Zander Diamond

Zander Diamond

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Aberdeen

Born in Alexandria and raised in Dumbarton, Diamond graduated from the youth team at Aberdeen in his first full season and made his League debut against Dundee United at Tannadice, coming on as a substitute at half time in 2003–04 season. He made his first start for the club in a Scottish League Cup match against Dumbarton in September 2004. Later in the same season, he scored his first senior goal for the club in a 3–1 win against Kilmarnock at Pittodrie. He won the "Young Player of the Month" award for February. In the 2005–06 season, Jimmy Calderwood was appointed Aberdeen manager. He quickly signed Diamond to a long-term contract after he played successfully alongside Aberdeen captain Russell Anderson. However, in season 2007–08, Aberdeen qualified for the UEFA Cup group section after beating Dnipro on away goals. They were drawn in Group B against Panathanaikos, Lokomotiv Moscow, Atlético Madrid and FC Copenhagen. Diamond scored in the 1–1 draw against Lokomotiv Moscow, and Branislav Ivanović scored the equaliser. After qualifying from the group, they faced Bayern Munich in the last 32, drawing 2–2 at Pittodrie in the first leg. They went out on aggregate 7–3 after a 5–1 defeat in the Allianz Arena. On 18 January 2009, he achieved the feat of scoring twice against Celtic in an SPL match at Pittodrie which Aberdeen won 4–2. Diamond made 249 appearances for Aberdeen over eight seasons, scoring 19 goals.

Oldham Athletic

Having previously been…

International career

Having earlier appeared for the Under-19s and Under-20s, Diamond captained the Scottish under-21 international side, winning 11 caps and scoring once, between 2004 and 2006. He also appeared once for the B team in December 2004.

Career statistics

As of match played 10 March 2018

Club
Aberdeen F.C. (2003–2011)
Club
Burton Albion F.C. (2012–2014)
Club
Oldham Athletic A.F.C. (2011–2012)
Club
Northampton Town F.C. (2014–2014)
Club
Scotland national under-21 football team (2004–2006)
National team
Scotland

Legacy

Honours

Northampton Town

Football League Two: 2015–16

Clubs

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Scottish association football player

Position

defender

Extract from Wikipedia

Alexander Kevin "Zander" Diamond is a Scottish former professional footballer and current manager of Lowland League club Broomhill.

▸ Source: Wikipedia
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