Defender - Centre-Back ·Standard Liège ·Scotland

David Bates

Age30 BornOct 5, 1996 Height1.93 m FootRight At Standard Liège821 days Contract2027

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Market value €2.20m

Centre-Back Defender

At a glance

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Standard Liège resultsLatest

Sat, May 23 · Jupiler Pro League

Standard Liège0 - 2FTSporting Charleroi

Tue, May 19 · Jupiler Pro League

KVC Westerlo1 - 2FTStandard Liège

Sat, May 16 · Jupiler Pro League

Standard Liège0 - 0FTKRC Genk

Fri, May 8 · Jupiler Pro League

Standard Liège2 - 1FTOud-Heverlee Leuven

Sun, May 3 · Jupiler Pro League

Royal Antwerp0 - 5FTStandard Liège

All Standard Liège matches

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Everyone born Oct 5, 1996

Career snapshot

10Clubs played for

13/14Debut season

0.05Goals per match

KV MechelenTop club · 67 apps

Career highs

€2.80mPeak value · 2024

€500kTop transfer fee · 24/25

3Best season · 22/23

8 / 0Caps / int'l goals

231Appearances

11Goals

3Assists

39Yellow cards

1Red cards

131Full matches (90′)

Full name	David Bates
Name in home country	David Robert Bates
Date of birth	1996-10-05 (30 yrs)
Place of birth	Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Citizenship	Scotland
Position	Defender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Foot	right
Height	193.00 m
Current club	Standard Liège
Joined	2024-07-24
Contract expires	2027-06-30
Agent	Classico
Outfitter	adidas

Oct 2024

Injury: unknown

39 games missed

Sep 2024

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jul 2024

Transfer: KV Mechelen → Standard Liège

24/25 · Transfer · €500k

Jul 2024

24/25 - Standard Liège

9 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2023

23/24 - KV Mechelen

36 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Sep 2022

Transfer: Aberdeen FC → KV Mechelen

22/23 · Transfer

Jul 2022

22/23 - KV Mechelen, Aberdeen FC

31 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Nov 2021

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Aug 2021

Transfer: Hamburger SV → Aberdeen FC

21/22 · Transfer

Jul 2021

21/22 - Aberdeen FC

35 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jun 2021

Transfer: Cercle Brugge → Hamburger SV

20/21 · Return from loan

Apr 2021

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Sep 2020

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Aug 2020

Transfer: Hamburger SV → Cercle Brugge

20/21 · Loan

Jul 2020

20/21 - Cercle Brugge

21 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jun 2020

Transfer: Sheff Wed → Hamburger SV

19/20 · Return from loan

Aug 2019

Transfer: Hamburger SV → Sheff Wed

19/20 · Loan

Jul 2019

19/20 - Sheffield Wednesday

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2018

18/19 - Hamburger SV

28 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2018

Transfer: Rangers → Hamburger SV

18/19 · Transfer

Mar 2018

Injury: unknown

8 games missed

Jul 2017

17/18 - Rangers FC

20 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jan 2017

Transfer: Raith Rovers → Rangers

16/17 · Transfer

Jan 2017

Transfer: Rangers U20 → Raith Rovers

16/17 · Return from loan

Aug 2016

Transfer: Raith Rovers → Rangers U20

16/17 · Loan

Jul 2016

16/17 - Rangers FC, Raith Rovers FC

8 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Dec 2015

Transfer: Brechin City → Raith Rovers

15/16 · Return from loan

Sep 2015

Transfer: Raith Rovers → Brechin City

15/16 · Loan

Jul 2015

15/16 - Raith Rovers FC, Brechin City FC

25 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 6 competitions

May 2015

Transfer: East Stirling → Raith Rovers

14/15 · Return from loan

Jan 2015

Transfer: Raith Rovers → East Stirling

14/15 · Loan

Jul 2014

14/15 - Raith Rovers FC, East Stirlingshire FC

17 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2013

13/14 - Raith Rovers FC

0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2013

Transfer: Raith Rovers U17 → Raith Rovers

13/14 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €2.80m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Minutes played by club

Standard Liège 0.0%

KV Mechelen 36.8%

Aberdeen FC 24.6%

Cercle Brugge 0.0%

Sheffield Wednesday 0.0%

Hamburger SV 16.5%

Rangers FC 2.3%

Raith Rovers FC 0.0%

Brechin City FC 7.7%

East Stirlingshire FC 12.2%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Standard Liège	1	24/25	24/25	9	0	0	0
KV Mechelen	2	22/23	23/24	67	5	0	4,320
Aberdeen FC	2	21/22	22/23	35	2	2	2,891
Cercle Brugge	1	20/21	20/21	21	0	1	0
Sheffield Wednesday	1	19/20	19/20	1	0	0	0
Hamburger SV	1	18/19	18/19	28	1	0	1,939
Rangers FC	2	16/17	17/18	28	1	0	270
Raith Rovers FC	4	13/14	16/17	15	0	0	0
Brechin City FC	1	15/16	15/16	10	1	0	900
East Stirlingshire FC	1	14/15	14/15	17	1	0	1,432

Career trajectory, goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
24/25	Jupiler Pro League	Standard Liège	9	0	0	0	0	0
23/24	Croky Cup	KV Mechelen	1	0	0	0	0	0
23/24	JPL	KV Mechelen	27	1	0	5	0	2,082
23/24	JPL Europe PO	KV Mechelen	8	1	0	0	0	715
23/24	Pro L. Supercup	KV Mechelen	0	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	Croky Cup	KV Mechelen	6	1	0	1	0	528
22/23	JPL	KV Mechelen	25	2	0	4	0	995
22/23	Viaplay Cup	Aberdeen FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
21/22	Premiership	Aberdeen FC	28	1	1	6	0	2,441
21/22	Premiership Relegation	Aberdeen FC	5	1	0	3	0	450
21/22	SFA Cup	Aberdeen FC	2	0	1	0	0	0
20/21	Croky Cup	Cercle Brugge	2	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	JPL	Cercle Brugge	19	0	1	3	0	0
19/20	Championship	Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	0	0	0	0
19/20	EFL Cup	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	2. Bundesliga	Hamburger SV	25	1	0	3	0	1,939
18/19	DFB-Pokal	Hamburger SV	3	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	Europa League Qualifying	Rangers FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	Premiership	Rangers FC	12	0	0	1	0	0
17/18	Scottish Premiership Top Six Split	Rangers FC	3	1	0	1	0	270
17/18	SFA Cup	Rangers FC	3	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	Betfred Cup	Rangers FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	Betfred Cup	Raith Rovers FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	Premiership	Rangers FC	7	0	0	1	0	0
16/17	SFA Cup	Rangers FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	Championship	Raith Rovers FC	10	0	0	2	0	0
15/16	League One	Brechin City FC	10	1	0	4	0	900
15/16	Petrofac Tr. Cup	Raith Rovers FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	Premiership Play-offs	Raith Rovers FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	SCL by Utilita	Raith Rovers FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	SFA Cup	Raith Rovers FC	2	0	0	1	0	0
14/15	Championship	Raith Rovers FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	League Cup	Raith Rovers FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	League Two	East Stirlingshire FC	17	1	0	4	1	1,432
14/15	Petrofac Tr. Cup	Raith Rovers FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	Championship	Raith Rovers FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	SFA Cup	Raith Rovers FC	0	0	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
13/14	2013-07-01	Raith Rovers U17	Raith Rovers	Transfer	0	-
14/15	2015-01-03	Raith Rovers	East Stirling	Loan	13000	-
14/15	2015-05-05	East Stirling	Raith Rovers	Return from loan	13000	-
15/16	2015-09-11	Raith Rovers	Brechin City	Loan	13000	-
15/16	2015-12-04	Brechin City	Raith Rovers	Return from loan	13000	-
16/17	2016-08-05	Raith Rovers	Rangers U20	Loan	13000	-
16/17	2017-01-08	Rangers U20	Raith Rovers	Return from loan	13000	-
16/17	2017-01-11	Raith Rovers	Rangers	Transfer	13000	-
18/19	2018-07-01	Rangers	Hamburger SV	Transfer	250000	-
19/20	2019-08-08	Hamburger SV	Sheff Wed	Loan	2000000	-
19/20	2020-06-30	Sheff Wed	Hamburger SV	Return from loan	475000	-
20/21	2020-08-07	Hamburger SV	Cercle Brugge	Loan	475000	-
20/21	2021-06-30	Cercle Brugge	Hamburger SV	Return from loan	700000	-
21/22	2021-08-29	Hamburger SV	Aberdeen FC	Transfer	700000	-
22/23	2022-09-01	Aberdeen FC	KV Mechelen	Transfer	450000	-
24/25	2024-07-24	KV Mechelen	Standard Liège	Transfer	2000000	€500k

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
17/18	Ligament injury	2018-03-11	2018-05-04	55	8
20/21	Left hip flexor problems	2020-09-22	2020-10-17	26	3
20/21	Muscle tear	2021-04-15	2021-07-15	92	1
21/22	Ill	2021-11-19	2021-11-23	5	1
24/25	minor knock	2024-09-20	2024-10-03	14	2
24/25	Knee injury	2024-10-20		329	39

Current€2.20m

Peak€2.80m

Low€13k

Δ since start+€2.19m

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€2.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.80m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.80m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€800k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€450k
Jan 1, 1970	€650k
Jan 1, 1970	€700k
Jan 1, 1970	€700k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€475k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€900k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k
Jan 1, 1970	€13k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Goals	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #16868	-	4	0	-	-	former national player
Team #3380	#13	4	0	-	-	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Jonny Hayes	1	1
Elias Cobbaut	1	0
Alessio da Cruz	2	0
Khaled Narey	2	0
Douglas Santos	2	0
James Tavernier	2	0
Funso Ojo	1	0
Rick van Drongelen	2	0
Lion Lauberbach	1	0
Patrick Pflücke	2	0
Ngal'ayel Mukau	2	0
Jordi Vanlerberghe	1	0
Geoffry Hairemans	2	2
Christian Ramirez	1	0
Daam Foulon	2	0
Ross McCrorie	1	0
Lewis Ferguson	1	2
Yonas Malede	2	0
Jannes Van Hecke	2	0
Sandy Walsh	2	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
22/23	JPL	KV Mechelen	2	25
17/18	Scottish Premiership Top Six Split	Rangers FC	1	3
14/15	League Two	East Stirlingshire FC	1	17

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
21/22	SFA Cup	Aberdeen FC	1	2
21/22	Premiership	Aberdeen FC	1	28
20/21	JPL	Cercle Brugge	1	19

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
20/21	2021-06-30	Cercle Brugge	Hamburger SV	Return from loan	-	€700k
20/21	2020-08-07	Hamburger SV	Cercle Brugge	Loan	-	€475k
19/20	2020-06-30	Sheff Wed	Hamburger SV	Return from loan	-	€475k
19/20	2019-08-08	Hamburger SV	Sheff Wed	Loan	-	€2.00m
16/17	2017-01-08	Rangers U20	Raith Rovers	Return from loan	-	€13k
16/17	2016-08-05	Raith Rovers	Rangers U20	Loan	-	€13k
15/16	2015-12-04	Brechin City	Raith Rovers	Return from loan	-	€13k
15/16	2015-09-11	Raith Rovers	Brechin City	Loan	-	€13k
14/15	2015-05-05	East Stirling	Raith Rovers	Return from loan	-	€13k
14/15	2015-01-03	Raith Rovers	East Stirling	Loan	-	€13k

Last 50 matches for Standard Liège while David Bates was at the club (joined 2024-07-24). The Availability column cross-references our injury database, matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

Date	Comp	Home	Score	Away	Availability
2026-10-11	`BE1`	Standard Liege	0-1	Royal Charleroi SC	Available
2026-09-18	`BE1`	KAA Gent	2-1	Standard Liege	Available
2026-09-12	`BE1`	KVC Westerlo	4-2	Standard Liege	Available
2026-09-05	`BE1`	Standard Liege	1-0	Antwerp	Available
2026-05-23	`BE1`	Standard Liège	0-2	Sporting Charleroi	Available
2026-05-19	`BE1`	KVC Westerlo	1-2	Standard Liège	Available
2026-05-16	`BE1`	Standard Liège	0-0	KRC Genk	Available
2026-05-08	`BE1`	Standard Liège	2-1	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Available
2026-05-03	`BE1`	Royal Antwerp FC	0-5	Standard Liège	Available
2026-04-25	`BE1`	KRC Genk	1-1	Standard Liège	Available
2026-04-21	`BE1`	Standard Liège	1-2	Royal Antwerp FC	Available
2026-04-18	`BE1`	Sporting Charleroi	1-2	Standard Liège	Available
2026-04-11	`BE1`	Standard Liège	1-2	KVC Westerlo	Available
2026-04-04	`BE1`	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	1-3	Standard Liège	Available
2026-03-22	`BE1`	Standard Liège	0-0	KVC Westerlo	Available
2026-03-15	`BE1`	Royal Antwerp FC	1-1	Standard Liège	Available
2026-03-08	`BE1`	SV Zulte Waregem	0-1	Standard Liège	Available
2026-02-27	`BE1`	Standard Liège	1-1	RAAL La Louviére	Available
2026-02-22	`BE1`	KRC Genk	0-3	Standard Liège	Available
2026-02-14	`BE1`	Standard Liège	1-1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2026-02-08	`BE1`	Club Brugge KV	3-0	Standard Liège	Available
2026-02-01	`BE1`	Standard Liège	2-0	RSC Anderlecht	Available
2026-01-23	`BE1`	Standard Liège	0-4	KAA Gent	Available
2026-01-18	`BE1`	Sporting Charleroi	2-0	Standard Liège	Available
2025-12-26	`BE1`	Standard Liège	1-2	Sint-Truidense VV	Available
2025-12-20	`BE1`	FCV Dender EH	0-1	Standard Liège	Available
2025-12-12	`BE1`	Standard Liège	0-1	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Available
2025-12-06	`BE1`	Cercle Brugge	1-2	Standard Liège	Available
2025-11-28	`BE1`	KV Mechelen	0-1	Standard Liège	Available
2025-11-21	`BE1`	Standard Liège	0-0	SV Zulte Waregem	Available
2025-11-09	`BE1`	Sint-Truidense VV	1-0	Standard Liège	Available
2025-10-31	`BE1`	Standard Liège	3-1	Sporting Charleroi	Available
2025-10-25	`BE1`	KAA Gent	4-0	Standard Liège	Available
2025-10-20	`BE1`	Standard Liège	1-0	Royal Antwerp FC	Available
2025-10-05	`BE1`	RSC Anderlecht	1-0	Standard Liège	Available
2025-09-27	`BE1`	Standard Liège	1-2	Club Brugge KV	Available
2025-09-21	`BE1`	KVC Westerlo	0-2	Standard Liège	Available
2025-09-12	`BE1`	Standard Liège	1-1	KV Mechelen	Available
2025-08-31	`BE1`	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	1-0	Standard Liège	Available
2025-08-23	`BE1`	Standard Liège	0-3	Cercle Brugge	Available
2025-08-16	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	3-0	Standard Liège	Available
2025-08-10	`BE1`	Standard Liège	2-1	KRC Genk	Available
2025-08-02	`BE1`	Standard Liège	1-1	FCV Dender EH	Available
2025-07-26	`BE1`	RAAL La Louviére	0-2	Standard Liège	Available
2025-05-24	`BE1`	KVC Westerlo	0-0	Standard Liège	Available
2025-05-17	`BE1`	Standard Liège	0-0	FCV Dender EH	Available
2025-05-10	`BE1`	KV Mechelen	0-0	Standard Liège	Available
2025-05-04	`BE1`	Standard Liège	0-1	Sporting Charleroi	Available
2025-04-26	`BE1`	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	1-1	Standard Liège	Available
2025-04-22	`BE1`	Standard Liège	0-1	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Available

Teams faced most often by David Bates's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals, see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Heart of Midlothian	13	8	1	4	25	15	+10	62%
Hibernian FC	13	6	5	2	22	11	+11	46%
Motherwell FC	13	9	2	2	30	15	+15	69%
Livingston FC	13	9	3	1	28	7	+21	69%
St. Mirren FC	13	9	2	2	27	12	+15	69%
St. Johnstone FC	13	7	4	2	19	8	+11	54%
Dundee FC	13	8	4	1	31	7	+24	62%
Kilmarnock FC	13	4	3	6	14	16	-2	31%
Hannover 96	12	6	1	5	21	16	+5	50%
Celtic FC	12	1	2	9	12	26	-14	8%
SC Paderborn 07	11	5	1	5	16	17	-1	45%
FC Schalke 04	10	5	2	3	18	13	+5	50%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
14/15	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	RC	Cards / 90′
23/24	36	2,797	5	0	0	0.16
22/23	31	1,523	5	1	0	0.35
21/22	35	2,891	9	0	0	0.28
20/21	21	0	3	1	0	0
18/19	28	1,939	3	1	0	0.19
17/18	20	270	2	0	0	0.67
16/17	8	0	1	0	0	0
15/16	25	900	7	0	0	0.7
14/15	17	1,432	4	0	1	0.31