Alfie Beestin

Alfie Beestin
Personal information
Full name Alfie Dillon Beestin[1]
Date of birth (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Leeds, England
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Scunthorpe United
Number 8
Youth career
i2i Football Development Centre
0000–2016 Tadcaster Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Doncaster Rovers 34 (2)
2018–2019 → Chesterfield (loan) 4 (0)
2019–2020 Tadcaster Albion 13 (1)
2020– Scunthorpe United 91 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Alfie Dillon Beestin (born 1 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Scunthorpe United.

He was born in Leeds and trained with the York College/i2i Football Development Centre,[2] also playing for the Tadcaster Albion development team.[3]

Early life

Born in Leeds, Beestin studied at The Co-operative Academy of Leeds, before moving on to York College, achieving a Level 2 Certificate in Sport and a Level 1 Coaching Award.[3]

He started his career at the Tadcaster Albion development team, scoring four goals in three games. During a trial at Doncaster Rovers he impressed manager Darren Ferguson.[4]

Career

Beestin signed for Doncaster Rovers on 2 August 2016.[5] Following his signing, manager Darren Ferguson said "ability-wise he's got a hell of a lot".[6]

Beestin came on as a substitute against Mansfield Town in the EFL Trophy, scoring on his debut in a 2–0 victory.[7] In a 5–1 victory against Morecambe Beestin made his League debut as a substitute[8] In his fourth start for the club, he scored his first League goal, the opener in the 1–1 draw against Plymouth on 13 January 2018.[2]

He was released by Doncaster at the end of the 2018–19 season.[9]

Beestin joined Scunthorpe United in January 2020 having previously been playing with Tadcaster Albion.[10][11]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 February 2019 [12]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Doncaster Rovers 2016–17[13] League Two 3 0 1 0 0 0 4[a] 1 8 1
2017–18[14] League One 26 2 3 0 1 0 3[a] 0 33 2
2018–19[15] League One 2 0 0 0 1 0 3[a] 0 6 0
Chesterfield (loan) 2018–19 National League 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 0
Career total 36 2 4 0 2 0 13 1 55 3
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in the Football League Trophy

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Scunthorpe United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 62. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Beestin's delight at first league goal". Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b Sissons, Jill. "Football Development Centre Student Signed to the Professional Game". www.yorkcollege.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Tadcaster Albion snap up ex-York and Northern Ireland keeper Michael Ingham". 2 August 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ^ Hoden, Liam (2 August 2016). "Doncaster Rovers: Striker Alfie Beestin signs". The Star. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Doncaster Rovers: First sight of Alfie Beestin against Mansfield Town". www.thestar.co.uk. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Mansfield 0 Rovers 2". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Morecambe 1-5 Doncaster Rovers". BBC Sport. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Doncaster Rovers: Tommy Rowe, Andy Butler & Danny Andrew offered new deals". BBC Sport. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Iron U23s sign Alfie Beestin". Scunthorpe United. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Tadcaster Albion – Appearances – Alfie Beestin – 2019-2020". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  12. ^ "Alfie Beestin | Football Stats | Doncaster Rovers | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Games played by Alfie Beestin in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Games played by Alfie Beestin in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  15. ^ "Games played by Alfie Beestin in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

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