Anthony Ralston

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Anthony Ralston
Personal information
Full name Anthony Ralston[1]
Date of birth (1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 56
Youth career
2007–2015 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Celtic 28 (5)
2015–2016 → Queen's Park (loan) 10 (1)
2018 → Dundee United (loan) 11 (1)
2019–2020 → St Johnstone (loan) 22 (0)
National team‡
2016 Scotland U19 6 (0)
2017 Scotland U20 5 (0)
2017–2018 Scotland U21 5 (0)
2021– Scotland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:09, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:35, 14 November 2021 (GMT)

Anthony Ralston (born 16 November 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic.

Club career[]

Part of the youth system at Celtic since the age of eight,[2] Ralston made his debut for the first team on 11 May 2016, in a 2–1 defeat against St Johnstone.[3] He scored his first goal for the club in a 5–0 Scottish League Cup win over Kilmarnock on 8 August 2017.[4] He made further appearances early in the 2017–18 season, including a UEFA Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain,[5] but then suffered a knee injury in late September.[6] Ralston signed a long-term contract with Celtic in December 2017, with the deal due to run until the end of the 2021–22 season.[6]

On 16 March 2018, Ralston joined Dundee United on an emergency loan until the end of the 2017–18 season, a side challenging for promotion from the Championship up to the Premiership.[7] He made his debut on 20 March, in a 3–2 loss in the league to Queen of the South.[8] In 15 appearances, he helped United reached the semi-final play-off for promotion, scoring two goals, albeit the side lost to Livingston in the semi-final play-off.[8]

On 2 September 2019, Ralston moved to St Johnstone on a season-long loan.[9]

Upon his return from the St Johnstone loan, Ralston played in only one game for Celtic during the following season, coming in a 0–0 draw against Livingston when several squad regulars were missing due to a Covid-19 isolation issue,[10] and when centre-half Kristoffer Ajer then loanee Jonjoe Kenny were selected at right-back ahead of him following the sale of Jeremie Frimpong, it appeared his time with the club would be coming to an end.[11]

At the start of the 2021–22 season under new manager Ange Postecoglou, Ralston signed a contract extension until May 2022 and started in both legs against FC Midtjylland in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round.[12][13] Media outlets praised his performances in the early part of the season, following goals against Hearts and Dundee.[14] On 2 November 2021, he signed a new long-term contract with Celtic, keeping him at the club until 2025.[2][11]

International career[]

Ralston was involved with several Scotland youth squads up to the under-21s.[15] In November 2021 he was called up to the senior squad for the first time ahead of a 2022 World Cup qualifier against Denmark, as a replacement for the suspended Nathan Patterson.[16] He made his international debut in the match[17] as a late substitute for Kieran Tierney.[18]

Career statistics[]

As of 16 December 2021[19]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Celtic 2015–16 Scottish Premiership 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2016–17 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2017–18 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 7 1
2018–19 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
2019–20 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
2020–21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021–22 15 4 0 0 3 0 11 1 0 0 29 5
Total 27 5 1 0 6 1 15 1 0 0 49 7
Queen's Park (loan) 2015–16 Scottish League Two 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 1
Dundee United (loan) 2017–18 Scottish Championship 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 15 2
St Johnstone (loan) 2019–20 Scottish Premiership 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
Career total 88 7 4 0 6 1 15 1 7 1 102 10

Honours[]

Celtic

References[]

  1. ^ A Record of Post-war Scottish League Players 1946/47 to 2017/18. 7. John Litster and Scottish Football Historian magazine. 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Delight as Anthony Ralston signs new Celtic contract". Celtic FC. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  3. ^ Davie, Scott (11 May 2016). "St Johnstone 2–1 Celtic". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Celtic 5-0 Kilmarnock". BBC. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. ^ "PSG ace Neymar blanks Celtic teen Anthony Ralston as he tries to shake his hand". Daily Record. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Celtic full-back Anthony Ralston signs deal until 2022". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Anthony Ralston joins Dundee United on emergency loan". Celtic. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Tony Ralston - Player Profile". Arab Archive. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Ralston joins on-loan". St Johnstone F.C. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  10. ^ Watt, Martin (17 January 2021). "Celtic 0–0 Livingston". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Anthony Ralston signs Celtic contract extension as reward for early season heroics". Daily Record. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  12. ^ Watt, Martin (20 July 2021). "Celtic 1–1 FC Midtjylland". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  13. ^ Duncan, Thomas (28 July 2021). "FC Midtjylland 2–1 Celtic". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  14. ^ "How Rogic & Ralston have revived careers". BBC Sport. 18 August 2021.
  15. ^ Anthony Ralston at the Scottish Football Association
  16. ^ "Celtic's Anthony Ralston called for Scotland duty against Denmark". The Scotsman. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Scotland 2-0 Denmark: John Souttar and Che Adams fire Tartan Army to home World Cup play-off". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  18. ^ Lindsay, Clive (15 November 2021). "Scotland beat Danes to earn home play-off". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  19. ^ "A. Ralston". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  20. ^ "Hibernian 1–2 Celtic" – via www.bbc.co.uk.

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