A. Donnelly · career
Aaron Martin Donnelly
Center Back · Dundee · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Donnelly is operating at his career peak — the 2024/25 level is the level.
Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2023/24
The record covers 4 seasons (2022/23–2024/25) across 3 clubs, including a move abroad — 60 appearances with 4 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2024/25 at Colchester — Season rating 16, 0 goals and 0 assists in 17 games. Output has held steady across his last 3 full seasons (12 → 16).
Season-to-season output barely moves — his form has stayed within a tight band (±2 points) across 3 campaigns. Made the jump to a higher division in 2023/24 (Premiership) and kept playing — 21 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Dundee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | Dundee | 11 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2024/25 | Colchester | 17 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16 |
| 2023/24 | Dundee | 21 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 16 |
| 2022/23 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022/23 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022/23 | Port ValeLoan | 20 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 12 |
| 2020/21 | Nottingham Forest U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
International
| Side | Season | Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 2024/25 | Friendlies | 1 | 0 |
| Northern Ireland U21 | 2025/26 | UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification | 6 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification | 9 | 0 | |
| Northern Ireland U17 | 2020/21 | UEFA U17 Championship | 2 | 0 |
Honours
Premier League 2 Division Two
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA U21 Championship - Qualificationat Northern Ireland U21 | 6 | 487 | 0 | 0 | — |
| League Cup | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Premiership | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
Schedule · 2025/26
2 played13 unused sub30 not in squad· 11 min, 0g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28 | Friendlies Clubs | A Arbroath | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 12 | League Cup | H Airdrie United | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 19 | League Cup | A Alloa Athletic | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 22 | League Cup | A Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 3-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 26 | League Cup | H Montrose | 5-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 3 | Premiership | H Hibernian | 1-2 | Played | 10 | 6.7 | ||
| Aug 9 | Premiership | A Rangers | 1-1 | Played | 1 | — | ||
| Aug 23 | Premiership | A Kilmarnock | 0-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Aug 31 | Premiership | H Dundee Utd | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 13 | Premiership | H Motherwell | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 20 | Premiership | H Livingston | 3-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 27 | Premiership | A ST Mirren | 0-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Oct 5 | Premiership | A Aberdeen | 0-4 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Oct 19 | Premiership | H Celtic | 2-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Oct 25 | Premiership | A Falkirk | 1-2 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Nov 1 | Premiership | A Heart Of Midlothian | 0-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 9 | Premiership | H Rangers | 0-3 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Nov 22 | Premiership | A Hibernian | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 29 | Premiership | H ST Mirren | 3-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 3 | Premiership | A Celtic | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 6 | Premiership | H Aberdeen | 1-3 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Dec 13 | Premiership | A Livingston | 2-2 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Dec 20 | Premiership | A Motherwell | 0-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Dec 27 | Premiership | H Falkirk | 1-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Dec 30 | Premiership | H Kilmarnock | 2-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Jan 3 | Premiership | A Dundee Utd | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 11 | Premiership | H Heart Of Midlothian | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 17 | FA Cup | A Kilmarnock | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 25 | Premiership | A Rangers | 0-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 31 | Premiership | A ST Mirren | 0-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Feb 7 | FA Cup | A Celtic | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 11 | Premiership | A Falkirk | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 14 | Premiership | H Livingston | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 21 | Premiership | A Aberdeen | 3-2 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Feb 28 | Premiership | H Hibernian | 3-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 7 | Premiership | H Motherwell | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 15 | Premiership | H Dundee Utd | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 21 | Premiership | A Heart Of Midlothian | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 5 | Premiership | H Celtic | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 11 | Premiership | A Kilmarnock | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 26 | Premiership | A Dundee Utd | 0-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 2 | Premiership | H ST Mirren | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 9 | Premiership | H Livingston | 3-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 12 | Premiership | A Kilmarnock | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 17 | Premiership | H Aberdeen | 3-2 | Not in squad | — |