Alan Forrest

Alan Forrest
Personal information
Full name	Alan Forrest
Date of birth	9 September 1996
Place of birth	Prestwick, Scotland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Livingston
Number	11
Youth career
	Ayr United
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:22, 7 February 2021 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2019

Alan Forrest (born 9 September 1996) is a Scottish football player. He currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Livingston in the Scottish Premiership. He began his career at Ayr United, coming through the academy and making 245 appearances for The Honest Men.

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

Career

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]

In 2016, Forrest made his debut for the Scotland under-21 team in a friendly against Slovakia.[5][6]

As of 7 February 2021[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	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	Scottish Championship	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	23	4	0	0	6	7	0	0	29	11
Career total			220	52	15	1	24	10	15	3	274	66

Ayr United

"Alan Forrest Ayr United Player Profile". Ayr United. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
"Alan Forrest wins award". Ayr United FC. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
https://livingstonfc.co.uk/alan-forrest-pre-contract-agreement/
"Motherwell 2-2 Livingston - Match Report & Highlights". Sky Sports. Sky Sports. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
"International friendly: Slovakia U21 4–0 Scotland U21". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
"Scotland U21 profile". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
Alan Forrest at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January.
"Scottish League One: Ayr United pip Raith Rovers to title and automatic promotion". BBC Sport. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

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