Kieran Tierney

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Kieran Tierney
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Tierney celebrating Celtic's league title in 2016
Personal information
Full name Kieran Tierney
Date of birth (1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Douglas, Isle of Man[1]
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Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 63
Youth career
2005–2015 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Celtic 25 (1)
International career‡
2014–2015 Scotland U18 1 (1)
2015– Scotland U19 4 (0)
2016– Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 October 2015

Kieran Tierney (born 5 June 1997) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership side Celtic and the Scotland national football team as a defender.[2]

Career

Celtic

Born in Douglas, Isle of Man, Tierney moved to Scotland aged 10 months.[1] He supported Celtic as a child and signed for the club when he was 7 years old, from Netherton, Wishaw. He progressed through the various youth ranks and earned a reputation as a dependable wide player in the club's Development Squad, both in defence and attack.[3] He travelled with the first team squad on a pre-season trip to Finland in August 2014, and made his debut in a friendly against Totthenham Hotspur there. Although Celtic lost, Tierney described his first appearance for the first team as a "dream come true".[3] He continued to play in the Development Squad throughout 2014–15, and in October 2014 during a Development League match against Heart of Midlothian he scored a goal from the edge of his own penalty box.[4][5]

On 22 April 2015, he made his competitive senior debut for the club, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute in a Scottish Premiership match against Dundee at Dens Park, replacing Emilio Izaguirre.[6] He made one further first team appearance that season, playing the full 90 minutes in a league match away at St Johnstone.[7]

International

Tierney has played for Scotland at under-18 and under-19 levels.[8] He has also expressed interest in playing for the Ellan Vannin team that represents the Isle of Man, his birthplace.[1]

Tierney received his first call-up to the senior Scotland squad on 10 March 2016 for a friendly against Denmark.[9] Tierney played for the first half of the match, which Scotland won 1–0 at Hampden Park; he was replaced at the break by his Celtic teammate Charlie Mulgrew.[10]

Career statistics

As of 15 May 2016
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Celtic
2014–15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2015–16 23 1 4 0 2 0 4 0 33 1
Total 25 1 4 0 2 0 4 0 35 1
Career Total 25 1 4 0 2 0 4 0 35 1

Honours

Club

Celtic

Individual

References

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