Aidan Barlow
Barlow with Manchester United U18s in December 2017
Personal information
Full name Aidan Will Barlow[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000
Place of birth Salford, England
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Left midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
 Eastleigh
Number 10
Youth career
2006–2020 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Manchester United 0 (0)
2019 → Tromsø (loan) 7 (2)
2021–2023 Doncaster Rovers 43 (3)
2023– Eastleigh 18 (1)
International career
2017 England U17 3 (1)
2017 England U18 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:51, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Aidan Will Barlow (born 10 January 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Eastleigh.

Club career

Barlow is a product of the Manchester United academy, having joined at the age of six.[3][4] He made his first appearance at under-18 level in a defeat to Liverpool in 2014–15, prior to making the step up to under-23 football; he also featured for the under-19s in the UEFA Youth League.[5] Barlow signed his first professional contract in December 2017.[4]

On 13 August 2019, Barlow was loaned to Eliteserien side Tromsø until the end of the Norwegian season.[6][7][8] He made his professional debut in Norway's top flight on 18 August, featuring for 76 minutes of a fixture with Lillestrøm.[9][10] His first senior goal arrived in his third game, as he scored against Haugesund on 1 September.[9][11][12] After a further goal versus Sarpsborg 08, he returned to his parent club on 3 December.[9][13]

On 25 June 2020, it was announced that Barlow would leave Manchester United upon the expiration of his contract five days later.[14] In September 2020, he went on trial at Stoke City, playing three games for their U23 side.[9] In November 2020, he appeared for Ipswich Town's U23 side as a trialist.[15] He went on another trial at Doncaster Rovers in July 2021, and signed a one-year contract with the club on 28 July 2021.[16] Following relegation to League Two, Barlow signed a further one-year contract extension in May 2022 with the option for a following year.[17]

On 4 July 2023, Barlow signed for National League club Eastleigh.[18]

International career

In May 2017, Barlow represented England at the UEFA Under-17 Championship in Croatia.[9] He scored on his first appearance in the competition, netting in a 4–0 victory over Ukraine on 7 May.[9] Barlow appeared in three of England's six games as they finished as runners-up to Spain.[9] In the following September, Barlow played for the U18s in a friendly against South Africa U20s.[19][20]

Career statistics

As of 10 April 2023.[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester United 2019–20 Premier League 000000000000
Tromsø (loan) 2019 Eliteserien 7200——0072
Doncaster Rovers 2021–22[21] League One 2812020—2[lower-alpha 1]0341
2022-23 League Two 13 2 0 0 0 0 — 2 0 15 2
Career total 48520200040565
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "2019/20 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Aidan Barlow". World Football. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Aidan Barlow - Man Utd's hidden gem who could become their greatest treasure". Goal. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Who is Aidan Barlow? Manchester United youngster trains with first-team ahead of Manchester derby". Manchester Evening News. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Aidan Barlow - Man Utd Academy Player Profile - U18". Manchester United. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Man Utd midfielder Aidan Barlow joins Tromso on loan". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Solskjær anbefalte Gutan". Tromsø IL. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Manchester United youngster Aidan Barlow set to complete Tromso loan". Manchester Evening News. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "England - A. Barlow". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Barlow høyaktuell fra start". Tromsø. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Tromsø rotet bort tomålsledelse hjemme mot Haugesund". ITromsø. 1 September 2019. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  12. ↑ "Aidan Barlow on swapping north west for Norway and being inspired by Sancho". Irish Independent. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "Trio forlater Gutan". Tromsø. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  14. ↑ "Man Utd Under-23s and Under-18s retained and released list for 2020". Manchester United. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  15. ↑ "Wolves Left-Back and Former Manchester United Trainee Among Blues Trialists". TWTD. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "Aidan Barlow: Doncaster sign ex-Manchester United midfielder on a one-year deal". BBC Sport. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  17. ↑ "Barlow pens new Rovers deal". www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  18. ↑ "NEWS | AIDAN BARLOW JOINS THE SPITFIRES". www.eastleighfc.com. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  19. ↑ "England U18s 1-2 South Africa". The FA. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  20. ↑ "South Africa U20 beat England U20 in final tri-nations match". Goal. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Aidan Barlow in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
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