E. Laird · career
Ethan Benjamin Laird
Full Back · Birmingham · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Peak: 2024/25Trending downStepped up 2021/22Injury-hit 2025/264 clubs
The record covers 6 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 4 clubs — 163 appearances with 16 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2024/25 at Birmingham — Season rating 34, 4 goals and 4 assists in 36 games. Form has slipped 14 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 19 Season points.
2025/26 was disrupted — 23 fixtures missed through injury or absence. Made the jump to a higher division in 2021/22 (Championship) and kept playing — 26 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Birmingham | 20 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 15 |
| 2024/25 | Birmingham | 36 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 34 |
| 2023/24 | Birmingham | 25 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | QPRLoan | 32 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | BournemouthLoan | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2021/22 | SwanseaLoan | 26 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 20 |
| 2020/21 | Manchester United U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020/21 | Manchester Utd U23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020/21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 24 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 14 |
| 2019/20 | Manchester United | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Manchester United U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Manchester United U19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Manchester United U18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Manchester United U18 | 16 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Manchester United U19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Manchester Utd U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
International
| Side | Season | Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England U19 | 2020/21 | UEFA U19 Championship | 3 | 1 |
| England U17 | 2018/19 | UEFA U17 Championship | 4 | 0 |
Honours
League One×2Championship×2EFL Trophy×2U18 Premier League×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 20 | 877 | 0 | 1 | 6.8 |
| League Cup | 2 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
Schedule · 2025/26
22 played1 unused sub23 injured12 not in squad· 958 min, 0g 1a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1 | Friendlies Clubs | H Atlanta United FC | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 8 | Friendlies Clubs | H Chattanooga | 2-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 19 | Friendlies Clubs | A Burton Albion | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 19 | Friendlies Clubs | A Crewe | 0-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 23 | Friendlies Clubs | A Solihull Moors | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 26 | Friendlies Clubs | A Port Vale | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 26 | Friendlies Clubs | A Northampton | 0-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 2 | Friendlies Clubs | H Nottingham Forest | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 8 | Championship | H Ipswich | 1-1 | Played | 8 | 6.3 | ||
| Aug 13 | League Cup | H Sheffield Utd | 2-1 | Played | 68 | 7.0 | ||
| Aug 16 | Championship | A Blackburn | 2-1 | Played | 45 | 7.3 | ||
| Aug 23 | Championship | H Oxford United | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 1 | 8.0 | |
| Aug 26 | League Cup | H Port Vale | 0-1 | Played | 13 | 6.9 | ||
| Aug 29 | Championship | A Leicester | 0-2 | Played | 90 | 7.3 | ||
| Sep 13 | Championship | A Stoke City | 0-1 | Played | 59 | 6.9 | ||
| Sep 20 | Championship | H Swansea | 1-0 | Played | 23 | 6.3 | ||
| Sep 27 | Championship | A Coventry | 0-3 | Played | 59 | 6.3 | ||
| Sep 30 | Championship | H Sheffield Wednesday | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 3 | Championship | A Wrexham | 1-1 | Inactive | — | |||
| Oct 18 | Championship | H Hull City | 2-3 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Oct 21 | Championship | A Preston | 1-0 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Oct 25 | Championship | A Bristol City | 0-1 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Nov 1 | Championship | H Portsmouth | 4-0 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Nov 4 | Championship | H Millwall | 4-0 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Nov 8 | Championship | A Middlesbrough | 1-2 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Nov 22 | Championship | H Norwich | 4-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 26 | Championship | A West Brom | 1-1 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Dec 1 | Championship | H Watford | 2-1 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Dec 6 | Championship | A Southampton | 1-3 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Dec 9 | Championship | A QPR | 1-2 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Dec 13 | Championship | H Charlton | 1-1 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Dec 20 | Championship | A Sheffield Utd | 0-3 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Dec 26 | Championship | H Derby | 1-1 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Dec 29 | Championship | H Southampton | 1-1 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Jan 1 | Championship | A Watford | 0-3 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Jan 4 | Championship | H Coventry | 3-2 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Jan 10 | FA Cup | A Cambridge United | 3-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 17 | Championship | A Swansea | 1-1 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Jan 20 | Championship | A Sheffield Wednesday | 2-0 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Jan 24 | Championship | H Stoke City | 1-1 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Jan 31 | Championship | A Oxford United | 2-0 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Feb 7 | Championship | H Leicester | 2-1 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Feb 10 | Championship | H West Brom | 0-0 | Hamstring Injury | — | |||
| Feb 15 | FA Cup | H Leeds | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 21 | Championship | A Norwich | 2-1 | Played | 11 | 6.9 | ||
| Feb 25 | Championship | A Millwall | 0-3 | Played | 22 | 6.9 | ||
| Mar 2 | Championship | H Middlesbrough | 1-3 | Played | 12 | 6.3 | ||
| Mar 7 | Championship | A Charlton | 0-1 | Played | 9 | 6.6 | ||
| Mar 11 | Championship | H QPR | 1-0 | Played | 65 | 7.0 | ||
| Mar 14 | Championship | H Sheffield Utd | 1-1 | Played | 68 | 6.9 | ||
| Mar 21 | Championship | A Derby | 0-1 | Played | 58 | 6.5 | ||
| Apr 3 | Championship | H Blackburn | 0-1 | Played | 90 | 7.0 | ||
| Apr 6 | Championship | A Ipswich | 1-2 | Played | 34 | 6.9 | ||
| Apr 12 | Championship | H Wrexham | 2-0 | Played | 9 | 6.7 | ||
| Apr 18 | Championship | A Hull City | 1-1 | Played | 40 | 6.9 | ||
| Apr 22 | Championship | H Preston | 2-1 | Played | 65 | 7.7 | ||
| Apr 25 | Championship | H Bristol City | 2-1 | Played | 20 | 6.3 | ||
| May 2 | Championship | A Portsmouth | 1-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — |