- Charlie Aitken (footballer born 1942)
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Charlie Aitken 
Personal information Full name Charles Alexander Aitken Date of birth 5 January 1942 Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland Playing position Defender Youth career Gorebridge Juniors Edinburgh Thistle Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1959–1976 Aston Villa 561 (14) 1976–1977 New York Cosmos 24 (0) Total 585 (14) National team 1961–1962 Scotland 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Charles "Charlie" Alexander Aitken (born 5 January 1942 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a former Scottish footballer.
Aitken is the all-time record appearance holder at English club Aston Villa. He played for Villa from August 1959 until May 1976, a period of 17 seasons. He came to Villa to accompany his friend Wilson Briggs, also a left back, to a trial. They were both taken on, but Briggs ended up playing just two games in his career. Aitken was a member of the 1975 League Cup winning team, having been a runner-up in 1971. He spent the last two seasons of his professional career in the NASL with the New York Cosmos.
Aston Villa Honours
Football League Second Division
- Runners-up: 1974–75
Football League Third Division
- Champions: 1971–72
- Runners-up: 1972
Aston Villa Career Statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total 1960–61 Aston Villa First Division 1 0 – – – – – – 1 0 1961–62 35 0 4 0 3 0 – – 42 0 1962–63 42 0 3 0 8 0 – – 53 0 1963–64 34 1 2 0 1 0 – – 37 1 1964–65 42 3 5 0 6 0 – – 53 3 1965–66 42 1 1 0 5 0 – – 48 1 1966–67 39 0 2 0 1 0 – – 42 0 1967–68 Second Division 32 0 2 0 1 0 – – 35 0 1968–69 42 0 4 0 1 0 – – 47 0 1969–70 31 0 1 0 2 0 – – 34 0 1970–71 Third Division 44 0 1 1 10 0 – – 55 1 1971–72 43 4 1 0 6 0 – – 50 4 1972–73 Second Division 33 1 1 0 4 0 – – 38 1 1973–74 38 2 4 0 1 0 – – 43 2 1974–75 42 1 3 0 10 1 – – 55 2 1975–76 First Division 21 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 26 1 Career total 561 14 35 1 61 1 2 0 659 16 External links
Categories:- 1942 births
- Living people
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- British expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Association football defenders
- New York Cosmos players
- North American Soccer League players
- Sportspeople from Edinburgh
- Scottish expatriate footballers
- Scottish expatriates in the United States
- Scottish footballers
- The Football League players
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