Aaron Pierre

Aaron Jordan Pierre (born 17 February 1993) is a professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Shrewsbury Town.

Pre-Shrewsbury career
Pierre was born in Southall, West London and began his career as a youth player at Premier League club Fulham. In 2011, he was released by The Cottagers and later that year joined fellow-West London club Brentford on trial, along with three other players released from Fulham, and was one of only four that was offered a contract. After a season in the development squad, Pierre joined the senior team in 2012. He spent a short amount of time training with Icelandic partner club UMF Selfoss. A year later in 2013, he was loaned out to Cambridge United but did not make a league appearance. In early 2014, he was loaned out once again, this time to Wycombe Wanderers for a month, however, his loan was extended until May. He went on to make 8 league appearances during his time in Buckinghamshire, scoring 1 goal. He signed for The Chairboys permanently at the end of the season on 15 May. During his permanent spell at Adams Park, Pierre made 121 league appearances, scoring 8 league goals and was called up to the Grenada national team for the first time, who he qualifies for through his parents. On 21 July 2017, Pierre joined League One side Northampton Town on a three-year deal and went on to make 60 league appearances and score 6 league goals, winning the 2018–19 Player of the Season award along the way.

Shrewsbury career
After just under two years at Sixfields, Pierre joined The Town on 24 June 2019 on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. He joined the club for their pre-season tour of Portugal and made his debut in a 0–2 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in Ferreiras. Pierre was immediately a first-team starter under manager Sam Ricketts and he made his league debut on 3 August, a 1–0 win at home to Portsmouth on the first game of the 2019–20 season. He scored his first Shrewsbury goal on 3 October, the only goal of a 0–1 away win over Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park. Despite some claims that it actually went in off Callum Lang, the goal stood as Pierre's. On 23 November, a fight broke out on the pitch during a match at home to Bristol Rovers which ended in 6 yellow cards. Pierre was charged with violent conduct by the FA but was later cleared after an appeal. On 14 January 2020, Pierre scored an 89th minute winner in an FA Cup second round replay at home to Bristol City, sending Town through to a third round tie against Premier League leaders and current European and world champions Liverpool, which Town would go on to draw 2–2.

Pierre was sent off in the first game of the 2020–21 season, a 0–0 draw with Portsmouth on 12 September. He was then sent off again on 29 November in Steve Cotterill's first game in charge, an FA Cup second round game at home to non-league outfit Oxford City, which town won 1–0 in extra time, after allegedly kicking out at James Roberts. The red card was eventually rescinded after a successful appeal by the club.