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 7 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 4 clubs — 165 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 21 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Birmingham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 7 |
| 2025/26 | Birmingham | 20 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Cup | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
Schedule · 2026/27
0 played9 not in squad· 0 min, 0g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10 | Friendlies Clubs | H Huddersfield | 3-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 15 | Friendlies Clubs | A Solihull Moors | 3-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 22 | Friendlies Clubs | A Burton Albion | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 25 | Friendlies Clubs | A Crewe | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 31 | Friendlies Clubs | H Barcelona | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 8 | League Cup | A Swansea | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 15 | Championship | A Sheffield Utd | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 22 | Championship | H Bristol City | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 25 | League Cup | H Brentford | 1-6 | Not in squad | — |