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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
Central Midfielder, Right Winger
CM
RW
AM

Player traits

Stats compared to other attacking midfielders/wingers
Touches80%Shot attempts26%Goals38%
Chances created82%Aerial duels won15%Defensive actions32%

Premiership 2024/2025

2
Goals
1
Assists
8
Started
13
Matches
657
Minutes played
6.93
Rating
1
Yellow cards
0
Red cards
Match stats

Dec 21

Hibernian
1-3
59
0
1
0
0
6.8

Dec 7

St. Johnstone
1-1
90
1
0
0
0
8.4

Dec 4

Celtic
0-1
18
0
0
0
0
6.4

Dec 1

Hearts
1-1
90
1
0
0
0
7.9

Nov 26

Hibernian
3-3
45
0
0
0
0
6.6

Nov 23

St. Mirren
2-1
45
0
0
0
0
6.5

Nov 9

Dundee FC
4-1
71
0
0
0
0
7.2

Nov 2

Celtic
6-0
20
0
0
0
0
-

Oct 30

Rangers
2-1
9
0
0
0
0
-

Oct 26

Dundee United
1-0
16
0
0
0
0
6.1
Aberdeen

Dec 21

Premiership
Hibernian
1-3
59’
6.8

Dec 7

Premiership
St. Johnstone
1-1
90’
8.4

Dec 4

Premiership
Celtic
0-1
18’
6.4

Dec 1

Premiership
Hearts
1-1
90’
7.9

Nov 26

Premiership
Hibernian
3-3
45’
6.6
2024/2025

Season shot map

Shot accuracy: 55%
  • 11Shots
  • 2Goals
  • 1.60xG
1 - 1
Shot typeRight footSituationRegular playResultGoal
0.40xG0.64xGOT
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Season performance
Minutes played: 657

Shooting

Goals
2
Expected goals (xG)
1.58
xG on target (xGOT)
2.42
Non-penalty xG
1.58
Shots
11
Shots on target
6

Passing

Assists
1
Expected assists (xA)
1.67
Successful passes
229
Pass accuracy
75.1%
Accurate long balls
20
Long ball accuracy
62.5%
Chances created
12
Successful crosses
10
Cross accuracy
20.4%

Possession

Successful dribbles
4
Dribble success
50.0%
Touches
453
Touches in opposition box
19
Dispossessed
3
Fouls won
6

Defending

Tackles won
9
Tackles won %
69.2%
Duels won
24
Duels won %
54.5%
Aerial duels won
1
Aerial duels won %
20.0%
Interceptions
8
Blocked
1
Fouls committed
1
Recoveries
29
Possession won final 3rd
6
Dribbled past
8

Discipline

Yellow cards
1
Red cards
0

Player traits

Stats compared to other attacking midfielders/wingers
Touches80%Shot attempts26%Goals38%
Chances created82%Aerial duels won15%Defensive actions32%

Career

Club
Season

Senior career

AberdeenJun 2023 - now
68
9
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)