Stephen Welsh

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Stephen Welsh
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Welsh with Celtic in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-19) 19 January 2000 (age 24) [1]
Place of birth Coatbridge, Scotland [2]
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) [2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 57
Youth career
Celtic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019– Celtic 41 (2)
2019–2020 → Greenock Morton (loan) 15 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Scotland U17 [1] 8 (0)
2017–2020 Scotland U19 [1] 13 (0)
2021–2022 Scotland U21 [1] 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2022

Stephen Welsh (born 19 January 2000) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic.

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Club career

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] On 9 December 2021, Welsh scored an early header against La Liga side Real Betis in a UEFA Europa League match where Celtic won 3–2 at Celtic Park in their last group-stage game in the competition that season. [11] [12]

On 31 July 2022, Welsh scored the first goal in Celtic's 2022–23 Scottish Premiership opener against Aberdeen in a 2–0 home win. [13] On 10 January 2022, it was reported that Serie A side Udinese had made a loan offer with an option to purchase attached for Welsh, which Celtic chose to reject. [14]

In the summer transfer window, Ligue 1 side Toulouse made an approach for Welsh. However, Celtic remained uninterested in selling the player as manager Ange Postecoglou saw him as being part of first-team plans. [15]

On 18 August 2023, Welsh signed a new four-year contract with Celtic, keeping him at the club until 2027. [16]

International career

Welsh has represented Scotland at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels. [1] He captained the under-21 side on numerous occasions. [17] [18] On 10 June 2022, he played his final game for the under-21s against Denmark in a 1–1 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying draw where he faced Celtic teammate Matt O'Riley. [19] [20]

Career statistics

As of 29 June 2023 [21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 2019–20 [22] Scottish Premiership 1000000010
2020–21 [23] Scottish Premiership16120003 [lower-alpha 1] 0211
2021–22 [24] Scottish Premiership10020219 [lower-alpha 2] 1232
2022–23 [24] Scottish Premiership4100101 [lower-alpha 3] 061
Total3124031131514
Celtic U20s [lower-alpha 4] 2017–18 [25] N/A—1010
2018–19 [26] —1010
2019–20 [22] —2020
Total0000004040
Greenock Morton (loan) 2019–20 [22] Scottish Championship 151300000181
Career total4637031171735
  1. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ 2 appearances in the UEFA Champions League, 6 appearances / 1 goal in the UEFA Europa League, 1 appearance in the UEFA Conference League
  3. ↑ appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearances for Celtic under-20s/21s in the Scottish Challenge Cup in which age-restricted sides from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs.

Honours

Celtic

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  3. ↑ Henderson, Mark (13 March 2018). "Stephen Welsh signs new contract with Celtic". Celtic F.C. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Disappointment for 10-man Celtic Colts in Irn-Bru Cup". Celtic F.C. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "ANNAN ATHLETIC V CELTIC COLTS". Annan Athletic F.C. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
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  7. ↑ "STEPHEN WELSH RECALLED BY CELTIC". gmfc.net. Greenock Morton F.C. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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  9. ↑ "Celtic see off spirited Motherwell for consecutive league wins". BBC Scottish Football. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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  12. ↑ "Celtic 3-2 Real Betis: Hoops win final group game but injuries for Kyogo Furuhashi and Albian Ajeti". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "Celtic 2-0 Aberdeen: Stephen Welsh and Jota score as the Scottish Premiership champions impress in opener". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  14. ↑ "Stephen Welsh: Celtic reject approach from Udinese for defender after Serie A club enquire about an initial loan deal". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "Stephen Welsh: Toulouse make enquiry for Celtic defender". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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