qualifying through his Irish grandparents. He was included in the Irish squads at UEFA Euro 2012 and UEFA Euro 2016, and made 93 full international appearances between 2004 and 2017.

Honours

Clubs

Celtic

• Scottish Premier League (4): 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
• Scottish League Cup (2): 2005–06, 2008–09
• Scottish Cup (2): 2004–05, 2006–07
• Scottish Youth Cup (1): 2003
• Reserve Scottish Premier League (3): 2002, 2003, 2004
• Under 19 Scottish Premier League (2): 2003, 2004

Spartak Moscow

• Russian Premier League (1): 2011-12 Runner Up

Sunderland

• EFL League One play-offs: 2022
• EFL Trophy: 2020–21; runner-up: 2018–19

Individual

• Celtic FC Young Player of the Year (3): 2005, 2006, 2007
• Celtic FC Fans Player of the Year (1): 2008
• Celtic FC Players' Player of the Year (2): 2008, 2010
• SPFA Players' Player of the Year (1): 2008
• SPFA Young Player of the Year (1): 2008
• SPFA SPL Team of the Year (2): 2007–08, 2008–09
• FAI Young International Player of the Year: 2008
• Russian Football Union Top 33 (2): 2010, 2011–12
• BBC Sportsound Player of the Year (1): 2008
• Clydesdale Bank Young Player of the Year (1): 2008
• Scottish Premier League Player of the Month (3): December 2004, November 2007, February 2008
• Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month (4): March 2005, November 2005, August 2006, September 2006
• Eircom Republic of Ireland Young Player of the Year (1): 2009
• FAI International Goal of the Year: 2014
• Preston North End FC Player of the Year Player of the Year: 2016–17
• EFL Championship Player of the Month: February 2017
• PFA Team of the Year (EFL League One): 2018–19
• Sunderland AFC Player of the Year: 2018–19
• Preston North End FC Team of the Decade: 2010–19
• EFL League One Player of the Month: February 2019
• EFL League One Team of the Season: 2020–21

External links

• Aiden McGeady profile at Soccerbase
• Aiden McGeady profile at Transfermarkt

Republic of Ireland – 2012 UEFA European Championship

Manager:   [[]]

Republic of Ireland – UEFA Euro 2016 – Round of 16

1. Westwood 2. Coleman 3. Clark 4. O'Shea 5. Keogh 6. Whelan 7. McGeady 8. McCarthy 9. Long 10. Keane (c) 11. McClean 12. Duffy 13. Hendrick 14. Walters 15. Christie 16. Given 17. Ward 18. Meyler 19. Brady 20. Hoolahan 21. Murphy 22. Quinn 23. Randolph Manager:   Martin O'Neill