Aaron Comrie

Aaron Comrie
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-03) 3 February 1997 (age 27)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Dunfermline Athletic
Number 2
Youth career
2006–2015 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 St Johnstone 14 (0)
2015–2016 → Montrose (loan) 21 (1)
2017 → Peterhead (loan) 16 (0)
2019– Dunfermline Athletic 148 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:22, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Aaron Comrie (born 3 February 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for as a right-back for Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic. Comrie previously played for St Johnstone, and had loan spells with Montrose and Peterhead.

Career

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Comrie began his career in the youth setup at Celtic joining aged nine,[1] making his way up to under-17 level at which point he was released.[1]

Following his release by Celtic, Comrie signed for St Johnstone in February 2015.[2]

In December 2015, Comrie moved on loan to Montrose initially for one month,[3] then the deal was extended for the remainder of the season.[4]

On 25 August 2016, Comrie made his debut for St Johnstone, coming on as a substitute in the first minute following an injury to Richard Foster away to Hamilton Academical,[5][6] earning praise afterwards from manager Tommy Wright.[6]

In January 2017, Comrie along with St Johnstone teammate Liam Gordon joined Peterhead on loan until the end of the season.[7][8]

After returning to St Johnstone, Comrie made his first start for the club, in a 1–1 draw away to Celtic on 26 August 2017,[9][10] where he was involved in an early collision with his teammate Murray Davidson, which left Comrie with a cut and forced Davidson off with concussion.[10]

At the end of the 2018–19 season, Comrie was released by St Johnstone.[2]

On 15 May 2019, Comrie signed for Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic on a one-year contract with the option of a second.[11] A mainstay of the first team since arriving, by the start of the 2024-25 season Comrie was the longest serving player in the Dunfermline squad having made 169 appearences in 4 seasons.[12]

Career statistics

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As of 17 November 2024
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
St Johnstone 2015–16[13] Scottish Premiership 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016–17[14] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 2 0
2017–18[15] 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2018–19[16] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
Montrose (loan) 2015–16[13] Scottish League Two 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1
Peterhead (loan) 2016–17[14] Scottish League One 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Dunfermline Athletic 2019–20[17] Scottish Championship 27 0 1 0 5 1 1[a] 0 34 1
2020–21[18] 22 1 1 0 4 0 2[b] 0 29 1
2021–22[19] 30 1 1 0 5 1 2[b] 0 38 2
2022-23[20] Scottish League One[21] 35 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 42 1
2023-24[22] Scottish Championship 20 0 1 0 4 0 1[a] 0 26 0
2024-25[23] 14 0 0 0 4 0 3[a] 0 21 0
Total 148 3 7 0 26 2 9 0 190 5
Career total 199 4 8 0 26 2 9 0 243 6
  1. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the play-offs

Honours

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Dunfermline Athletic

References

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  1. ^ a b Nicolson, Eric (28 August 2017). "St Johnstone's Aaron Comrie showing there is life after Celtic". The Courier. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Comrie to move on this summer". St Johnstone F.C. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. ^ "COMRIE JOINS MONTROSE ON LOAN". Scottish Professional Football League. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Aaron Comrie". Montrose F.C. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  5. ^ Young, Chick (25 August 2016). "Hamilton Academical 1–1 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  6. ^ a b Masson, James (27 September 2016). "Tommy Wright hails impact of young St Johnstone defenders". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Perth Saints aid Blue Toon recruitment". Peterhead F.C. 4 January 2019. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  8. ^ Douglass, Sean (11 January 2017). "Aaron Comie hoping time with Peterhead can help him at St Johnstone". Evening Express. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  9. ^ English, Tom (26 August 2017). "Celtic 1–1 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  10. ^ a b Temple, Alan (17 August 2019). "Aaron Comrie reflects on bruising first start against Celtic as he prepares to visit Parkhead with Dunfermline". Deadline News. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Comrie comes to East End Park". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  12. ^ https://dafc.co.uk/squad/aaron-comrie/
  13. ^ a b "Games played by Aaron Comrie in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  14. ^ a b "Games played by Aaron Comrie in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Games played by Aaron Comrie in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Games played by Aaron Comrie in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  17. ^ "Games played by Aaron Comrie in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  18. ^ "Games played by Aaron Comrie in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  19. ^ "Games played by Aaron Comrie in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  20. ^ "Games played by Aaron Comrie in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  21. ^ "Games played by Aaron Comrie in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  22. ^ "Games played by Aaron Comrie in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  23. ^ "Games played by Aaron Comrie in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  24. ^ "Dunfermline Athletic win cinch League 1 | SPFL". spfl.co.uk.
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