Aiden McGeady

**Aiden John McGeady** (born 4 April 1986) is a professional football player who plays as a right winger for Ayr United. He was born in Scotland, and represented the Republic of Ireland national team from 2004 until 2017.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Celtic|2003–04|Scottish Premier League|4|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|4|1|
|2004–05|Scottish Premier League|27|4|5|0|2|1|3|0|37|5|||
|2005–06|Scottish Premier League|20|4|1|0|2|0|1|0|24|4|||
|2006–07|Scottish Premier League|34|5|4|0|2|0|6|0|46|5|||
|2007–08|Scottish Premier League|36|7|4|0|1|0|10|1|51|8|||
|2008–09|Scottish Premier League|29|3|3|1|4|2|4|1|40|7|||
|2009–10|Scottish Premier League|35|7|4|0|2|0|9|0|50|7|||
|rowspan="5"|Spartak Moscow|2010|Russian Premier League|11|2|0|0|—|12|1|23|3||
|2011–12|Russian Premier League|31|3|3|1|—|0|0|34|4||||
|2012–13|Russian Premier League|17|5|1|0|—|5|0|23|5||||
|2013–14|Russian Premier League|13|1|0|0|—|0|0|13|1||||
|rowspan="5"|Everton|2013–14|Premier League|16|0|2|0|—|—|18|0|||
|2014–15|Premier League|16|1|2|0|1|0|5|0|24|1|||
|2015–16|Premier League|0|0|0|0|1|0|—|1|0||||
|2016–17|Premier League|0|0|—|—|—|0|0||||||
|Sheffield Wednesday (loan)|2015–16|Championship|13|1|0|0|—|—|13|1||||
|Preston North End (loan)|2016–17|Championship|34|8|1|0|0|0|—|35|8|||
|rowspan="6"|Sunderland|2017–18|Championship|35|7|0|0|2|0|—|37|7||
|2018–19|League One|34|11|2|1|0|0|4|2|40|14|||
|2019–20|League One|15|4|2|1|2|1|2|0|21|6|||
|2020–21|League One|29|4|0|0|0|0|7|2|36|6|||
|2021–22|League One|14|3|0|0|2|0|0|0|16|3|||
|Charlton Athletic (loan)|2019–20|Championship|10|0|—|—|—|10|0|||||
|Hibernian|2022–23|Scottish Premiership|9|0|1|0|4|0|—|14|0|||
|Ayr United|2023–24|Scottish Championship|8|0|2|0|1|0|0|0|10|0||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Republic of Ireland|2004|2|0|
|2005|1|0|||
|2006|5|0|||
|2007|8|0|||
|2008|6|0|||
|2009|9|0|||
|2010|6|0|||
|2011|9|2|||
|2012|11|0|||
|2013|6|1|||
|2014|11|2|||
|2015|5|0|||
|2016|7|0|||
|2017|7|0|||

- _Scores and results list the Republic of Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each McGeady goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|26 March 2011|Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland||1–0|2–1|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||
|2|7 October 2011|Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra||2–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||
|3|15 November 2013|Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland||2–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|4|7 September 2014|Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia||1–0|2–1|Euro 2016 qualifying||||||||
|5|2–1|||||||||||||

## Honours

**Celtic**
- Scottish Premier League: 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
- Scottish Cup: 2004–05, 2006–07
- Scottish League Cup: 2008–09

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

**Individual**
- FAI Young International Player of the Year: 2008
- PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year: 2007–08
- PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year: 2007–08
- PFA Scotland Team of the Year (SPL): 2007–08, 2008–09
- SPL Young Player of the Year: 2007–08
- BBC Sportsound Player of the Year: 2007–08
- Celtic FC Fans Player of the Year: 2007–08
- Celtic FC Players' Player of the Year: 2007–08, 2009–10
- Celtic FC Young Player of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
- SPL Player of the Month: December 2004, November 2007, February 2008
- SPL Young Player of the Month: March 2005, November 2005, August 2006, September 2006
- Russian Football Union Top 33: 2010, 2011–12
- FAI International Goal of the Year: 2014
- Preston North End FC Player of the Year: 2016–17
- EFL Championship Player of the Month: February 2017
- PFA Team of the Year: 2018–19 League One, 2020–21 League One
- Sunderland 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

## Related pages

- List of Republic of Ireland international footballers born outside the Republic of Ireland

## References

- Celtic

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Aiden McGeady
- **image**: AidenMcGeadyIreland.png
- **caption**: McGeady lining up for the Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland in 2013
- **fullname**: Aiden John McGeady
- **birth place**: Rutherglen, Scotland
- **height**: 1.80 m
- **position**: Midfielder#Winger, Winger
- **currentclub**: Ayr United F.C., Ayr United
- **clubnumber**: 10
- **youthyears1**: 1994–1997
- **youthclubs1**: Busby Boys Club
- **youthyears2**: 1997–2000
- **youthclubs2**: Queen's Park F.C., Queen's Park
- **youthyears3**: 2000–2004
- **youthclubs3**: Celtic F.C. Under-20s and Academy, Celtic
- **years1**: 2004–2010
- **clubs1**: Celtic F.C., Celtic
- **caps1**: 185
- **goals1**: 31
- **years2**: 2010–2014
- **clubs2**: FC Spartak Moscow, Spartak Moscow
- **caps2**: 72
- **goals2**: 11
- **years3**: 2014–2017
- **clubs3**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps3**: 32
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2016
- **clubs4**: → Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
- **caps4**: 13
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2016–2017
- **clubs5**: → Preston North End F.C., Preston North End (loan)
- **caps5**: 34
- **goals5**: 8
- **years6**: 2017–2022
- **clubs6**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **caps6**: 127
- **goals6**: 29
- **years7**: 2020
- **clubs7**: → Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic (loan)
- **caps7**: 10
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2022–2023
- **clubs8**: Hibernian F.C., Hibernian
- **caps8**: 9
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2023–
- **clubs9**: Ayr United F.C., Ayr United
- **caps9**: 10
- **goals9**: 2
- **club-update**: 16 December 2023
- **nationalyears1**: 2002
- **nationalteam1**: Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team, Republic of Ireland U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2003
- **nationalteam2**: Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team, Republic of Ireland U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2004–2006
- **nationalteam3**: Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team, Republic of Ireland U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 11
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 2004–2017
- **nationalteam4**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland
- **nationalcaps4**: 93
- **nationalgoals4**: 5