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Scottish association football player (born 1997)

Key facts

2016
Scotland
2025
Celtic
Date of birth
( 1997-06-05 ) 5 June 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth
Douglas , Isle of Man
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Positions
Left-back centre-back
Current team
Celtic
2005 2015
Celtic
Years
Team
2015 2019
Celtic
2019 2025
Arsenal
2023 2024
→ Real Sociedad (loan)
2014 2015
Scotland U18
2015 2016
Scotland U19

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Kieran
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Douglas
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Participant in
UEFA Euro 2024
Member of team
Real Sociedad
Position played
centre-back
Country for sport
Scotland
Mass
70
Image
Kieran Tierney (26938128442) (cropped).jpg
Height
178
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Commons category
Kieran Tierney
start of work period
2015-04-22
name in native language
Kieran Tierney
date of birth
1997-06-05
sport number
3
social media followers
627867
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Encyclopedic overview

Kieran Tierney (born 5 June 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Scotland national team.

Tierney came through the Celtic youth system and made his first-team debut in April 2015. After playing 170 games for the club, he joined Premier League side Arsenal in August 2019 for a fee reported at £25 million. After six years with Arsenal, including one on loan with La Liga club Real Sociedad, Tierney returned to Celtic in June 2025. He made his Scotland international debut in March 2016, and has since made more than 50 appearances for the senior side.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kieran Tierney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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