Leigh Griffiths
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 August 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Celtic | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Livingston | 47 | (22) |
| 2009–2011 | Dundee | 47 | (21) |
| 2011–2014 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | (12) |
| 2011–2013 | → Hibernian (loan) | 66 | (31) |
| 2014– | Celtic | 84 | (60) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Scotland U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2008–2012 | Scotland U21 | 11 | (3) |
| 2009 | Scotland B | 1 | (1) |
| 2012– | Scotland | 9 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2016. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2016.
Leigh Griffiths (born 20 August 1990) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Celtic and the Scotland national football team.
Griffiths started his career at Livingston where he made his debut as a sixteen-year-old. He then moved to Dundee in 2009 for £125,000. During his five years in the Scottish First Division he earned six player of the month awards. With Dundee in financial trouble, Griffiths moved to Wolves for around £150,000 in January 2011.
Having failed to break into the Wolves first team, he spent the 2011–12 season on loan to Scottish Premier League club Hibernian. This loan was renewed for the following season, during which he won the SFWA Footballer of the Year award and made his debut appearance for Scotland. After it appeared Griffiths had become part of Wolves' plans during the 2013–14 season he moved mid-season to join Celtic.
Griffiths made his debut for Livingston as a sixteen-year-old, after coming on as an 82nd minute substitute during a 3–1 defeat to Airdrie United on 30 December 2006. He went on trial at Premier League team West Bromwich Albion in April 2009 and impressed enough to warrant a move. However, Tony Mowbray's departure as manager saw Griffiths' chance of a move ended.
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