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Celtic
180 cm
Height
5
Shirt
26 years
Aug 8, 1998
Left
Preferred foot
Ireland
Country
€2.5M
Market value
Position
Primary
Center-back
CB

Player traits

Stats compared to other center-backs
Touches100%Shot attempts78%Goals82%
Chances created89%Aerial duels won98%Defensive actions54%

Premiership 2024/2025

1
Goals
0
Assists
10
Started
11
Matches
914
Minutes played
7.79
Rating
1
Yellow cards
0
Red cards
Match stats

Nov 17

England
5-0
51
0
0
0
1
5.4

Nov 14

Finland
1-0
90
0
0
0
0
7.7

Nov 10

Kilmarnock
0-2
90
0
0
0
0
7.9

Nov 5

RB Leipzig
3-1
16
0
0
0
0
6.6

Nov 2

Aberdeen
6-0
26
0
0
0
0
-

Oct 30

Dundee FC
2-0
14
0
0
0
0
6.5

Oct 27

Motherwell
0-3
90
0
0
0
0
7.9

Oct 23

Atalanta
0-0
90
0
0
0
0
7.3

Oct 19

Aberdeen
2-2
90
0
0
0
0
7.6

Oct 13

Greece
2-0
90
0
0
0
0
6.2
Ireland

Nov 17

UEFA Nations League B Grp. 2
England
5-0
51’
5.4

Nov 14

UEFA Nations League B Grp. 2
Finland
1-0
90’
7.7
Celtic

Nov 10

Premiership
Kilmarnock
0-2
90’
7.9

Nov 5

Champions League
RB Leipzig
3-1
16’
6.6

Nov 2

League Cup Final Stage
Aberdeen
6-0
26’
-
2024/2025

Season shot map

Shot accuracy: 29%
  • 7Shots
  • 1Goals
  • 0.50xG
4 - 0
Shot typeHeaderSituationFrom cornerResultGoal
0.04xG0.48xGOT
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Season performance
Minutes played: 914

Shooting

Goals
1
Expected goals (xG)
0.50
xG on target (xGOT)
0.48
Non-penalty xG
0.50
Shots
7
Shots on target
2

Passing

Assists
0
Expected assists (xA)
0.41
Successful passes
1,047
Pass accuracy
91.3%
Accurate long balls
30
Long ball accuracy
60.0%
Chances created
3

Possession

Successful dribbles
2
Dribble success
50.0%
Touches
1,295
Touches in opposition box
7
Dispossessed
0
Fouls won
9

Defending

Penalties conceded
1
Tackles won
9
Tackles won %
60.0%
Duels won
92
Duels won %
75.4%
Aerial duels won
68
Aerial duels won %
77.3%
Interceptions
10
Blocked
2
Fouls committed
7
Recoveries
48
Dribbled past
3

Discipline

Yellow cards
1
Red cards
0

Player traits

Stats compared to other center-backs
Touches100%Shot attempts78%Goals82%
Chances created89%Aerial duels won98%Defensive actions54%

Career

Club
Season

Senior career

Celtic (back from loan)Jul 2023 - now
62
3
Aberdeen (on loan)Jun 2022 - Jun 2023
39
1
CelticAug 2021 - Jun 2022
13
2
Shamrock Rovers IIAug 2020 - Aug 2021
1
1
Shamrock RoversJan 2020 - Aug 2021
50
4
UCDApr 2016 - Dec 2019
101
7

National team

IrelandSep 2021 - now
9
1
Ireland U21Mar 2019 - Aug 2021
6
0
  • Matches
  • Goals
Trophies

Celtic

Scotland
1
Scottish Cup(23/24)
2
Premiership(23/24 · 21/22)
1
League Cup(21/22)

Shamrock Rovers

Ireland
1
Premier Division(2020)

UCD

Ireland
1
First Division(2018)