Jamie Langfield

James Robert Langfield (born 22 December 1979) is a Scottish football player and coach, who is currently the goalkeeping coach at St Mirren.

Langfield, who played as a goalkeeper, started his career with Dundee.

He then played for Partick Thistle and Dunfermline Athletic before joining Aberdeen in 2005.

Langfield signed for Aberdeen in 2005.

At the start of his Aberdeen spell, he was the second-choice goalkeeper behind Ryan Esson, but he soon took over from Esson as first choice and during season 2006–07, Aberdeen finished third and qualified for the UEFA Cup.

He went on to spend the next decade with Aberdeen, regaining his place in the team after being dropped for off-field indiscipline in 2007, a loss of form in 2008 and then again in 2012 after suffering a brain seizure that kept him out of competitive action for nine months.

Langfield played for Scotland in a B international in 2007 and was a member of the senior squad without being selected for a full cap.

In May 2007, he rejected a move to Rangers, preferring the option of more first-team opportunities at Aberdeen.

In June 2007, while enjoying his stag party on holiday in Magaluf, he had a drunken argument with Aberdeen manager Jimmy Calderwood after bumping into him in a chance encounter, with the incident putting his future at Aberdeen in doubt.

Langfield himself stated he wasn't able to remember what happened as he was so drunk.

The club later confirmed that they had made him available for transfer with an asking price of £100,000.

As a result of the incident, Langfield was not only demoted to the bench, with Derek Soutar made first choice, but it caused some supporters to turn on him.

Having been on the bench for the season's first six matches, Langfield made his first appearance in a 0–0 draw against Ukrainian side Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the UEFA Cup.

Aberdeen went through to the next round after a 1–1 draw in the second leg, which resulted in a victory on away goals.

The day after Aberdeen's victory over FC Copenhagen on 20 December 2007, Langfield signed a three-year extension to his contract to keep him at the club until 2011.

During early 2008, Langfield experienced a drop in form, starting on 5 February when Aberdeen lost 4–1 to Dundee United in the CIS Insurance Cup.

This led him being dropped as a first choice, but once again he regained the place after being on the bench for seven matches.

Langfield was ever-present in the league for the 2008–09 season and was linked a move to England, but stated he was happy to stay at Aberdeen.

When Jimmy Calderwood left the club at the end of that season he claimed Langfield was also looking to leave, but the player pledged his commitment to the club.

He was voted the Aberdeen player of the year in 2009 and was part of the team that won the Scottish League Cup in 2014.

In July 2010, ahead of the 2010–11 season, Langfield injured himself by spilling boiling water on his foot.

Because of the injury, he did not return to the team until 18 September 2010, in a 1–1 draw against Motherwell; after the game, Langfield described the injury as "a freak accident and it was bloody painful."

Langfield was in goal as Celtic beat Aberdeen 9–0 on 9 November 2010, which holds the record not only as the biggest ever win in the SPL, but also the biggest ever defeat in Aberdeen's history.

Langfield revealed he was in tears following the match, and commented that he would be remembered as a keeper who conceded nine goals for the rest of his career.

On 11 December 2010, he conceded five goals, in a 5–0 loss against Heart of Midlothian.

Langfield played his 200th match in his Aberdeen career in a 2–0 win over St Mirren.

In May 2011, Langfield signed a one-year extension to his Aberdeen contract.

He was previously told he had to take a pay-cut if he were to stay at the club, having been amongst three of the Dons' highest-paid players.

Later that month, he suffered a brain seizure and was taken to hospital in Glasgow.

Two days later, he was released from hospital as he continued his recovery.

Aberdeen manager Craig Brown said he would allow Langfield to decide when he would resume playing and said he would not be back in action until he was 100 per cent.

He returned to training in September 2011.

Following his return, Brown stated he was considering letting Langfield join a club on loan, describing it as "a bit premature to be thinking about putting him into the first team".

Langfield admitted he thought the seizure could have ended his career but that he believed it could make him a better keeper, and he would be taking medication in case of another seizure.

Langfield was loaned to Forfar Athletic in November for one month to gain some match practice.

In 2015 Langfield joined hometown club St Mirren and played regularly until May 2017 before becoming their goalkeeping coach.

Langfield was caretaker manager of St Mirren after Jim Goodwin left the club in February 2022.

Langfield was born in Paisley and started his career as a youth player at Dundee.

Langfield was released by Dundee when the club went into administration, and signed a short term deal with Raith Rovers.

Langfield went on to sign for Partick Thistle and Dunfermline Athletic.