Jordan Allan
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-20) 20 October 1998
Place of birth Hamilton, Scotland
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Falkirk
Number 9
Youth career
2006–2012 Airdrie United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Airdrieonians 1 (0)
2014–2018 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
2017 → Airdrieonians (loan) 9 (0)
2018–2020 Cowdenbeath 44 (14)
2020–2021 Forfar Athletic 18 (3)
2021–2022 Airdrieonians 26 (3)
2022–2023 Clyde 21 (10)
2023– Falkirk 69 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Jordan Allan (born 20 October 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Falkirk. He has previously played for Airdrieonians, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cowdenbeath, Forfar Athletic and Clyde.[1]

Career

In April 2013, Allan made his debut for Scottish club Airdrie United as a substitute against Livingston in a 2–0 defeat.[2][3] Still a pupil at Calderside Academy and aged just 14 years and 189 days, Allan became the youngest player to represent a first team in the Scottish Football League,[4] and Britain, breaking the record previously established by Reuben Noble-Lazarus in January 2008;[5] (the British record stood for almost a decade before being broken by Christopher Atherton from Northern Ireland)[6] but the SFL record will never be bettered as the organisation was replaced by the Scottish Professional Football League a few months later.

In May 2014, Allan signed for Wolverhampton Wanderers.[7] On 30 August 2017 he returned to his former club Airdrieonians on a six-month loan deal.[8] Allan was released by Wolves at the end of the 2017–18 season.[9]

He signed for Scottish League Two club Cowdenbeath in November 2018, and then moved to Forfar Athletic during August 2020.[10] Allan returned to Airdrie in June 2021.[11]

Allan would join Scottish League One club Clyde in the summer of 2022, and would have a very successful 6 months with the Bully Wee in which he scored ten league goals by the midway point and would win the League One player of the month for November 2022.[12][13]

On 26 January 2023, Allan would move to league rivals Falkirk for an undisclosed fee and would sign a two-and-a-half-year deal with the Bairns.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Jordan Allan at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Fortresses, failures and a 14-year-old". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Schoolboy becomes Scotland's youngest league footballer at 14". STV. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Paterson, Colin (30 April 2013). "Jordan Allan handed Airdrie first-team debut at 14". Daily Record. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Barnsley schoolboy makes history". BBC Sport. 1 January 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Christopher Atherton: Glenavon teenager breaks record as UK's youngest senior footballer, BBC Sport, 14 September 2022
  7. ↑ "New boy Jordan Allan happy to be at Wolves". Express & Star. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Record-Breaker Jordan Returns". Airdrieonians F.C. 30 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "2017/18 Retained List Published". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Jordan Allan at Soccerbase
  11. ↑ "Jordan returns for third Diamonds spell".
  12. ↑ "NEW SIGNING: Jordan Allan | 2 Jun 2022 | News | Official Mobile Website | Clyde FC". m.clydefc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "League 1 award for Allan | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "JORDAN ALLAN SIGNS FOR THE BAIRNS". Falkirk Football Club. Retrieved 26 January 2023.


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