Liam Scales
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 August 1998 | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Celtic | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arklow Town | |||
| 2015 | UCD | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | UCD | 93 | (7) |
| 2020–2021 | Shamrock Rovers | 39 | (2) |
| 2020 | Shamrock Rovers II | 1 | (1) |
| 2021– | Celtic | 5 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2019–2020 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:39, 24 February 2022 (UTC) | |||
Liam Scales (born 8 August 1998) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic.
Personal life[]
Scales is from Barndarrig, County Wicklow.[2] He studied Irish and geography at University College Dublin.[2] He is a fluent Irish speaker.[3]
Club career[]
Early career[]
Scales began his career with Arklow Town before signing for UCD in 2015,[4] making over 100 appearances for the club, and winning the Collingwood Cup[5] as well as the League of Ireland First Division title in 2018.[2] He was described as "a key player for UCD as they won the First Division title".[6] Scales was voted by his fellow League of Ireland First Division players into the PFAI First Division Team of the Year for 2018.[7]
In 2019 he underwent trials at English clubs Manchester City,[8] and Bristol Rovers with him seeming to be set to sign for the latter before the deal fell through.[9][10]
Shamrock Rovers[]
He moved to Shamrock Rovers for the 2020 season,[11][12] and "played a significant part in their league success".[3] He also made seven appearances for the club in European competitions, scoring once.[13] In July 2021 he was described as "the hottest property in the League of Ireland" and linked with a transfer away from the club.[14]
On 26 November 2021, he was named in the PFAI Team of the Year for 2021, as voted by his fellow players.[15]
Celtic[]
After 51 appearances for Shamrock Rovers, Scales signed a four-year contract with Scottish club Celtic in August 2021.[16][17][18] On 23 September 2021, he made his debut for Celtic in a 3–0 win over Raith Rovers in the Scottish League Cup at Celtic Park.[19] Scales made his league debut on 5 December 2021, coming on as a substitute to score the third goal in Celtic's 3–0 away win at Dundee United. [20]
International career[]
Scales was a Republic of Ireland under-21 international,[4][16][21] winning six caps.[22]
He was called up to the Republic of Ireland senior team for the first time on 3 September 2021 alongside Alan Browne and Callum Robinson for the games against Azerbaijan and Serbia, with the trio replacing the injured Dara O'Shea, Nathan Collins and Shane Long.[23]
Career statistics[]
- As of match played 24 February 2022[13]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| UCD | 2016 | League of Ireland First Division | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |||
| 2019 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Total | 93 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 110 | 8 | |||
| Shamrock Rovers | 2020 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[e] | 1 | 1[f] | 1 | 31 | 4 | |||
| Total | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 4 | |||
| Shamrock Rovers II | 2020 | League of Ireland First Division | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Celtic | 2021–22[24] | Scottish Premiership | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4[g] | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |
| Career total | 138 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 174 | 15 | ||
- ^ Includes FAI Cup & Scottish Cup
- ^ Includes League of Ireland Cup & Scottish League Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup.
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
- ^ 2 Appearances in the UEFA Champions League; 4 appearances and 1 goal in the UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearances in the President of Ireland's Cup.
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League.
Honours[]
UCD
Shamrock Rovers
Celtic
Individual
References[]
- ^ "Liam Scales". Celtic FC.
- ^ a b c Dempsey, Andrew. "The Rapid Rise Of Liam Scales: From Arklow Town To The Doorstep Of Paradise". Balls.ie.
- ^ a b c O'Hehir, Paul (28 November 2020). "Liam Scales determined to end season of firsts with double glory". Irish Mirror.
- ^ a b "Liam Scales | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
- ^ a b "UCD win the Collingwood Cup | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
- ^ a b Dollery, Paul. "'He's a top-class player and he will go and win league titles with other clubs'". The42.
- ^ a b "Double-winner Michael Duffy named PFAI Player of the Year following stellar season with Dundalk". the42.ie. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "UCD duo of Liam Scales and Neil Farrugia earn trial at Manchester City". independent.
- ^ Davis, Krishan (19 July 2019). "UCD manager says Liam Scales is set to sign for Bristol Rovers". BristolLive.
- ^ Byrom, David (2 August 2019). "Bristol Rovers step back from Liam Scales chase". DublinLive.
- ^ Malone, Emmet. "Ireland U21 defender Liam Scales joins Shamrock Rovers from UCD". The Irish Times.
- ^ Doyle, Stephen. "Shamrock Rovers sign highly-rated Irish U21 international Liam Scales". Off The Ball.
- ^ a b Liam Scales at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Cummins, Graham (16 July 2021). "Graham Cummins: Liam Scales now the hottest property in the League of Ireland". Irish Examiner.
- ^ a b "Bohs earn four spots on PFAI Team of the Year". 26 November 2021 – via www.rte.ie.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b "Irish defender Scales joins Celtic" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Celtic confirm signing of Liam Scales from Shamrock Rovers". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Liam Scales completes Celtic switch on four-yeal deal". 27 August 2021 – via www.rte.ie.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Association, Press. "Ireland defender Liam Scales makes debut as Celtic ease past Raith Rovers". The42.
- ^ FC, Celtic. "Dominant and classy Celts show their cutting edge in victory". Celtic FC.
- ^ "Extratime.com - Extratime.ie - Liam Scales". www.extratime.com.
- ^ Dollery, Paul. "Celtic boss tips Liam Scales for 'a big future' after reaching agreement to sign Irish defender". The42.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland call up Liam Scales, Callum Robinson and Alan Browne for Azerbaijan World Cup qualifier". Sky Sports.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Scales in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com.
- ^ "Hibernian 1–2 Celtic" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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