| Alfie Beestin | |
| Fullname: | Alfie Dillon Beestin[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1 October 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Leeds, England |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Scunthorpe United |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Youthclubs1: | i2i Football Development Centre |
| Youthclubs2: | Tadcaster Albion |
| Youthyears2: | –2016 |
| Years1: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Doncaster Rovers |
| Caps1: | 34 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | → Chesterfield (loan) |
| Caps2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | Tadcaster Albion |
| Caps3: | 13 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2020– |
| Clubs4: | Scunthorpe United |
| Caps4: | 91 |
| Goals4: | 7 |
| Club-Update: | 00:15, 8 October 2022 (UTC) |
Alfie Dillon Beestin (born 1 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for club Scunthorpe United.
He was born in Leeds and trained with the York College/i2i Football Development Centre, also playing for the Tadcaster Albion development team.[2]
Born in Leeds, Beestin studied at The Co-operative Academy of Leeds, before moving on to York College, achieving a Level 2 Certificate in Sport and a Level 1 Coaching Award.
He started his career at the Tadcaster Albion development team, scoring four goals in three games. During a trial at Doncaster Rovers he impressed manager Darren Ferguson.[3]
Beestin signed for Doncaster Rovers on 2 August 2016.[4] Following his signing, manager Darren Ferguson said "ability-wise he's got a hell of a lot".[5]
Beestin came on as a substitute against Mansfield Town in the EFL Trophy, scoring on his debut in a 2–0 victory.[6] In a 5–1 victory against Morecambe Beestin made his League debut as a substitute[7] In his fourth start for the club, he scored his first League goal, the opener in the 1–1 draw against Plymouth on 13 January 2018.[8]
He was released by Doncaster at the end of the 2018–19 season.[9]
Beestin joined Scunthorpe United in January 2020 having previously been playing with Tadcaster Albion.[10] [11]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Doncaster Rovers | 2016–17 | League Two | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[13] | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | League One | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[14] | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | League One | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[15] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 50 | 3 | |||
| Chesterfield (loan) | 2018–19 | National League | 5 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Tadcaster Albion | 2019–20[16] | Division One East | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 52 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 75 | 4 | |||