Badlan joins Aston Villa as Scout

Chris Badlan has been appointed as a Scout by Aston Villa.

Badlan returns to English football after nearly a year-and-a-half as Head of Recruitment at Aberdeen.

Before that, he spent nearly six years at Wolverhampton Wanderers – four as Technical Recruitment Officer before being promoted to Head of Emerging Talent.

From there he had a brief spell at Norwich City as Head of European Scouting and then more than four-and-a-half years as Head of Recruitment at Coventry City. In-between that and his job with Aberdeen, he spent five months as Sporting Director at Blackpool.

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