Liam Scales

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.

Liam Scales
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-08-08) 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)

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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
UCD 2016 League of Ireland First Division 1322100—00153
2017 2411010—2[lower-alpha 3]100
2018 2633020—00313
2019 League of Ireland Premier Division 3012020—2[lower-alpha 3]0361
Total 9378150—401108
Shamrock Rovers 2020 League of Ireland Premier Division 16030—1[lower-alpha 4]0—200
2021 23210—6[lower-alpha 5]11[lower-alpha 6]1314
Total 39240—7111514
Shamrock Rovers II 2020 League of Ireland First Division 11————11
Celtic 2021–22[24] Scottish Premiership 5121204[lower-alpha 7]0—132
Career total 13811142701115117415
  1. Includes FAI Cup & Scottish Cup
  2. Includes League of Ireland Cup & Scottish League Cup
  3. Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup.
  4. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
  5. 2 Appearances in the UEFA Champions League; 4 appearances and 1 goal in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. Appearances in the President of Ireland's Cup.
  7. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League.

Honours

UCD

Shamrock Rovers

Celtic

Individual

References
  1. "Liam Scales". Celtic FC.
  2. Dempsey, Andrew. "The Rapid Rise Of Liam Scales: From Arklow Town To The Doorstep Of Paradise". Balls.ie.
  3. O'Hehir, Paul (28 November 2020). "Liam Scales determined to end season of firsts with double glory". Irish Mirror.
  4. "Liam Scales | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
  5. "UCD win the Collingwood Cup | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
  6. Dollery, Paul. "'He's a top-class player and he will go and win league titles with other clubs'". The42.
  7. "Double-winner Michael Duffy named PFAI Player of the Year following stellar season with Dundalk". the42.ie. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  8. "UCD duo of Liam Scales and Neil Farrugia earn trial at Manchester City". independent.
  9. Davis, Krishan (19 July 2019). "UCD manager says Liam Scales is set to sign for Bristol Rovers". BristolLive.
  10. Byrom, David (2 August 2019). "Bristol Rovers step back from Liam Scales chase". DublinLive.
  11. Malone, Emmet. "Ireland U21 defender Liam Scales joins Shamrock Rovers from UCD". The Irish Times.
  12. Doyle, Stephen. "Shamrock Rovers sign highly-rated Irish U21 international Liam Scales". Off The Ball.
  13. Liam Scales at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  14. Cummins, Graham (16 July 2021). "Graham Cummins: Liam Scales now the hottest property in the League of Ireland". Irish Examiner.
  15. "Bohs earn four spots on PFAI Team of the Year". 26 November 2021 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  16. "Irish defender Scales joins Celtic" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  17. "Celtic confirm signing of Liam Scales from Shamrock Rovers". The Irish Times.
  18. "Liam Scales completes Celtic switch on four-yeal deal". 27 August 2021 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  19. Association, Press. "Ireland defender Liam Scales makes debut as Celtic ease past Raith Rovers". The42.
  20. FC, Celtic. "Dominant and classy Celts show their cutting edge in victory". Celtic FC.
  21. "Extratime.com - Extratime.ie - Liam Scales". www.extratime.com.
  22. Dollery, Paul. "Celtic boss tips Liam Scales for 'a big future' after reaching agreement to sign Irish defender". The42.
  23. "Republic of Ireland call up Liam Scales, Callum Robinson and Alan Browne for Azerbaijan World Cup qualifier". Sky Sports.
  24. "Games played by Liam Scales in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  25. "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com.
  26. "Hibernian 1–2 Celtic" – via www.bbc.co.uk.


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