{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use British English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Finn Yeats | image = | fullname = Finn Yeats | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2004|04|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Westhill, Scotland<ref name="falkirk profile">{{Cite web |title=F. Yeats |url=https://falkirkfc.co.uk/player/f-yeats/ |access-date=12 April 2026 |publisher=Falkirk FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> | height = {{convert|1.78|m|order=flip}}<ref name="falkirk profile" /> | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Falkirk | clubnumber = 14 | youthyears1 = 2021–2022 | youthclubs1 = Aberdeen | years1 = 2022– | clubs1 = Falkirk | caps1 = 109 | goals1 = 2 | club-update = 20 May 2026 }} '''Finn Yeats''' (born 19 April 2004) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{Scottish football updater|Falkirk}} club Falkirk.
Having come through the Aberdeen youth system, Yeats was released in May 2022.<ref name="Left-AFC">{{Cite web |title=Aberdeen FC - Development Squad Player Departures |url=https://www.afc.co.uk/2022/05/20/development-squad-player-departures/ |access-date=5 January 2026 |website=Aberdeen FC |language=en}}</ref> After impressing on trial at St Johnstone, he was brought in to trial at Falkirk, impressing manager John McGlynn enough to earn a two-year deal.<ref name="joins-FFC">{{Cite web |last=Ouakli |first=Adam |date=4 July 2022 |title=FINN YEATS SIGNS FOR FALKIRK - Falkirk Football Club |url=https://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/2022/07/04/finn-yeats-signs-for-falkirk/ |access-date=5 January 2026 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Club career== ===Aberdeen=== Yeats came through Aberdeen's youth system and spent a season on loan at Highland League club Keith before being released in May 2022.<ref name="Left-AFC" /><ref name="joins-FFC" />
===Falkirk=== Falkirk snapped up Yeats after he impressed on trial in July 2022 earning a two-year contract with the then League One club.<ref name="joins-FFC"></ref> Despite being a midfielder, Yeats was deployed as an emergency Right-Back during Falkirk's 2022-23 & 2023-24 Scottish League One campagins, earning a place in the 2023-24 PFA Scotland Team of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=x.com |url=https://x.com/PFAScotland/status/1781360026512204019 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241203045319/https://x.com/PFAScotland/status/1781360026512204019 |archive-date=3 December 2024 |access-date=5 January 2026 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref><ref name="contract-extension">{{Cite web |last=MacLeod |first=Andrew |date=3 May 2024 |title=FINN YEATS SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION - Falkirk Football Club |url=https://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/2024/05/03/finn-yeats-signs-contract-extension/ |access-date=5 January 2026 |language=en-US}}</ref> Yeats was rewarded with a two-year deal in May 2024, keeping him at the club until 2026.<ref name="contract-extension" /> In January 2026, Yeats scored his first Scottish Premiership goal for the club in a match against St Mirrren.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 January 2026 |title=Contender for Premiership goal of the season scored by former Highland League star |url=https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/sport/contender-for-premiership-goal-of-the-season-scored-by-forme-424333/ |access-date=16 January 2026 |website=Northern Scot |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal== Yeats is the son of former Keith, Huntly, Peterhead and Cove Rangers player, Craig Yeats.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 January 2026 |title=Contender for Premiership goal of the season scored by former Highland League star |url=https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/sport/contender-for-premiership-goal-of-the-season-scored-by-forme-424333/ |access-date=25 January 2026 |website=Northern Scot |language=en}}</ref> His uncle is former Scottish international Warren Cummings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aberdeen FC - AFC YOUTH ACADEMY {{!}} THE CLASS OF 2020 |url=https://www.afc.co.uk/2020/09/02/afc-youth-academy-the-class-of-2020/ |access-date=25 January 2026 |website=Aberdeen FC |language=en}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|16 January 2026}}<ref>{{soccerbase|143961}}</ref><ref>{{soccerway|new_id=yeats-finn/0A3g1NQc}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Club ! rowspan="2"| Season ! colspan="3"| League ! colspan="2"| FA Cup ! colspan="2"| League Cup ! colspan="2"| Other ! colspan="2"| Total |- ! Division ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Falkirk |2022–23 |Scottish League One |28||0||4||0||5||0||2{{efn|Appearances in the Scottish Championship Play-Offs}}||0||39||0 |- |2023–24 |Scottish League One |34||0||2||0||4||0||2{{efn|name=SCC|Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup}}||1||42||1 |- |2024–25 |Scottish Championship |27||0||1||0||6||1||0||0||34||1 |- |2025–26 |Scottish Premiership |6||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||1 |- !colspan="3|Career Total !95!!1!!7!!0!!15!!1!!4!!1!!121!!3 |}
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==Honours== '''Falkirk''' *Scottish League One: 2023–24 *Scottish Championship: 2024–25
'''Individual''' *PFA Scotland Team of the Year: 2023–24 Scottish League One<ref>{{Cite web |title=x.com |url=https://x.com/PFAScotland/status/1781360026512204019 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241203045319/https://x.com/PFAScotland/status/1781360026512204019 |archive-date=3 December 2024 |access-date=31 December 2025 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref>
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