Alan Trouten (born 8 November 1985) is a Scottish

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who plays as a

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for club East Fife. During his career spent mainly in the second and third levels of the

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, Trouten has played for

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the . The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greenock Morton in 1994 to celebr ...

, Queen's Park, Clyde,

Airdrie United Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in the . They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie United Football Clu ...

Albion Rovers Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They play in the , the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. Founded in October 1882, the club joined the Scottish Foot ...

and

Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. They compete in as a member of the Scottish Professional Football League. According to the official club hist ...

, as well as having two spells at both

Ayr United Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the , the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is The Honest Men, fro ...

and

Brechin City Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the townDespite the name of the football club, Brechin is not an official city. Brechin was historically known as a city because it has a cathedral. of Brechin in Angus. The club w ...

Career

Born in

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, Trouten began his career with

, but failed to make an appearance with them and joined Queen's Park. During his time at Queen's Park, he won the Scottish Football League Young Player of the Month award in February 2005, and was in the ''Spiders squad which eliminated SPL club

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from the

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, scoring the clinching kick in the penalty shoot-out. He joined

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club Clyde on 2 June 2008. He made a dream start to his Clyde career in July 2008, scoring both goals in a 2–0 victory over Annan Athletic in the

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in a friendly against Newcastle United on 11 July 2009 at

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. On 22 July 2009, it was announced that Trouten had signed for

. He was released along with the full Airdrie squad after their relegation in the 2009–10 season, and then subsequently signed a one-year deal with

. Trouten signed for

at the start of the 2012–13 season. At the end of the season, he was voted into the Second Division Team of the Year. Ahead of the 2015–16 season, he re-signed for former club Ayr United. He was released after one season with the ''Honest Men''. In June 2016, Trouten returned to Brechin City, playing with the club for the 2016–17 season before leaving on 30 May 2017. After leaving Glebe Park, Trouten signed for

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side

on 6 June 2017. He quickly endeared himself to his new supporters by scoring seven goals in four games during the early-season

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, including a

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in a 4–4 draw with top-tier

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and the winning penalty in the resulting

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, although it was not enough for the ''Wee Rovers'' to advance in the competition. By January 2018, his tally was 24 goals in 24 games, making him the nation's leading goalscorer (alongside Rory McAllister, a dedicated striker). By the end of the season he had scored 28 in all competitions, but Albion Rovers were relegated having finished bottom of

. With Trouten out of contract at Rovers, he joined

in the summer of 2018. At the start of his fourth season with the ''Wasps'' (now relegated to the third tier after three seasons in the Championship), 35-year-old Trouten was again involved in a win over Premiership opposition, this time scoring the winning goal via a penalty against

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in the

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group stage. Trouten signed for East Fife in June 2022, having already made 500 senior appearances; it would be his first time playing in the fourth tier since his breakthrough spell with Queen's Park 15 years earlier. He was named the

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Player of the Month for March 2024.League 2 award for Trouten

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, 8 April 2024

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Trouten, Alan Living people Scottish men's footballers Queen's Park F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. players Scottish Football League players Shamrock Rovers F.C. guest players 1985 births Greenock Morton F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Brechin City F.C. players Albion Rovers F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players East Fife F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Footballers from Rutherglen People educated at Stonelaw High School Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Scottish sportsmen

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