Stephen Welsh (born 19 January 2000) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic.
![]() Welsh with Celtic in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2000-01-19) 19 January 2000 (age 22)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Coatbridge, Scotland[2] | ||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Celtic | ||
Number | 57 | ||
Youth career | |||
Celtic | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Celtic | 31 | (2) |
2019–2020 | → Greenock Morton (loan) | 15 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2016–2017 | Scotland U17[1] | 8 | (0) |
2017–2020 | Scotland U19[1] | 13 | (0) |
2021– | Scotland U21[1] | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2022 |
Welsh began his career in the youth sides at Celtic, stepping up to their development side in 2017, and in March 2018, signed a contract with the club until 2020.[3] Alongside fixtures in the SPFL Development League, he featured for the team in the Scottish Challenge Cup.[4][5]
On 29 August 2019, Welsh moved on a season-long loan to Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton.[6] He was recalled by Celtic during January 2020.[7] He made his first team debut for Celtic on 2 February 2020, in a 4–1 win away to Hamilton Academical.[8]
On 6 February 2021, Welsh scored the first senior goal of his career with a header from a David Turnbull corner in the opening minutes of a 2–1 league win against Motherwell.[9] On 13 April 2021, he signed a new contract with Celtic that is due to run until 2025.[10]
Welsh has represented Scotland at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels.[1]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Celtic | 2019–20[12] | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2020–21[13] | Scottish Premiership | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
2021–22[14] | Scottish Premiership | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 22 | 2 | |
2022-23 | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 42 | 4 | ||
Celtic U20s[lower-alpha 3] | 2017–18[15] | N/A | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2018–19[16] | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
2019–20[12] | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Greenock Morton (loan) | 2019–20[12] | Scottish Championship | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
Career total | 43 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 64 | 4 |
Celtic
Celtic F.C. – current squad | |
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