List of Celtic F.C. players

The Celtic Football Club (/ˈsɛltɪk/) is a Scottish professional football club based in Parkhead, Glasgow. The club was founded in 1887 and played their first match in May 1888, a friendly match against Rangers. The club played their first competitive match in September 1888, when they entered the first round of the 1888–89 Scottish Cup. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 200 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here. Other players who have made fewer appearances are also included where they are regarded as having played a significant role for the club, with the reason for their inclusion indicated in the Notes column.
Celtic's record appearance-maker is Billy McNeill, who made a total of 790 appearances over a 18 year playing career in major competitions. Alec McNair holds the record at Celtic for most league appearances, and is also the oldest player to have competed for the club. Jimmy McGrory is the club's top goalscorer with 472 goals in major competitions. He is also the record goalscorer in British football, with a toal of 550 goals in competitive first class matches.
Notable players
Players are listed according to the date they first signed with the club. Appearances and goals are for competitive first-team matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.
For a full list of all Celtic players with Wikipedia articles see Category:Celtic F.C. players. For player appearance records see Celtic F.C. records.
Positions key
GK | Goalkeeper | RB | Right back | RW | Right winger | DF | Defender |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IF | Inside Forward | LB | Left back | LW | Left winger | CD | Centre Defence |
FW | Forward | FB | Fullback | W | Winger | MF | Midfielder |
ST | Striker | WH | Wing Half | AM | Attacking Midfielder | CM | Central Midfielder |





Appearances correct as of match played 5 April 2016
Name | Nationality | Position | Celtic career | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
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James Kelly | ![]() |
CD | 1888–1897 | 143 | 4 | |
Neil McCallum | ![]() |
MF | 1888–1890 1891–1892 |
34 | 19 | [note 1][3] |
Willie Maley | ![]() |
DF | 1888–1897 | 100 | 4 | |
Jerry Reynolds | ![]() |
DF | 1889–1895 | 102 | 0 | |
John Campbell | ![]() |
FW | 1890–1903 | 221 | 123 | |
Dan Doyle | ![]() |
CD | 1891–1898 | 137 | 6 | |
Johnny Madden | ![]() |
IF | 1891–1903 | 121 | 49 | |
Sandy McMahon | ![]() |
IF | 1891–1903 | 217 | 171 | |
Daniel McArthur | ![]() |
GK | 1892–1902 | 124 | 0 | |
James Blessington | ![]() |
FW | 1892–1898 | 102 | 38 | |
Barney Battles, Sr. | ![]() |
DF | 1895–1897 1898–1905 |
135 | 6 | |
Peter Somers | ![]() |
IF | 1897–1910 | 219 | 62 | |
Willie Orr | ![]() |
FB | 1897–1907 | 211 | 25 | |
Willie Loney | ![]() |
CD | 1900–1913 | 303 | 30 | |
Jimmy Quinn | ![]() |
FW | 1900–1917 | 331 | 217 | |
Davie Hamilton | ![]() |
LW | 1902–1912 | 259 | 60 | |
Jimmy McMenemy | ![]() |
FW | 1902–1920 | 515 | 168 | |
Davey Adams | ![]() |
GK | 1902–1912 | 290 | 0 | |
Donald McLeod | ![]() |
RB | 1902–1908 | 153 | 0 | |
James Young | ![]() |
MF | 1903–1917 | 443 | 15 | |
Alex Bennett | ![]() |
FW | 1903–1908 | 150 | 53 | |
Jimmy Hay | ![]() |
DF | 1903–1911 | 256 | 19 | |
Alec McNair | ![]() |
RB | 1904–1925 | 640 | 8 | |
Peter Johnstone | ![]() |
CD | 1908–1916 | 233 | 19 | |
Joe Dodds | ![]() |
LB | 1908–1920 1921–1922 |
385 | 29 | |
Andrew McAtee | ![]() |
RW | 1910–1924 | 439 | 72 | |
Patsy Gallacher | ![]() |
RW | 1911–1925 | 464 | 195 | |
John Browning | ![]() |
LW | 1911–1919 | 216 | 66 | |
Willie McStay | ![]() |
DF | 1912–1929 | 446 | 39 | |
Jimmy McColl | ![]() |
FW | 1912–1924 | 169 | 126 | |
Joe Cassidy | ![]() |
FW | 1912–1924 | 203 | 105 | |
Charlie Shaw | ![]() |
GK | 1913–1925 | 446 | 0 | |
John McMaster | ![]() |
CD | 1913–1923 | 217 | 6 | |
Adam McLean | ![]() |
W | 1917–1928 | 408 | 138 | |
William Cringan | ![]() |
HB | 1917–1923 | 214 | 9 | |
Tommy McInally | ![]() |
FW | 1919–1922 1925–1928 |
213 | 127 | |
John Gilchrist | ![]() |
MF | 1919–1923 | 134 | 6 | |
John MacFarlane | ![]() |
DF | 1920–1929 | 304 | 14 | |
Paddy Connolly | ![]() |
RW | 1921–1933 | 299 | 47 | |
Jimmy McStay | ![]() |
DF | 1921–1934 | 472 | 8 | |
Hugh Hilley | ![]() |
LB | 1921–1930 | 207 | 0 | |
James McGrory | ![]() |
FW | 1922–1937 | 445 | 472 | |
Alec Thomson | ![]() |
FW | 1922–1934 | 451 | 99 | |
Peter Wilson | ![]() |
MF | 1923–1934 | 395 | 15 | |
Peter Shevlin | ![]() |
GK | 1924–1927 | 103 | 0 | |
John Thomson | ![]() |
GK | 1926–1931 | 188 | 0 | |
Peter McGonagle | ![]() |
LB | 1926–1936 | 324 | 8 | |
Chic Geatons | ![]() |
HB | 1927–1941 | 345 | 15 | |
Charlie Napier | ![]() |
FW | 1928–1935 | 200 | 95 | |
Peter Scarff | ![]() |
FW | 1928–1933 | 112 | 55 | |
Willie Hughes | ![]() |
MF | 1929–1936 | 104 | 13 | |
John Morrison | ![]() |
HB | 1929–1941 | 182 | 1 | |
Bertie Thomson | ![]() |
RW | 1929–1933 | 131 | 31 | |
Billy Cook | ![]() |
RB | 1930–1932 | 109 | 0 | |
Joe Kennaway | ![]() |
GK | 1931–1939 | 263 | 0 | |
Malky MacDonald | ![]() |
MF | 1932–1945 | 145 | 37 | |
Bobby Hogg | ![]() |
DF | 1932–1948 | 328 | 0 | [note 2][4] |
Johnny Crum | ![]() |
FW | 1932–1942 | 210 | 89 | |
Jimmy Delaney | ![]() |
W | 1933–1946 | 305 | 70 | |
Stephen Grant | ![]() |
IF | 1933–1937 | 123 | 50 | |
Willie Buchan | ![]() |
FW | 1933–1937 | 134 | 60 | |
Frank Murphy | ![]() |
LW | 1933–1945 | 161 | 48 | |
Willie Lyon | ![]() |
CD | 1935–1940 | 163 | 17 | |
Willie Miller | ![]() |
GK | 1940–1950 | 123 | 0 | |
Pat McAuley | ![]() |
MF | 1940–1950 | 109 | 5 | |
Roy Milne | ![]() |
LB | 1940–1952 | 133 | 0 | |
John McPhail | ![]() |
FW | 1941–1956 | 204 | 87 | |
Jim Mallan | ![]() |
DF | 1942–1953 | 117 | 0 | |
Bobby Evans | ![]() |
RH | 1944–1960 | 535 | 10 | |
Joe Baillie | ![]() |
DF | 1945–1954 | 151 | 1 | |
John Bonnar | ![]() |
GK | 1948–1958 | 180 | 0 | |
Charlie Tully | ![]() |
IF | 1948–1959 | 319 | 47 | |
Jock Weir | ![]() |
WH | 1948–1952 | 106 | 38 | |
Mike Haughney | ![]() |
RB | 1949–1957 | 233 | 46 | |
Bobby Collins | ![]() |
MF | 1949–1958 | 320 | 120 | |
Bertie Peacock | ![]() |
WH | 1949–1961 | 453 | 51 | |
Willie Fernie | ![]() |
MF | 1949–1958 1960–1961 |
317 | 74 | |
Jimmy Walsh | ![]() |
DF | 1949–1956 | 145 | 58 | |
Sean Fallon | ![]() |
FB | 1950–1958 | 254 | 14 | |
Jock Stein | ![]() |
CD | 1951–1956 | 148 | 2 | |
Neil Mochan | ![]() |
FW | 1953–1960 | 268 | 107 | |
Eric Smith | ![]() |
MF | 1953–1960 | 130 | 20 | |
Dick Beattie | ![]() |
GK | 1954–1959 | 114 | 0 | |
Bertie Auld | ![]() |
W MF |
1955–1961 1965–1971 |
257 | 78 | |
Duncan MacKay | ![]() |
RB | 1955–1964 | 232 | 7 | |
Jim Kennedy | ![]() |
LB | 1955–1965 | 242 | 2 | |
Billy McPhail | ![]() |
FW | 1956–1958 | 33 | 13 | [note 3][5] |
Sammy Wilson | ![]() |
FW | 1957–1959 | 70 | 46 | [note 4][6] |
Pat Crerand | ![]() |
MF | 1957–1963 | 120 | 5 | |
Bobby Carroll | ![]() |
RW | 1957–1963 | 78 | 27 | [note 5][7] |
John Divers | ![]() |
FW | 1957–1966 | 232 | 103 | |
Billy McNeill | ![]() |
CD | 1957–1975 | 790 | 34 | |
Frank Haffey | ![]() |
GK | 1958–1964 | 201 | 0 | |
Stevie Chalmers | ![]() |
FW | 1958–1971 | 405 | 231 | |
John Clark | ![]() |
CM | 1958–1971 | 320 | 3 | |
Charlie Gallagher | ![]() |
FW | 1958–1968 | 171 | 32 | [note 6][8] |
Bobby Murdoch | ![]() |
CM | 1959–1973 | 485 | 102 | |
John Fallon | ![]() |
GK | 1959–1971 | 184 | 0 | |
John Hughes | ![]() |
FW | 1960–1971 | 416 | 189 | |
Bobby Lennox | ![]() |
FW | 1961–1978 1979–1980 |
587 | 273 | |
Tommy Gemmell | ![]() |
LB | 1961–1971 | 421 | 66 | |
Ian Young | ![]() |
RB | 1961–1968 | 137 | 3 | |
Jimmy Johnstone | ![]() |
RW | 1962–1975 | 515 | 130 | |
Jim Brogan | ![]() |
DF | 1962–1975 | 213 | 6 | |
Ronnie Simpson | ![]() |
GK | 1964–1970 | 189 | 0 | |
Jim Craig | ![]() |
FB | 1965–1972 | 231 | 6 | |
Joe McBride | ![]() |
FW | 1965–1968 | 94 | 87 | [note 7][9][10][11] |
Willie Wallace | ![]() |
FW | 1966–1971 | 234 | 135 | |
George Connelly | ![]() |
MF | 1966–1976 | 254 | 13 | |
Harry Hood | ![]() |
FW | 1968–1976 | 312 | 123 | |
Tommy Callaghan | ![]() |
MF | 1968–1976 | 284 | 33 | |
Evan Williams | ![]() |
GK | 1969–1974 | 148 | 0 | |
Davie Hay | ![]() |
MF | 1968–1974 | 230 | 12 | |
Kenny Dalglish | ![]() |
FW | 1969–1977 | 322 | 167 | |
Pat McCluskey | ![]() |
MF | 1969–1977 | 189 | 12 | |
Paul Wilson | ![]() |
MF | 1970–1978 | 214 | 52 | |
Danny McGrain | ![]() |
FB | 1970–1987 | 663 | 7 | |
Lou Macari | ![]() |
MF | 1970–1973 | 102 | 56 | |
John "Dixie" Deans | ![]() |
FW | 1971–1976 | 184 | 132 | |
Roddie MacDonald | ![]() |
CD | 1972–1981 | 254 | 33 | |
Andy Lynch | ![]() |
LB | 1973–1980 | 187 | 25 | |
Steve Murray | ![]() |
MF | 1973–1976 | 100 | 21 | |
George McCluskey | ![]() |
FW | 1974–1983 | 204 | 78 | |
Ronnie Glavin | ![]() |
MF | 1974–1979 | 101 | 35 | |
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson | ![]() |
CD | 1975–1980 | 188 | 36 | |
Peter Latchford | ![]() |
GK | 1975–1987 | 272 | 0 | |
Tommy Burns | ![]() |
MF | 1975–1989 | 523 | 82 | |
Johnny Doyle | ![]() |
RW | 1976–1981 | 179 | 36 | |
Roy Aitken | ![]() |
MF | 1976–1990 | 672 | 48 | |
Alfie Conn, Jr. | ![]() |
MF | 1976–1979 | 37 | 8 | [note 8][12][13] |
Tom McAdam | ![]() |
DF | 1977–1986 | 354 | 11 | |
Mark Reid | ![]() |
LB | 1977–1985 | 177 | 12 | |
Packie Bonner | ![]() |
GK | 1978–1997 | 642 | 0 | [note 9][14][15] |
Murdo MacLeod | ![]() |
MF | 1978–1987 | 395 | 82 | |
David Provan | ![]() |
RW | 1978–1987 | 303 | 43 | |
Dom Sullivan | ![]() |
MF | 1979–1983 | 113 | 15 | |
Charlie Nicholas | ![]() |
FW | 1979–1983 1990–1995 |
250 | 125 | |
Frank McGarvey | ![]() |
ST | 1980–1985 | 245 | 113 | |
Paul McStay | ![]() |
CM | 1981–1997 | 678 | 72 | |
Peter Grant | ![]() |
MF | 1982–1997 | 470 | 20 | |
Brian McClair | ![]() |
FW | 1983–1987 | 198 | 122 | |
Mo Johnston | ![]() |
FW | 1984–1987 | 127 | 71 | |
Derek Whyte | ![]() |
DF | 1985–1992 | 276 | 8 | |
Mark McGhee | ![]() |
ST | 1985–1989 | 113 | 34 | |
Anton Rogan | ![]() |
LB | 1986–1991 | 166 | 5 | |
Gerry Creaney | ![]() |
FW | 1987–1994 | 144 | 53 | |
Andy Walker | ![]() |
ST | 1987–1992 1994–1996 |
189 | 67 | |
Chris Morris | ![]() |
RB | 1987–1992 | 160 | 8 | |
Frank McAvennie | ![]() |
FW | 1987–1989 1992–1994 |
106 | 50 | |
Joe Miller | ![]() |
FW | 1987–1993 | 152 | 28 | |
Mark McNally | ![]() |
DF | 1987–1995 | 152 | 4 | |
Tommy Coyne | ![]() |
ST | 1989–1993 | 105 | 43 | |
Paul Elliott | ![]() |
CD | 1989–1991 | 66 | 5 | [note 10][16] |
Dariusz Dziekanowski | ![]() |
FW | 1989–1992 | 49 | 10 | [note 11][17] |
Mike Galloway | ![]() |
MF | 1989–1996 | 175 | 10 | |
Dariusz Wdowczyk | ![]() |
DF | 1989–1994 | 147 | 6 | |
John Collins | ![]() |
MF | 1990–1996 | 229 | 48 | |
Brian O'Neil | ![]() |
DF | 1991–f1997 | 121 | 8 | |
Gordon Marshall | ![]() |
GK | 1991–1998 | 112 | 0 | |
Tom Boyd | ![]() |
DF | 1992–2003 | 364 | 2 | |
Simon Donnelly | ![]() |
FW | 1993–1999 | 181 | 42 | |
Phil O'Donnell | ![]() |
MF | 1994–1999 | 114 | 20 | |
Tosh McKinlay | ![]() |
DF | 1994–1999 | 124 | 0 | |
Pierre van Hooijdonk | ![]() |
FW | 1995–1997 | 84 | 52 | [note 12][10][18] |
Andreas Thom | ![]() |
MF | 1995–1998 | 101 | 27 | [note 13][19] |
Morten Wieghorst | ![]() |
MF | 1995–2002 | 105 | 14 | |
Jackie McNamara | ![]() |
RB | 1995–2005 | 347 | 15 | |
Jorge Cadete | ![]() |
FW | 1996–1997 | 48 | 38 | [note 14][10] |
Alan Stubbs | ![]() |
DF | 1996–2001 | 127 | 4 | |
Paolo Di Canio | ![]() |
FW | 1996–1997 | 37 | 15 | [note 15][20] |
Craig Burley | ![]() |
MF | 1997–1999 | 93 | 26 | [note 16][21] |
Henrik Larsson | ![]() |
FW | 1997–2004 | 315 | 242 | |
Stéphane Mahé | ![]() |
LB | 1997–2001 | 109 | 5 | |
Jonathan Gould | ![]() |
GK | 1997–2003 | 158 | 0 | |
Paul Lambert | ![]() |
MF | 1997–2006 | 275 | 19 | |
Mark Burchill | ![]() |
ST | 1998–2001 | 50 | 20 | [note 17][22] |
Johan Mjällby | ![]() |
CD | 1998–2004 | 198 | 15 | |
Lubomir Moravcik | ![]() |
MF | 1998–2002 | 129 | 35 | |
Mark Viduka | ![]() |
CF | 1998–2000 | 46 | 35 | [note 18][23] |
Stiliyan Petrov | ![]() |
MF | 1999–2006 | 311 | 64 | |
Shaun Maloney | ![]() |
FW | 1999–2007 2008–2011 |
215 | 52 | |
Chris Sutton | ![]() |
FW | 2000–2006 | 199 | 86 | [note 19][24][25] |
Joos Valgaeren | ![]() |
DF | 2000–2005 | 178 | 10 | |
Alan Thompson | ![]() |
LM | 2000–2007 | 227 | 51 | [note 20][26] |
Didier Agathe | ![]() |
RW | 2000–2006 | 181 | 11 | |
Rab Douglas | ![]() |
GK | 2000–2005 | 172 | 0 | |
Neil Lennon | ![]() |
MF | 2000–2007 | 304 | 3 | |
Dianbobo Balde | ![]() |
DF | 2001–2009 | 234 | 16 | |
John Hartson | ![]() |
FW | 2001–2006 | 201 | 109 | |
Stephen McManus | ![]() |
DF | 2003–2010 | 203 | 20 | |
Stanislav Varga | ![]() |
DF | 2003–2006 | 116 | 14 | |
Aiden McGeady | ![]() |
MF | 2004–2010 | 252 | 37 | |
Artur Boruc | ![]() |
GK | 2005–2010 | 221 | 0 | |
Shunsuke Nakamura | ![]() |
MF | 2005–2009 | 165 | 33 | |
Mark Wilson | ![]() |
DF | 2006–2012 | 131 | 3 | |
Gary Caldwell | ![]() |
DF | 2006–2010 | 151 | 6 | |
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | ![]() |
FW | 2006–2009 | 108 | 44 | |
Lee Naylor | ![]() |
LB | 2006–2010 | 142 | 3 | |
Scott Brown | ![]() |
MF | 2007– | 360 | 34 | |
Scott McDonald | ![]() |
FW | 2007–2010 | 127 | 64 | |
Andreas Hinkel | ![]() |
DF | 2008–2011 | 103 | 1 | |
Georgios Samaras | ![]() |
FW | 2008–2014 | 248 | 74 | |
James Forrest | ![]() |
MF | 2010– | 188 | 30 | |
Charlie Mulgrew | ![]() |
DF | 2010– | 204 | 29 | |
Fraser Forster | ![]() |
GK | 2010–2014 | 197 | 0 | |
Joe Ledley | ![]() |
MF | 2010–2014 | 157 | 30 | |
Beram Kayal | ![]() |
MF | 2010–2015 | 132 | 3 | |
Gary Hooper | ![]() |
FW | 2010–2014 | 138 | 82 | |
Anthony Stokes | ![]() |
FW | 2010– | 192 | 77 | |
Emilio Izaguirre | ![]() |
LB | 2010– | 232 | 5 | |
Kris Commons | ![]() |
MF | 2011– | 225 | 91 | |
Adam Matthews | ![]() |
RB | 2011–2015 | 148 | 5 | |
Victor Wanyama | ![]() |
MF | 2011–2013 | 91 | 13 | [note 21][27] |
Mikael Lustig | ![]() |
DF | 2011– | 130 | 10 | |
Efe Ambrose | ![]() |
DF | 2012– | 162 | 6 | |
Virgil van Dijk | ![]() |
CD | 2013–2015 | 114 | 15 | |
Stefan Johansen | ![]() |
MF | 2014– | 108 | 19 | [note 22][28] |
Nir Biton | ![]() |
MF | 2013– | 103 | 10 | |
Leigh Griffiths | ![]() |
FW | 2014– | 100 | 62 |
Club captains
Name | Nationality | From | To | Scottish League |
Scottish Cup |
Scottish League Cup |
European Cup |
Total honours |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Kelly | ![]() |
1888 | 1897 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Dan Doyle | ![]() |
1897 | 1899 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Sandy McMahon | ![]() |
1899 | 1903 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Willie Orr | ![]() |
1903 | 1906 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
James Hay | ![]() |
1906 | 1911 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 7 |
Jim Young | ![]() |
1911 | 1917 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
Alec McNair | ![]() |
1917 | 1920 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 |
Willie Cringan | ![]() |
1920 | 1923 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Charlie Shaw | ![]() |
1923 | 1925 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Willie McStay | ![]() |
1925 | 1929 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Jimmy McStay | ![]() |
1929 | 1934 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
Bobby Hogg | ![]() |
1934 | 1935 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
Willie Lyon | ![]() |
1935 | 1939 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
John McPhail | ![]() |
1948 | 1952 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 |
Sean Fallon | ![]() |
1952 | 1953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |
Jock Stein | ![]() |
1953 | 1955 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 |
Bobby Evans | ![]() |
1955 | 1957 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 |
Bertie Peacock | ![]() |
1957 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 |
Duncan Mackay | ![]() |
1961 | 1963 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Billy McNeill | ![]() |
1963 | 1975 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 23 |
Kenny Dalglish | ![]() |
1975 | 1977 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Danny McGrain | ![]() |
1977 | 1987 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Roy Aitken | ![]() |
1987 | 1990 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Paul McStay | ![]() |
1990 | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Boyd | ![]() |
1997 | 2002 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Paul Lambert | ![]() |
2002 | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Jackie McNamara | ![]() |
2004 | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Neil Lennon | ![]() |
2005 | 2007 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Stephen McManus | ![]() |
2007 | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Scott Brown | ![]() |
2010 | Present | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Neil McCallum scored Celtic's first ever goal, opening the scoring in their 5–2 friendly win over Rangers in May 1888.
- ↑ Bobby Hogg is noted for making a total of 575 appearances for Celtic, but a large number of these games were unofficial league and cup fixtures during World War II.
- ↑ Billy McPhail scored a hat-trick in Celtic's 7–1 win over Rangers in the 1957 Scottish League Cup Final.
- ↑ Sammy Wilson scored the opening goal in Celtic's 7–1 Scottish League Cup Final win over Rangers in 1957.
- ↑ Bobby Carroll is Celtic's first ever goal-scorer in official European competition, scoring twice in a 4–2 defeat away against Valencia in 1962.
- ↑ In 1967 Charlie Gallagher became the first Scottish-born footballer to be capped by the Republic of Ireland.
- ↑ During season 1966–67, Joe McBride scored 36 goals before Christmas. He was then injured in a game against Aberdeen and did not play again that season. Despite this, he still finished as the top goalscorer in Scotland that season (in all competitions; Stevie Chalmers eventually finished the season with more league goals). McBride also has the third best goalscoring average for a player at the club with more than 10 appearances (0.92 goals per game; 89 goals in 97 games, including minor competitions).
- ↑ Alfie Conn became the first post-war footballer to play for both Rangers and Celtic. He was also the first player to ever win Scottish Cup medals with both Old Firm clubs.
- ↑ Pat Bonner has made the most appearances of any goalkeeper for Celtic. He is also the player to have won the most caps playing for his country (80, Republic of Ireland) whilst at Celtic.
- ↑ Paul Elliott was voted Scottish PFA Player of the Year in 1991.
- ↑ Dariusz Dziekanowski is Celtic's record goalscorer in a single European match, scoring four goals in a 5–4 win over Partizan Belgrade in 1989.
- ↑ Pierre van Hooijdonk scored Celtic's goal in their 1–0 1995 Scottish Cup Final win over Airdrie, the club's first trophy in six years. He was also the top goalscorer in Scotland the following season, 1995–96.
- ↑ Andreas Thom's £2.2 million transfer fee in July 1995 made him Celtic's record signing at the time.
- ↑ Jorge Cadete was the top goal-scorer in Scotland for season 1996–97.
- ↑ Paolo Di Canio was voted PFA Scotland Player of the Year in 1997.
- ↑ Craig Burley was voted Scottish Football Writers Player of the Year in 1998.
- ↑ Mark Burchill scored the fastest ever hat-trick in European competition on 24 August 2000 in a 7–0 win over Jeunesse d'Esch in a UEFA Cup qualifying round tie.
- ↑ Mark Viduka was voted PFA Scotland Player of the Year in 2000.
- ↑ In the summer of 2000 Chris Sutton became Celtic's record signing, with a transfer fee of £6 million paid to Chelsea.
- ↑ In 2004 Alan Thompson became the first footballer to be capped by England whilst contracted at Celtic.
- ↑ Victor Wanyama is a Scottish record transfer sale, having been sold to Southampton in July 2013 for £12.5 million.
- ↑ Stefan Johansen was vote PFA Scotland Player of the Year in 2015.
References
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External links
- A full list of former Celtic players can be found at: Celtic – FitbaStats – Player List
- More detailed biographies on players can be found at: The Celtic Wiki: All time A to Z of Celtic players
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.