Luke Donnelly

Luke Donnelly (born 20 January 1996) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Arbroath. Donnelly began his career as a youth player for Celtic and had loan spells at East Stirlingshire, Alloa Athletic and Greenock Morton. He then played for Queen's Park and Stranraer.

Luke Donnelly
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Arbroath
Number 15
Youth career
2004–2014 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Celtic 0 (0)
2014–2015 → East Stirlingshire (loan) 17 (1)
2016 → Alloa Athletic (loan) 6 (1)
2017 → Greenock Morton (loan) 6 (0)
2017–2018 Queen's Park 26 (8)
2018–2019 Stranraer 18 (4)
2019– Arbroath 30 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:28, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Glasgow, Donnelly started his career with Celtic playing regularly for their development side.[1]

Donnelly moved on a two-month loan to East Stirlingshire in November 2014,[2] which was later extended until the end of the season.[3]

On 21 May 2015, he scored Celtic's third goal in a 5–2 victory against Rangers as they won the 2014–15 Scottish Youth Cup.[4]

On 26 August 2016, Donnelly joined Alloa Athletic on loan.[5] He made his debut the following day as a substitute and scored in a 4–0 victory against Albion Rovers.[6] Donnelly then joined Greenock Morton on loan in February 2017, for the remainder of the season.[7]

After leaving Celtic at the end of the 2016–17 season, Donnelly signed as an amateur for Scottish League One side Queen's Park for the 2017–18 season.[8]

In the summer of 2018, Donnelly signed for Stranraer.[9] In January 2019, he then moved to Arbroath signing an eighteen-month contract.[10]

Career statistics
As of 21 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 2014–15[11] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2015–16[12] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2016–17[13] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
Total 0000000000
East Stirlingshire (loan) 2014–15[11] Scottish League Two 171000000171
Alloa Athletic (loan) 2016–17[13] Scottish League One 6100003[lower-alpha 1]091
Greenock Morton (loan) 2016–17[13] Scottish Championship 6010000070
Queen's Park 2017–18[14] Scottish League One 26800002[lower-alpha 2]0288
Stranraer 2018–19[15] Scottish League One 18410411[lower-alpha 1]0245
Arbroath 2018–19[15] Scottish League One 131000000131
2019–20[16] Scottish Championship 17530102[lower-alpha 1]0235
Total 306301020366
Career total 1032050518012121
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Appearances in the Scottish League One play-offs
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References
  1. "Development Squad team". Celtic F.C. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. "DONNELLY MAKES SHIRE LOAN MOVE". Scottish Professional Football League. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. "LATEST SIGNINGS AND DEPARTURES". Scottish Professional Football League. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  4. "Celtic win 2015 Little Big Shot Youth Cup". Scottish Football Association. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  5. "Luke Donnelly joins on loan". Alloa Athletic F.C. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  6. Lafferty, Graeme (1 September 2016). "Dream start for Alloa loan man Luke Donnelly who grabbed his first goal for the club on Saturday". Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  7. Mitchell, Jonathan (6 February 2017). "Celtic forward Luke Donnelly to join on loan". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  8. "Signing news". Queen's Park FC. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  9. "Blues swoop for striker". Stranraer F.C. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  10. "Luke Donnelly". Arbroath F.C. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  11. "Games played by Luke Donnelly in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  12. "Games played by Luke Donnelly in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  13. "Games played by Luke Donnelly in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  14. "Games played by Luke Donnelly in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  15. "Games played by Luke Donnelly in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  16. "Games played by Luke Donnelly in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2019.


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