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Aaron Heard Profile and Player Statistics

Aaron Heard

First name:	Aaron
Last name:	Heard
Position:	Midfielder
Nationality:
Height:	173
Weight:	56

Football Career Transfers and Statistics

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which Aaron Heard has played. It includes the total number of appearance (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards stats.

Competition	Season	Football Club
U19 Bundesliga	2024/2025	Bayer Leverkusen U19	3	3	0	1	0
MLS Next Pro	2023	St. Louis City II	10	9	0	0	0
MLS Next Pro	2022	St. Louis City II	9	3	2	0	0
US Open Cup	2022	St. Louis City II	2	1	0	0	1

Aaron Heard has played in the following competitions and football tournaments.

Now showing: All Competitions

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
10/05/2025	Bayer Leverkusen U19	4 - 3	Bayern U19	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	1' Magnus Dalpiaz
Jeremiah Mensah 26'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	72' Felipe Chavez
			75' Deniz Ofli
			75' Yussef Nasrawe
Bradley Ndi 75'
			75' Louis Richter
			75' Simon Zöls
Francis Onyeka 76'
Othniël Raterink 77'
Isaiah Eichie 77'
Ferdinand Pohl 77'
Ken Izekor 77'
Akim Kister 77'
Julien Kurowski 77'
			86' Yussef Nasrawe
			90' Simon Zöls
Isaiah Eichie 90'
Ben Hawighorst 90'
Deniz Ofli 90+1'
Julien Kurowski 90+1'
Andrea Natali 90+2'		2 - 2
		2 - 3	99' Yussef Nasrawe
			99' Lennart Karl
Artem Stepanov 100'
Emmanuel Owen 100'
			105' Tim Binder
			105' Maximilian Schuhbauer
Francis Onyeka 106'		3 - 3
Jeremiah Mensah 116'
Aaron Heard 116'
			116' Felipe Chavez
			116' Bogdan Olychenko
Aaron Heard 118'		4 - 3
16/02/2025	Bochum U19	4 - 1	Bayer Leverkusen U19	2-0	H2H	+
			15' Akim Kister
			15' Julien Kurowski
Alessandro Adriano Crimaldi 30'		1 - 0
Ciwan Günes 35'
			42' Emmanuel Owen
Kacper Koscierski 43'		2 - 0
			45+1' Kerim Alajbegović
Ciwan Günes 46'
Tom Meyer 46'
Kacper Koscierski 49'		3 - 0
Luis Raphael Pick 56'
			67' Artem Stepanov
			67' Marton Szep
Tom Meyer 70'
			74' Kerim Alajbegović
		3 - 1	74' Kerim Alajbegović
Lirim Jashari 77'
Keanu Noel Kerbsties 77'
			84' Emmanuel Owen
			84' Aaron Heard
Luis Raphael Pick 86'
Samuel Weber 86'
			89' Bradley Ndi
Owono-Darnell Keumo 90+1'		4 - 1
Cajetan Benjamin Lenz 90+3'
Eligius Nelson Nongninge Hounsa 90+3'
Kacper Koscierski 90+3'
Jaden Kibbe 90+3'
Alessandro Adriano Crimaldi 90+3'
Obed Ofori 90+3'
09/02/2025	Hamburger SV U19	1 - 3	Bayer Leverkusen U19	1-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	7' Kerim Alajbegović
Endrik Jaschan 10'
		0 - 2	16' Akim Kister
Henri Maximilian Schümann 27'		1 - 2
			35' Francis Onyeka
			45' Emmanuel Owen
			50' Kerim Alajbegović
Agyemeng Clement Nana-Sarhene 61'
Niklas Benedikt Tuppeck 61'
Jamal Kwabena Nabe 65'
		1 - 3	69' Andrea Natali
Henri Maximilian Schümann 78'
Jonas-Finn Hartig 78'
Kelvin Ojo 78'
Kilian Filipe Hölscher Machado 78'
			86' Emmanuel Owen
			86' Aaron Heard
			87' Artem Stepanov
			87' Marton Szep
Arnaud Astel Riedel 89'
Mario Jeremy Ade 89'
			90+1' Kerim Alajbegović
			90+1' Seldin Đedović
01/10/2023	St. Louis City II	0 - 2	The Town FC	0-0	H2H	+
Michael Wentzel 12'
Ezra Armstrong 27'
			34' Ousseni Bouda
		0 - 1	63' William Richmond
Sergio Rivas 64'
Alex Palazzolo 64'
			71' José David Serrano Suárez
			71' Aaron Edwards
			71' Jerry Ayon
			71' Edwyn Mendoza
			78' Oscar Verhoeven
			78' Alejandro Cano
Josh Maher 78'
Mykhi Joyner 78'
Alex Palazzolo 83'
			86' Eduardo Blancas
		0 - 2	87' Ousseni Bouda
			88' Eduardo Blancas
			88' Nicholas Roberto Hategan
Wan Kuzain 89'
Aaron Heard 89'
24/09/2023	Sporting Kansas City II	1 - 1	St. Louis City II	0-0	H2H	+
			1' Larson Hackworth
Joshua Coan 2'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	3' Nolan McGuire
Felipe Hernández 4'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	5' Dida Armstrong
			6' Aaron Heard
Ethan Bryant 7'		3 - 2
Robert Voloder 8'
		3 - 3	9' Josh Maher
Lucas Rosa 10'		4 - 3
Cameron Duke 40'
			46' Ryley Gibbs
			46' Mykhi Joyner
			47' Ezra Armstrong
			55' Michael Wentzel
Michael Wentzel 55'
			65' Sergio Rivas
			65' Aaron Heard
		4 - 4	66' Faysal Bettache
Robert Voloder 74'		5 - 4
Sebastian Cruz 75'
Felipe Hernández 75'
Luis Flores 75'
Joshua Coan 75'
			77' Dida Armstrong
			77' Dida Armstrong
			78' Faysal Bettache
			78' Larson Hackworth
			78' Faysal Bettache
			78' Larson Hackworth
Pau Vidal 83'
Stephen Afrifa 83'
17/09/2023	St. Louis City II	4 - 1	LA Galaxy II	3-0	H2H	+
Wan Kuzain 8'		1 - 0
Caden Glover 28'		2 - 0
Simon Jillson 33'		3 - 0
Lucas Bartlett 43'
Josh Maher 43'
			45+4' Axel Picazo
			46' Diego Rodriguez
			46' Diego Lopez
Johnny Klein 48'		4 - 0
Faysal Bettache 62'
Aaron Heard 62'
Caden Glover 62'
Mykhi Joyner 62'
			72' Adrián González
		4 - 1	75' Aaron Bibout
Wan Kuzain 75'
Ryley Gibbs 75'
Sergio Rivas 75'
Alex Palazzolo 75'
			78' Axel Picazo
			78' Julian Placias
			78' Carson Klein
			78' Nicolas Barros Schelotto
			90+1' Gino Vivi
			90+1' Sergio Villalpando
09/09/2023	Whitecaps FC II	0 - 1	St. Louis City II	0-0	H2H	+
			17' Ezra Armstrong
Malcolm Simmons 46'
Malcolm Johnston 46'
Darko Ilic 48'
		0 - 1	57' Faysal Bettache
Joseph Hanson 64'
Gloire Amanda 64'
Darko Ilic 64'
Thierno Elage Bah 64'
Christian Greco-Taylor 64'
Mihail Gherasimencov 64'
			74' Faysal Bettache
			74' Aaron Heard
			74' Wan Kuzain
			74' Mykhi Joyner
Lowell Wright 77'
Liam MacKenzie 77'
			84' Sergio Rivas
			84' Alex Palazzolo
Thierno Elage Bah 87'
			90+1' Caden Glover
			90+1' Ryley Gibbs
Gloire Amanda 90+4'
03/09/2023	Houston Dynamo FC II	1 - 3	St. Louis City II	1-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	11' Faysal Bettache
		0 - 2	26' Faysal Bettache
Isaiah Reid 36'
Papa Ndoye 39'		1 - 2
Sebastian Rodriguez 46'
Charles Auguste 46'
			46' Alex Palazzolo
			46' Sergio Rivas
		1 - 3	46' Faysal Bettache
			62' Celio Martins
			62' Wan Kuzain
Papa Ndoye 63'
Yair González 63'
Mujeeb Murana 63'
Jathan Juarez 63'
			68' Caden Glover
Teenage Hadebe 71'
Tate Lampman 71'
			74' Faysal Bettache
			74' Dida Armstrong
			74' Caden Glover
			74' Mykhi Joyner
Isaiah LeFlore 87'
Paolo Ríos 87'
			89' Johnny Klein
			89' Aaron Heard
27/08/2023	St. Louis City II	3 - 1	The Town FC	0-1	H2H	+
Miguel Perez 7'
			15' Aaron Edwards
		0 - 1	22' Eduardo Blancas
Caden Glover 62'		1 - 1
			63' Aaron Edwards
			63' Alex Chow
			63' José David Serrano Suárez
			63' Cruz Medina
			68' Eduardo Blancas
Miguel Perez 68'
Alex Palazzolo 68'
Caden Glover 70'		2 - 1
Faysal Bettache 71'		3 - 1
Johnny Klein 73'
Aaron Heard 73'
Faysal Bettache 73'
Wan Kuzain 73'
			80' Jerry Ayon
			80' Sebastian Carbajal
			87' Oscar Verhoeven
			87' Kevin Oseguera
			87' Eduardo Blancas
			87' Jermaine Spivey
Celio Martins 88'
Dida Armstrong 88'
Caden Glover 88'
Mykhi Joyner 88'
			90+3' Casey Walls
30/04/2023	St. Louis City II	2 - 1	Whitecaps FC II	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	9' Antoine Coupland
A. Palazzolo 11'
F. Bettache 17'		1 - 1
Owen O'Malley 33'
John Klein 56'
E. Armstrong 60'
F. Volmar 60'
			67' T. Bah
			67' Christian Greco-Taylor
			67' J. Herdman
			67' K. Habibullah
A. Palazzolo 75'
D. Armstrong 75'
Wan Kuzain 75'
M. Joyner 75'
John Klein 75'
S. Rivas 75'
			82' Levonte Johnson
C. Glover 83'
R. Gibbs 83'
S. Rivas 84'		2 - 1
M. Schneider 90'
M. Joyner 90+3'
16/04/2023	Austin II	2 - 0	St. Louis City II	0-0	H2H	+
Kipp Keller 37'
			45' F. Volmar
C. Vela 46'
David Rodriguez 46'
			56' F. Volmar
			56' Owen O'Malley
E. Johnson 60'
Micah Burton 60'
Jackson Walti 60'
Alonso Ramírez Jiménez 60'
			63' A. Palazzolo
			63' Wan Kuzain
David Rodriguez 66'		1 - 0
Steeve Louis Jean 69'
B. Byaruhanga 69'
			75' D. Armstrong
			75' C. Glover
			75' John Klein
			75' A. Heard
			75' S. Rivas
			75' M. Joyner
Alonso Ramírez Jiménez 82'
CJ Fodrey 82'
Micah Burton 88'		2 - 0
			90+5' A. Jackson
08/04/2023	St. Louis City II	1 - 3	Houston Dynamo FC II	1-2	H2H	+
John Klein 4'		1 - 0
John Klein 10'
		1 - 1	34' D. Gonzalez
			38' Charles Auguste
		1 - 2	41' P. Ndoye
		1 - 3	47' J. Evans
Wan Kuzain 59'
C. Glover 63'
D. Armstrong 63'
A. Palazzolo 63'
F. Bettache 63'
Wan Kuzain 63'
A. Heard 63'
			69' J. Evans
			69' Yair González
			75' J. Juarez
			75' Omar Grey
Owen O'Malley 78'
S. Rivas 78'
			84' P. Ndoye
			84' Isaiah Reid
			90+3' Beto Avila
			90+3' Ryan Okerayi
			90+5' Juan Castilla
A. Jackson 90+5'
26/03/2023	St. Louis City II	1 - 1	Tacoma Defiance	0-0	H2H	+
M. Schneider 1'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	2' A. Cissoko
A. Jackson 3'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	4' E. Bjørgolfsson
John Klein 5'		3 - 2
		3 - 3	6' F. Daroma
			7' E. Dobbelaere
A. Heard 7'
		3 - 4	8' T. Sousa
M. Wentzel 9'		4 - 4
		4 - 5	10' H. Uderitz
A. Jackson 19'
			20' H. Uderitz
Owen O'Malley 28'
			35' A. Cissoko
			67' E. Bjørgolfsson
			71' D. Leyva
			71' P. Rothrock
		4 - 6	75' H. Uderitz
			90' M. Schneider
			90' A. Heard
Owen O'Malley 90'
M. Joyner 90'
S. Rivas 90+1'
Braydon King Sellers 90+1'
			90+1' T. Sousa
M. Joyner 90+3'		5 - 6
26/03/2023	St. Louis City II	1 - 1	Tacoma Defiance	0-0	H2H	+
M. Schneider 1'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	2' A. Cissoko
A. Jackson 3'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	4' E. Bjørgolfsson
John Klein 5'		3 - 2
		3 - 3	6' F. Daroma
			7' E. Dobbelaere
A. Heard 7'
		3 - 4	8' T. Sousa
M. Wentzel 9'		4 - 4
		4 - 5	10' H. Uderitz
A. Jackson 19'
			20' H. Uderitz
Owen O'Malley 28'
			35' A. Cissoko
			67' E. Bjørgolfsson
			71' D. Leyva
			71' P. Rothrock
		4 - 6	75' H. Uderitz
			90' M. Schneider
			90' A. Heard
Owen O'Malley 90'
M. Joyner 90'
S. Rivas 90+1'
Braydon King Sellers 90+1'
			90+1' T. Sousa
M. Joyner 90+3'		5 - 6
12/06/2022	Chicago Fire II	0 - 5	St. Louis City II	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	9' S. Rivas
			11' F. Volmar
		0 - 2	20' A. Palazzolo
			38' Célio Pompeu
			43' M. Schneider
J. Casas 45'
		0 - 3	51' J. Dolling
N. Hernandez 62'
L. Bezerra 62'
			64' J. Dolling
			64' D. Armstrong
			64' K. Gibbs
			64' M. Perez
			72' S. Rivas
			72' A. Heard
			72' F. Volmar
			72' J. Maher
V. Bezerra 76'
M. Viera 76'
		0 - 4	83' Célio Pompeu
			83' A. Watts
			83' B. Di Rosa
J. Casas 87'
C. Nevarez 87'
		0 - 5	88' B. Di Rosa
09/06/2022	Colorado Rapids II	2 - 3	St. Louis City II	0-1	H2H	+
Nicolás Mezquida 1'
		0 - 1	1' M. Schneider
D. Moor 2'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	2' Célio Pompeu
		1 - 3	3' K. Hiebert
D. Yapi 3'		2 - 3
		2 - 4	4' J. Dolling
C. Warner 4'		3 - 4
Max 5'
			5' J. Yaro
		3 - 5	9' A. Watts
B. Acosta 14'
G. Vallecilla 34'
L. Abubakar 46'
S. Anderson 46'
			46' K. Gibbs
			46' E. Armstrong
B. Acosta 46'
J. Lewis 46'
K. Rosenberry 46'
Nicolás Mezquida 46'
			46' S. Rivas
			46' Célio Pompeu
			46' A. Palazzolo
			46' M. Schneider
Gyasi Zardes 46'
D. Yapi 46'
C. Warner 58'		4 - 5
		4 - 6	59' Wan Kuzain
M. Barrios 74'
Y. Hanya 74'
			79' B. Di Rosa
			79' F. Volmar
			90+1' Wan Kuzain
			90+1' D. Armstrong
			90+2' E. Armstrong
Nicolás Mezquida 90+4'
Nicolás Mezquida 90+5'		5 - 6
			90+5' A. Watts
05/06/2022	St. Louis City II	2 - 0	Houston Dynamo FC II	1-0	H2H	+
Vitor Dias 28'		1 - 0
			54' J. Castillo
Célio Pompeu 55'		2 - 0
E. Armstrong 56'
			57' Micael
			58' J. Castillo
			58' D. Herrera
B. Di Rosa 63'
			64' P. Ndoye
			64' J. Farouz
			64' J. Evans
			64' D. Rosas
B. Di Rosa 69'
A. Palazzolo 69'
Wan Kuzain 69'
F. Volmar 69'
			80' R. Miller
			80' B. Barnun
Célio Pompeu 82'
N. Ferguson 82'
E. Armstrong 82'
K. Gibbs 82'
Vitor Dias 90+2'
A. Heard 90+2'
30/05/2022	St. Louis City II	1 - 1	The Town FC	0-0	H2H	+
Vitor Dias 1'
		0 - 1	1' E. Reyes
			2' D. Otoya
M. Schneider 2'		1 - 1
K. Hiebert 3'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	3' W. Richmond
		2 - 3	4' N. Scott
A. Watts 4'
		2 - 4	5' J. Eisenberg
J. Yaro 5'		3 - 4
M. Schneider 9'
			39' J. Ayon
Vitor Dias 46'		4 - 4
A. Palazzolo 46'
K. Awuah 46'
A. Heard 46'
Vitor Dias 46'
K. Awuah 47'
		4 - 5	48' R. Castro
			69' E. Blancas
			69' J. Eisenberg
			69' J. Ayon
			69' C. Medina
			69' M. Arfsten
			69' E. Reyes
			70' N. Scott
			74' E. Kohler
			74' O. Lemus
			80' R. Castro
			80' D. Otoya
Wan Kuzain 83'
S. Rivas 83'
			86' E. Ochoa
K. Hiebert 90+5'
23/05/2022	St. Louis City II	3 - 1	Portland Timbers II	1-0	H2H	+
Vitor Dias 2'		1 - 0
			45' J. Bravo
J. Dolling 49'		2 - 0
			57' C. Vivas
J. Dolling 62'		3 - 0
			65' J. Hinestroza
			65' M. Wray
Wan Kuzain 68'
A. Palazzolo 68'
			70' M. Dunne
			70' C. Mendoza
		3 - 1	74' D. McCartney
			82' Ismaila Jome
			82' V. Enriquez
K. Awuah 85'
Célio Pompeu 86'
K. Gibbs 86'
K. Gibbs 89'
Vitor Dias 90+2'
E. Armstrong 90+2'
J. Dolling 90+2'
N. Ferguson 90+2'
30/04/2022	Real Monarchs	0 - 2	St. Louis City II	0-0	H2H	+
Y. Subah 63'
J. Imperato 63'
			64' A. Palazzolo
			64' E. Armstrong
			64' K. Awuah
			64' B. Di Rosa
			64' S. Rivas
		0 - 1	77' J. Dolling
I. Amparo 82'
Jude Wellings 82'
G. Oksanen 82'
Ethan Zamora 82'
			85' Célio Pompeu
			85' A. Heard
			85' Wan Kuzain
			85' M. Perez
Jude Wellings 86'
		0 - 2	89' J. Dolling
A. Bikyeombe 89'
A. Carmona 89'
			90+1' A. Palazzolo
			90+1' K. Gibbs
25/04/2022	St. Louis City II	0 - 4	Minnesota United II	0-3	H2H	+
		0 - 1	22' J. McMaster
		0 - 2	26' A. Jackson
D. Armstrong 39'
J. Dolling 39'
		0 - 3	45+1' T. Williamson
Vitor Dias 46'
Wan Kuzain 46'
A. Heard 46'
Célio Pompeu 46'
F. Volmar 46'
A. Watts 46'
A. Watts 52'
			56' N. Kibunguchy
			61' J. Ramos
			68' Diogo Pacheco
			68' E. Iwe
			68' Chase Gasper
			68' C. Leatherman
S. Rivas 70'
B. Di Rosa 70'
E. Armstrong 71'
			84' T. Williamson
			84' D. Garcia
		0 - 4	87' J. McMaster
20/04/2022	Louisville City	0 - 0	St. Louis City II	0-0	H2H	+
			1' M. Schneider
S. Totsch 1'		1 - 0
W. Harris 2'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	2' B. Di Rosa
Jorge González 3'
		2 - 2	3' K. Hiebert
		2 - 3	4' E. Armstrong
N. Matsoso 4'		3 - 3
C. Moguel 5'		4 - 3
		4 - 4	5' J. Yaro
		4 - 5	6' S. Rivas
Ían Soler 6'		5 - 5
		5 - 6	7' A. Heard
R. Serrano 7'		6 - 6
J. Leinhos 8'		7 - 6
		7 - 7	8' F. Volmar
		7 - 8	9' K. Awuah
T. Gibson 9'		8 - 8
			10' D. Armstrong
J. Wynder 10'		9 - 8
			13' K. Hiebert
B. Ownby 30'
T. Gibson 51'
			58' M. Schneider
			60' Célio Pompeu
			60' E. Armstrong
			60' A. Palazzolo
			60' S. Rivas
P. DelPiccolo 61'
Jorge González 61'
E. Mushagalusa 61'
N. Matsoso 61'
B. Ownby 72'
R. Serrano 72'
			82' A. Watts
			82' K. Awuah
			82' Vitor Dias
			82' A. Heard
A. Dia 96'
J. Leinhos 96'
N. McCabe 97'
C. Moguel 97'
J. Leinhos 99'
			101' J. Dolling
			101' D. Armstrong
E. Perez 105+2'
Ían Soler 105+2'
			111' Wan Kuzain
			111' F. Volmar
K. Morton 125'
17/04/2022	Sporting Kansas City II	0 - 1	St. Louis City II	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	10' A. Watts
			20' Wan Kuzain
			33' E. Walker
			33' M. Creek
J. Davis 38'
			43' B. Di Rosa
B. Bagayoko 46'
T. Fatah 46'
			52' E. Armstrong
Kaveh Rad 56'
O. Cisneros 56'
			66' Wan Kuzain
			66' Vitor Dias
			66' K. Gibbs
			66' M. Schneider
			66' B. Di Rosa
			66' J. Yaro
J. Tetteh 70'
R. Salifu 70'
C. Fernandez 75'
			79' Célio Pompeu
			81' A. Watts
			81' J. Wagoner
			90+2' M. Schneider
J. Rad 90+3'
E. Easley 90+3'
05/04/2022	Indy Eleven	0 - 2	St. Louis City II	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	18' E. Armstrong
J. Fjeldberg 66'
Stéfano Pinho 66'
			66' Vitor Dias
			66' Célio Pompeu
Rodney Michael 69'
B. Rebellón 69'
			70' Wan Kuzain
		0 - 2	72' Wan Kuzain
			80' E. Armstrong
			80' K. Awuah
B. Rebellón 84'
			85' A. Watts
			85' D. Armstrong
26/03/2022	St. Louis City II	2 - 0	Rochester Rhinos	1-0	H2H	+
			19' M. Vanacker
Wan Kuzain 20'		1 - 0
			59' Caíque
Vitor Dias 60'		2 - 0
K. Awuah 63'
Célio Pompeu 63'
E. Armstrong 63'
E. Armstrong 66'
			67' D. Brigida
			67' R. Drai
			67' Gabriel Costa
			67' E. Williams
Vitor Dias 72'
A. Palazzolo 72'
J. Dolling 75'
			76' P. Dolabella
			76' P. Popp
			76' J. Batiz
			76' G. Rayo
			84' W. Inalien
			84' D. Smith
Wan Kuzain 88'
F. Volmar 88'
			90+5' P. Popp

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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

Beroe vs Montana

H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

Yarmouk vs Al Sulaibikhat

H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Roda JC Kerkrade vs Almere City

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.