Scotland international Stuart Armstrong joined Aberdeen on a two-year-contract in September 2025. The 33-year-old, who spent his school years at Hazelhead Academy in the City, was most recently with Sheffield Wednesday in the English Championship. Capped over 50 times by Scotland, Stuart played some of his youth football at Dyce Boys Club then Inverness CT before breaking through at Dundee United. He enjoyed a successful six-years on Tayside before joining Celtic in January 2015. He won eight trophies at Celtic Park, including four league titles, two League Cups and two Scottish Cups before moving to Southampton in June 2018 for a reported fee of £7m. He would spend six seasons at St Mary’s, amassing an impressive 215 games scoring 25 goals and assisting 25. He left for a short spell in Canada with Vancouver Whitecaps before seeing out the latter part of 2024-25 at Hillsborough.