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title: "Aaron Ramsdale – Profile"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Domagoj kostanjsak"
section: "Bournemouth"
published: "2020-06-08T13:34:45Z"
modified: "2020-06-08T13:34:45Z"
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# Aaron Ramsdale – Profile

**Name: Aaron Ramsdale**

**Club: Bournemouth**

**Date of Birth: 14 May 1998**

**Position: Goalkeeper**

## **Aaron Ramsdale – his career so far**

Even though **Aaron Christopher Ramsdale** is currently the first-choice goalkeeper at **Bournemouth**, regularly playing in the top-tier of English football despite being just 21 years of age, he did have to go through quite a bit to get where he is right now.

Born in Stoke-on-Trent and raised in Chesterton, **Ramsdale’s** first encounters with the footballing world came in 2014 when he joined **Sheffield United’s** academy. He made his first steps towards a professional gig with the *Blades*, graduating from the academy, signing a scholarship and then signing his first professional contract in May 2016.

But his stay with **Sheffield’s** senior team was brief as he moved one having only played two official games for the squad, tallying a clean sheet and a win against **Leyton Orient** in the *FA Cup* and losing the following clash against **Bolton Wanderers** in the same competition.

In January 2017, he switched to the *Vitality Stadium*, penning a contract with **Bournemouth**. However, 2016/17 and 2017/18 still weren’t the years for him as he could not break into the *Cherries’* team, finally going out on loan to **Chesterfield** in January 2018.

There, he could finally start tallying valuable minutes for the *League Two* outfit, recording 19 appearances with two clean sheets, conceding a total of 33 goals in the process as well. Even though it sounds like a rough time, **Ramsdale** was getting valuable experience as a young goalie getting a regular shot in the team.

The loan deal ended in May 2018 and he would spend half a season at **Bournemouth** that campaign but with no minutes once again under his name, the club decided to send him out on another loan, this time to **AFC Wimbledon**.

*League One* was a step up of for him, both competition and performance-wise, as he mustered 23 appearances with seven clean sheets, conceding 31 goals along the way – an improvement on his previous loan spell with **Chesterfield** a year before that.

In October 2019, he penned a new contract with Bournemouth, having finally imposed himself as the first-choice goalie at the *Vitality Stadium* and can now boast with 28 senior performances, four clean sheets and 44 conceded goals for the *Cherries*.

The *Premier League’s* youngest first-choice goalkeeper made his competition bow against **Sheffield** in a 1-1 draw and tallying his first clean sheet against **Norwich** in a goalless draw, two months after that.

## **Transfer latest**

Needless to say, with such a young, up and coming goalkeeper in their ranks already, **Bournemouth** are bound to face some *transfer rumours* and potential inquiries about their 21-year-old asset. And it doesn’t really come as a surprise to see some of the big teams feature in almost all of the *transfer news* surrounding **Ramsdale**.

Following his rather impressive bow into the *Premier League*, teams like **Tottenham Hotspur** and **Chelsea** were reportedly after his signature as both clubs could do well with a quality backup goalie for their first-team squads.

Of course, some of the *transfer rumours* also suggested **Leeds** **United** were up for challenging the big boys for his signature as **Marcelo Bielsa** likes the young lad and would like to take him away from the *Vitality Stadium*.

But with the still fresh [**Bournemouth news**](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/bournemouth-news/)of **Ramsdale** penning that long-term contract that should keep him at the club until 2024, it remains to be seen how successful all these big teams are going to be in courting the 21-year-old.

## **Player profile**

Analysing a goalkeeper is not always an easy task – although their styles might vary, there’s only so much you can note down about them without proper footage, images and clear in-game examples that could justify the claims you make.

But from what you can gather by watching **Ramsdale’s** first-team exploits at **Bournemouth**, he does seem like a direct goalie who excels at shot-stopping, often using his impressive reflexes and good positioning to get the better of his opposition.

Of course, having conceded a total of 44 goals in 2019/20 does not go in his favour but that’s more due to the *Cherries* struggling as a team than him dropping unconvincing performances. According to *Wyscout*, he made 3.27 saves per 90 minutes this season with 53.2% being made with his reflexes only.

He also makes 1.35 exits per game and sends out 6.32 long passes per 90 minutes with 58.2% accuracy. It has to be said that he faced the third-most shots in the Premier League with 149 but has managed to tally 105 saves, ranking as the fourth-best goalkeeper in that category for 2019/20.