Aidan Gerald Borland (born 25 April 2007) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aston Villa. Borland is a product of the Celtic and Aston Villa academies and has represented Scotland at youth international levels up to U21.
Born in Glasgow, Borland started his football career at the academy of local club Celtic, before moving to English Premier League club Aston Villa's academy in August 2023.[2] Borland turned professional on 29 April 2024, signing a long-term contract with Villa.[3]
On 24 September 2024, Borland made his senior debut as a substitute in an EFL Cup win away to Wycombe Wanderers.[4]
On 5 May 2025, Borland started and played the full 90 minutes in the FA Youth Cup final, where his team won 3–1 against Manchester City U18s.[5][6] On 13 May, Borland signed a long-term contract extension with Aston Villa.[7] Borland was named as one of the Premier League's Scholars of the Year in May 2025.[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aston Villa | 2023–24 | Premier League | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
