Ben Doak

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Ben Doak
Personal information
Full name Ben Gannon Doak [1]
Date of birth (2005-11-11) 11 November 2005 (age 18)
Place of birth Dalry, Scotland [2]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m) [3]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 50
Youth career
0000 Dalry Rovers
0000 Ayr United
0000 Celtic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Celtic 2 (0)
2022– Liverpool 3 (0)
International career‡
2019 Scotland U16 3 (0)
2021– Scotland U17 6 (4)
2022– Scotland U21 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:53, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:42, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Ben Gannon Doak (born 11 November 2005) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool. [4]

Contents

Club career

Doak began his career at hometown club Dalry Rovers, before moving to Ayr United and then onto Celtic. [5]

Celtic

On 26 December 2021, having turned 16 the previous month, Doak was named on the bench for Celtic's 3–1 win away to St Johnstone. [6] On 29 January 2022, he made his Celtic debut, coming on as a 68th minute substitute in a 1–0 Scottish Premiership win against Dundee United. [7]

Liverpool

2022–23 season

Doak signed with Liverpool in March 2022, with Celtic due to receive training compensation of around £600,000. [8] On 9 November 2022, Doak made his debut for Liverpool when he came on as a 74th minute substitute in a 3–2 penalty shoot-out win against Derby County in the third round of the 2022–23 EFL Cup at Anfield. [9] Five days later, he signed his first professional contract with Liverpool, having reached the age of 17. [10] [11] Doak made his league debut for Liverpool on 26 December in a 3–1 win at Aston Villa, and became the youngest Scottish player to appear in the Premier League. [12]

2023–24 season

On 30 July 2023, Doak scored his first senior goal for Liverpool in a pre-season friendly against Leicester City, with his side winning the match 4–0 at the Singapore National Stadium. [13]

In December 2023, he was longlisted for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award. [14]

International career

On 2 September 2021, after previously representing the under-16s, Doak made his debut for Scotland U17, scoring in a 1–1 draw against Wales. [15] He helped the U17 team qualify for the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, but missed the tournament due to injury. [16]

Doak was included in the under-21 squad for the first time in September 2022, aged 16. [17] He made his debut as a substitute on 22 September 2022 against Northern Ireland and scored within seven minutes; in doing so, he became the youngest ever goalscorer for the Scotland U21s. [18] [19]

Personal life

His grandfather Martin Doak was also a footballer, [20] having made more than 300 appearances across two spells for Greenock Morton F.C.. [21] [22]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 December 2023 [23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 2021–22 [24] Scottish Premiership 2000000020
Liverpool 2022–23 [25] Premier League 2020100050
2023–24 [26] Premier League1000103 [lower-alpha 1] 050
Total30202030100
Career total50202030120
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

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  2. ↑ "Garnock Valley: Friends are united for Under 17 Scotland squad". Adrossan & Saltcoats Herald. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
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  7. ↑ "Celtic 1–0 Dundee United". BBC Sport. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
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  14. ↑ "BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2023 top three revealed". BBC Media Centre . 1 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
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  22. ↑ Martin Doak, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 3 January 2023
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  25. ↑ "Games played by Ben Doak in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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