Alan Forrest

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Alan Forrest
Personal information
Full name Alan James Forrest[citation needed]
Date of birth (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Prestwick, Scotland
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Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Heart of Midlothian
Number 17
Youth career
Ayr United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2020 Ayr United 197 (48)
2020–2022 Livingston 62 (9)
2022– Heart of Midlothian 40 (4)
International career‡
2016 Scotland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2019

Alan James Forrest (born 9 September 1996) is a Scottish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian. He began his career at Ayr United, coming through the academy and making 245 appearances for The Honest Men. He would then spend two seasons with Scottish Premiership side Livingston.

He is the younger brother of Celtic and Scotland midfielder James Forrest.[1]

Career

Club

Forrest made his debut for Ayr United in a Scottish Challenge Cup match against Queen's Park. He came off the bench to score an 89th-minute winner at Hampden Park. With this goal Forrest became Ayr's youngest ever goalscorer aged 16 years, 321 days.[1] During the 2019–20 Scottish Championship season after scoring five goals in three league games Forrest was awarded the Scottish Championship Player of the Month for September.[2]

Forrest signed a pre-contract deal with Livingston on 10 April 2020, making the jump from the Scottish Championship to the Scottish Premiership.[3] Forrest made his debut for Livingston on the opening day of the 2020–21 Scottish Premiership season in a 1–0 loss against St Mirren at St Mirren Park. He scored his first goal for Livingston in a 2–2 draw against Motherwell on 12 August 2020, at Fir Park.[4]

On 1 June 2022, it was announced that Forrest would join Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian following the expiration of his Livingston contract on 10 June as a free agent on a two-year deal.[5][6]

International

In 2016, Forrest made his debut for the Scotland under-21 team in a friendly against Slovakia.[7][8]

Career statistics

As of 23 September 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ayr United 2013–14 Scottish League One 27 8 2 0 1 0 4[lower-alpha 1] 1 34 9
2014–15 31 9 2 0 2 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 36 9
2015–16 34 5 1 0 2 0 2[lower-alpha 3] 0 39 5
2016–17 Scottish Championship 34 6 6 0 2 2 3[lower-alpha 2] 1 45 9
2017–18 Scottish League One 29 7 2 1 1 0 2[lower-alpha 2] 1 34 9
2018–19 Scottish Championship 17 3 0 0 6 1 2[lower-alpha 4] 0 25 4
2019–20 25 10 2 0 4 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 32 10
Total 197 48 15 1 18 3 15 3 245 55
Livingston 2020–21 Scottish Premiership 30 4 2 0 7 7 0 0 39 11
2021–22 32 5 2 0 3 1 0 0 37 6
Total 62 9 4 0 10 8 0 0 76 17
Heart of Midlothian 2022–23 Scottish Premiership 35 4 3 0 1 0 8 1 47 5
2023–24 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
Total 40 4 3 0 1 0 10 1 54 5
Career total 299 61 22 1 29 11 25 4 375 77
  1. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in the Scottish Challenge Cup; Two appearances in the Scottish Championship play-offs
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  3. ↑ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup; One appearance in the Scottish Championship play-offs
  4. ↑ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup; One appearance in the Scottish Premiership play-offs

Honours

Club

Ayr United

Individual

References

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  9. ↑ Alan Forrest at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January.
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