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Aaron Pickles
Personal information
Full name Aaron Thomas Pickles[1]
Date of birth (2004-12-15) 15 December 2004 (age 20)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Accrington Stanley
Number 15
Youth career
Accrington Stanley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Accrington Stanley 18 (0)
2022Glossop North End (loan) 1 (0)
2024Warrington Rylands (loan) 5 (0)
2024Farsley Celtic (loan) 4 (2)
2025Southport (loan) 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:51, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

Aaron Thomas Pickles (born 15 December 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two club Accrington Stanley. He will become a free agent on 30 June 2025.

Career

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Pickles began his career at Accrington Stanley. On 14 October 2022, he joined Glossop North End on a work experience loan.[3] He made his debut the following day, in a 2–1 home defeat to Macclesfield.[4] He made his first-team debut for Accrington on 28 January 2023, after coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Doug Tharme in a 3–1 defeat to Leeds United in an FA Cup fourth round match at the Crown Ground.[5]

On 15 November 2024, Pickles joined National League North side Farsley Celtic on a one-month loan deal.[6] On 24 January 2025, he joined Southport on a one-month loan.[7]

On 9 May 2025, Accrington Stanley announced the player would be leaving when his contract expired in June.[8]

Career statistics

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As of end of 2024–25 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Accrington Stanley 2022–23[9] League One 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2023–24[10] League Two 12 0 0 0 1 0 2[a] 0 15 0
2024–25[11] League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 3 0
Total 18 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 24 0
Glossop North End (loan) 2022–23[4] Northern Premier League
Division One West
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Warrington Rylands (loan) 2024–25[12] Northern Premier League Premier Division 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Farsley Celtic (loan) 2024–25[13] National League North 4 2 0 0 1[b] 0 5 2
Southport (loan) 2024–25[13] National League North 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Career total 37 2 1 0 1 0 5 0 44 2
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

References

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  1. ^ "EFL Squad list: Season 2024/25" (PDF). English Football League. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Aaron Pickles - Defender - Under-18s Players - Accrington Stanley". www.accringtonstanley.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ^ "DEPARTURE: Pickles joins Glossop on loan". www.accringtonstanley.co.uk. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Glossop North End | Appearances | Aaron Pickles | Football Web Pages | 2022-2023". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. ^ Glendenning, Barry (28 January 2023). "Accrington Stanley 1-3 Leeds: FA Cup fourth round – as it happened". the Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Aaron Pickles joins on loan from Accrington Stanley". farsleyceltic.com. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  7. ^ "New Signing | Aaron Pickles". southportfc.net. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Accrington Stanley: Captain Seamus Conneely among those to leave League Two club". BBC Sport. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Games played by Aaron Pickles in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Games played by Aaron Pickles in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Games played by Aaron Pickles in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Warrington Rylands – Appearances – Aaron Pickles – 2024-2025". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  13. ^ a b Aaron Pickles at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 January 2025.