Robbie Deas

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Robbie Deas
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Deas with Scotland U19, 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-27) 27 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Kinross, Scotland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Kilmarnock
Number 6
Youth career
Blue Brazil Boys Club
2011–2018 Celtic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Celtic 0 (0)
2018–2019Cowdenbeath (loan) 27 (0)
2019–2020Alloa Athletic (loan) 24 (1)
2020–2023 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 84 (2)
2023– Kilmarnock 23 (1)
International career
2016–2017 Scotland U17 9 (0)
2017– Scotland U19 15 (1)
2021 Scotland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:44, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2021

Robbie Deas (born 27 February 2000) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock.

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Club career

Celtic

Deas signed his first professional contract with Celtic in 2018. He scored the winning goal in stoppage time as Celtic youths beat Rangers 3–2 to lift the Glasgow Cup in May 2019. [2]

Loan moves to Cowdenbeath and Alloa Athletic

On 23 August 2018, Deas joined Scottish League Two club Cowdenbeath on loan for the 2018–19 season. [3] On 9 October 2018, he was named in the SPFL team of the week after a narrow 1–0 victory over Stirling Albion at Central Park. [4]

On 2 August 2019, Deas moved on loan to Scottish Championship club Alloa Athletic for the 2019–20 season. [5]

Inverness CT

Deas left Celtic after the 2019–20 season and signed a three-year contract with Inverness Caledonian Thistle. [6] He played for Inverness in the 2023 Scottish Cup final, which they lost 3–1 to Celtic. [7]

Kilmarnock

Despite interest from Livingston earlier in the year, [8] it was announced that Deas had signed a two-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock on 5 June 2023. [7] [9]

International career

Deas has represented Scotland at the under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels. [10] [11]

Deas received his first call-up to the Scottish under-21 squad on 25 May 2021, alongside Inverness teammates Roddy MacGregor, Daniel MacKay and Cameron Harper, ahead of two friendlies against Northern Ireland. [12]

Personal life

Deas is the nephew of former footballer Paul Deas. [13]

Career statistics

As of 22 January 2022
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 2018–19 [14] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2019–20 [15] Scottish Premiership0000000000
Total0000000000
Cowdenbeath (loan) 2018–19 [14] Scottish League Two 270310000301
Alloa Athletic (loan) 2019–20 [15] Scottish Championship 241200020281
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2020–21 [16] Scottish Championship261304000331
2021–22 [17] Scottish Championship220203030300
Total481507030631
Career total99210170501213

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References

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