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Leighton Clarkson

Aberdeen
175 cm
Height
10
Shirt
23 years
Oct 19, 2001
Right
Preferred foot
England
Country
€950K
Market value
Position
Primary
Attacking Midfielder
Others
Defensive Midfielder, Right Winger
DM
RW
AM

Player traits

Stats compared to other attacking midfielders/wingers
Touches92%Shot attempts11%Goals46%
Chances created76%Aerial duels won6%Defensive actions29%

Premiership 2024/2025

3
Goals
1
Assists
15
Started
27
Matches
1,396
Minutes played
6.80
Rating
3
Yellow cards
0
Red cards
Match stats

Mar 29

Motherwell
4-1
90
1
0
0
0
8.3

Mar 15

St. Johnstone
0-0
27
0
0
0
0
6.8

Mar 2

Dundee United
2-2
35
0
0
0
0
7.4

Feb 25

Celtic
5-1
19
0
0
0
0
6.1

Feb 22

Kilmarnock
1-0
24
0
0
0
0
6.6

Feb 15

Dundee FC
1-2
1
0
0
0
0
-

Feb 1

Hibernian
2-0
90
0
0
0
0
6.4

Jan 25

St. Mirren
0-3
55
0
0
0
0
6.5

Jan 15

Rangers
3-0
90
0
0
1
0
6.5

Jan 12

Hearts
0-0
66
0
0
1
0
6.2
Aberdeen

Mar 29

Premiership
Motherwell
4-1
90’
8.3

Mar 15

Premiership
St. Johnstone
0-0
27’
6.8

Mar 2

Premiership
Dundee United
2-2
35’
7.4

Feb 25

Premiership
Celtic
5-1
19’
6.1

Feb 22

Premiership
Kilmarnock
1-0
24’
6.6
2024/2025

Season shot map

Shot accuracy: 50%
  • 18Shots
  • 3Goals
  • 1.85xG
4 - 1
Shot typeRight footSituationFrom cornerResultGoal
0.03xG0.25xGOT
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Season performance
Minutes played: 1,396

Shooting

Goals
3
Expected goals (xG)
1.83
xG on target (xGOT)
2.69
Non-penalty xG
1.83
Shots
18
Shots on target
9

Passing

Assists
1
Expected assists (xA)
3.14
Successful passes
568
Pass accuracy
77.8%
Accurate long balls
66
Long ball accuracy
55.9%
Chances created
27
Successful crosses
22
Cross accuracy
19.6%

Possession

Successful dribbles
10
Dribble success
47.6%
Touches
1,032
Touches in opposition box
35
Dispossessed
5
Fouls won
7

Defending

Tackles won
13
Tackles won %
61.9%
Duels won
40
Duels won %
47.1%
Aerial duels won
2
Aerial duels won %
16.7%
Interceptions
12
Blocked
2
Fouls committed
6
Recoveries
70
Possession won final 3rd
7
Dribbled past
13

Discipline

Yellow cards
3
Red cards
0

Player traits

Stats compared to other attacking midfielders/wingers
Touches92%Shot attempts11%Goals46%
Chances created76%Aerial duels won6%Defensive actions29%

Career

Club
Season

Senior career

AberdeenJun 2023 - now
85
10
Liverpool (back from loan)Jun 2023 - Jun 2023
Aberdeen (on loan)Aug 2022 - Jun 2023
38
6
LiverpoolJul 2022 - Aug 2022
Blackburn Rovers (on loan)Aug 2021 - Jan 2022
7
0
LiverpoolJul 2019 - Aug 2021
3
0

Youth career

Liverpool Under 21Jul 2022 - Aug 2022
Liverpool U23 (back from loan)Jan 2022 - Aug 2022
12
2
Liverpool U23Oct 2019 - Aug 2021
23
3
Liverpool Under 21Aug 2019 - Aug 2021
3
1
Liverpool U18Feb 2018 - Aug 2021
41
4
Liverpool U19Jul 2017 - Aug 2021
12
0

National team

England U20Aug 2021 - Sep 2022
  • Matches
  • Goals
Trophies

Liverpool

England
1
Premier League(19/20)
1
UEFA Super Cup(19/20)
1
FIFA Club World Cup(2019 Qatar)
1
Community Shield(22/23)

Liverpool U18

England
1
FA Youth Cup(18/19)