List of Celtic F.C. players

is a Scottish professional football club based in Parkhead, Glasgow. The club was founded in 1887 and played their first match in May 1888, a friendly match against Rangers. The club played their first competitive match in September 1888, when they entered the first round of the 1888–89 Scottish Cup. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 200 players have made at least 100 appearances ; those players are listed here. Other players who have made fewer appearances are also included where they are regarded as having played a significant role for the club, with the reason for their inclusion indicated in the Notes column.
Celtic's record appearance-maker is Billy McNeill, who made a total of 790 appearances in major competitions over an 18-year playing career. Alec McNair holds the record at Celtic for most league appearances, and is also the oldest player to have competed for the club. Jimmy McGrory is the club's top goalscorer with 472 goals in major competitions. He is also the record goalscorer in British football, with a total of 550 goals in competitive first class matches. Henrik Larsson has more appearances for Celtic than any other player from outwith the British Isles. He is also the club's third highest goalscorer of all time, behind McGrory and Bobby Lennox, with 242 goals in all competitions. Jimmy Johnstone, part of Celtic's European Cup winning Lisbon Lions team alongside McNeill and Lennox, was voted by Celtic supporters in 2002 as the club's greatest ever player.
James Kelly was the club's first ever captain, playing in the club's inaugural game against Rangers in 1888. He later served as a director and then as Chairman. He effectively founded the Kelly dynasty of directors at Celtic, who by and large controlled the club until 1994. Other club captains also went on to important roles at Celtic after the end of their playing careers, with Jimmy McStay, Jimmy McGrory, Jock Stein, Billy McNeill, Davie Hay and Neil Lennon all going on to manage the side. The current captain is Scott Brown, who has played 575 games for the club. He is also the Celtic player to have captained the Scotland international team the most times. Paul McStay, who captained Celtic during the 1990s, has won the most caps for Scotland whilst at Celtic with 76 appearances, whilst Pat Bonner of the Republic of Ireland has made the most appearances for his country whilst a Celtic player.

Notable players

Players are listed according to the date they first signed with the club. Appearances and goals are for competitive first-team matches in Scottish League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and European Competition only; minor competitions and wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are included.
For a full list of all Celtic players with Wikipedia articles see :Category:Celtic F.C. players|Category:Celtic F.C. players. For player appearance records see Celtic F.C. records.
Key

Goalkeeper

Defender

Midfielder

Forward

Player currently contracted at Celtic

.Appearances correct as of match played 7 March 2020

Name	Nationality	Position	Club career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
	SCO	DF	1888–1897	143	4
	SCO	MF	1888–1890 1891–1892	34	19
	SCO	DF	1888–1897	100	4
	SCO	FW	1889–1897	121	49
	SCO	DF	1889–1895	102	0
	SCO	FW	1890–1903	221	123
	SCO	DF	1891–1898	137	6
	SCO	FW	1891–1903	217	171
	SCO	GK	1892–1902	124	0
	SCO	FW	1892–1898	102	38
	SCO	DF	1895–1897 1898–1905	135	6
	SCO	FW	1897–1910	220	62
	SCO	DF	1897–1907	212	25
	SCO	DF	1900–1913	303	30
	SCO	FW	1900–1917	332	217
	SCO	FW	1902–1912	260	61
	SCO	FW	1902–1920	516	169
	SCO	GK	1902–1912	291	0
	SCO	DF	1902–1908	153	0
	SCO	MF	1903–1917	443	15
	SCO	FW	1903–1908	151	53
	SCO	DF	1903–1911	257	19
	SCO	DF	1904–1925	641	8
	SCO	DF	1908–1916	233	19
	SCO	DF	1908–1920 1921–1922	385	29
	SCO	FW	1910–1924	439	72
	Ireland	FW	1911–1925	464	195
	SCO	FW	1911–1919	216	66
	SCO	DF	1912–1929	446	39
	SCO	FW	1912–1924	169	126
	SCO	FW	1912–1924	203	105
	SCO	GK	1913–1925	446	0
	SCO	DF	1913–1923	217	6
	SCO	FW	1917–1928	408	138
	SCO	MF	1917–1923	214	9
	SCO	FW	1919–1922 1925–1928	213	127
	SCO	MF	1919–1923	134	6
	SCO	DF	1920–1929	304	14
	SCO	FW	1921–1933	299	47
	SCO	DF	1921–1934	472	8
	SCO	DF	1921–1930	207	0
	SCO	FW	1922–1937	445	472
	SCO	FW	1922–1934	451	99
	SCO	MF	1923–1934	395	15
	SCO	GK	1924–1927	103	0
	SCO	GK	1926–1931	188	0
	SCO	DF	1926–1936	324	8
	SCO	MF	1927–1941	345	15
	SCO	FW	1928–1935	200	95
	SCO	FW	1928–1933	112	55
	SCO	MF	1929–1936	104	13
	SCO	MF	1929–1941	182	1
	SCO	FW	1929–1933	131	31
	Ireland	DF	1930–1932	109	0
	CAN	GK	1931–1939	263	0
	SCO	MF	1932–1945	145	37
	SCO	DF	1932–1948	328	0
	SCO	FW	1932–1942	210	89
	SCO	FW	1933–1946	305	70
	SCO	FW	1933–1937	123	50
	SCO	FW	1933–1937	134	60
	SCO	FW	1933–1945	161	48
	SCO	DF	1933–1946	195	12
	SCO	DF	1935–1940	163	17
	SCO	GK	1940–1950	123	0
	SCO	MF	1940–1950	109	5
	USA	DF	1940–1952	133	0
	SCO	FW	1941–1956	204	87
	SCO	DF	1942–1953	117	0
	SCO	MF	1944–1960	535	10
	SCO	DF	1945–1954	151	1
	SCO	GK	1948–1958	180	0
	NIR	FW	1948–1959	319	47
	SCO	MF	1948–1952	106	38
	SCO	DF	1949–1957	233	46
	SCO	MF	1949–1958	320	120
	NIR	MF	1949–1961	453	51
	SCO	MF	1949–1958 1960–1961	317	74
	SCO	DF	1949–1956	145	58
	IRL	DF	1950–1958	254	14
	SCO	DF	1951–1956	148	2
	SCO	FW	1953–1960	268	107
	SCO	MF	1953–1960	130	20
	SCO	GK	1954–1959	114	0
	SCO	FW MF	1955–1961 1965–1971	257	78
	SCO	DF	1955–1964	232	7
	SCO	DF	1955–1965	242	2
	SCO	FW	1956–1958	33	13
	SCO	FW	1957–1959	70	46
	SCO	MF	1957–1963	120	5
	SCO	FW	1957–1963	78	27
	SCO	FW	1957–1966	232	103
	SCO	DF	1957–1975	790	34
	SCO	GK	1958–1964	201	0
	SCO	FW	1958–1971	405	231
	SCO	DF	1958–1971	320	3
	IRL	FW	1958–1968	171	32
	SCO	MF	1959–1973	485	102
	SCO	GK	1959–1971	184	0
	SCO	FW	1960–1971	416	189
	SCO	FW	1961–1978 1979–1980	587	273
	SCO	DF	1961–1971	421	66
	SCO	DF	1961–1968	137	3
	SCO	FW	1962–1975	515	130
	SCO	DF	1962–1975	213	6
	SCO	GK	1964–1970	189	0
	SCO	DF	1965–1972	231	6
	SCO	FW	1965–1968	94	87
	SCO	FW	1966–1971	234	135
	SCO	DF/MF	1966–1976	254	13
	SCO	FW	1968–1976	312	123
	SCO	MF	1968–1976	284	33
	SCO	GK	1969–1974	148	0
	SCO	MF/DF	1968–1974	230	12
	SCO	FW	1969–1977	322	167
	SCO	MF	1969–1977	189	12
	SCO	MF	1970–1978	214	52
	SCO	DF	1970–1987	663	7
	SCO	MF	1970–1973	102	56
	SCO	FW	1971–1976	184	132
	SCO	DF	1972–1981	254	33
	SCO	DF	1973–1980	187	25
	SCO	MF	1973–1976	100	21
	SCO	FW	1974–1983	204	78
	SCO	MF	1974–1979	101	35
	ISL	DF	1975–1980	188	36
	ENG	GK	1975–1987	272	0
	SCO	MF	1975–1989	501	83
	SCO	FW	1976–1981	179	36
	SCO	DF/MF	1976–1990	672	48
	SCO	MF	1976–1979	37	8
	SCO	DF	1977–1986	354	48
	SCO	DF	1977–1985	177	12
	IRL	GK	1978–1997	642	0
	SCO	MF	1978–1987	395	82
	SCO	FW	1978–1987	303	43
	SCO	MF	1979–1983	113	15
	SCO	FW	1979–1983 1990–1995	250	125
	SCO	FW	1980–1985	245	113
	SCO	MF	1981–1997	678	72
	SCO	MF	1982–1997	470	20
	SCO	FW	1983–1987	198	122
	SCO	FW	1984–1987	127	71
	SCO	DF	1985–1992	276	8
	SCO	FW	1985–1989	113	34
	NIR	DF	1986–1991	166	5
	SCO	FW	1987–1994	144	53
	SCO	FW	1987–1992 1994–1996	189	67
	IRL	DF	1987–1992	160	8
	SCO	FW	1987–1989 1992–1994	106	50
	SCO	FW	1987–1993	152	28
	SCO	DF	1987–1995	152	4
	IRL	FW	1989–1993	105	43
	ENG	DF	1989–1991	66	5
	POL	FW	1989–1992	49	10
	SCO	MF/DF	1989–1996	175	10
	POL	DF	1989–1994	147	6
	SCO	MF	1990–1996	229	48
	SCO	DF/MF	1991–1997	121	8
	SCO	GK	1991–1998	112	0
	SCO	DF	1992–2003	364	2
	SCO	FW	1993–1999	181	42
	SCO	MF	1994–1999	114	20
	SCO	DF	1994–1999	124	0
	NED	FW	1995–1997	84	52
	GER	FW	1995–1998	101	27
	DEN	MF	1995–2002	105	14
	SCO	DF	1995–2005	358	15
	POR	FW	1996–1997	48	38
	ENG	DF	1996–2001	127	4
	ITA	FW	1996–1997	37	15
	SCO	MF	1997–1999	93	26
	SWE	FW	1997–2004	315	242
	FRA	DF	1997–2001	109	5
	SCO	GK	1997–2003	158	0
	SCO	MF	1997–2006	275	19
	SCO	FW	1998–2001	50	20
	SWE	DF	1998–2004	198	15
	Slovakia	MF	1998–2002	129	35
	Australia	FW	1998–2000	46	35
	BUL	MF	1999–2006	311	64
	SCO	FW	1999–2007 2008–2011	216	52
	ENG	FW	2000–2006	199	86
	BEL	DF	2000–2005	178	10
	ENG	MF	2000–2007	227	51
	FRA	MF/DF	2000–2006	183	11
	SCO	GK	2000–2005	172	0
	NIR	MF	2000–2007	304	3
	GUI	DF	2001–2009	234	16
	WAL	FW	2001–2006	201	110
	SCO	DF	2003–2010	203	20
	Slovakia	DF	2003–2006	116	14
	IRL	MF	2004–2010	252	37
	POL	GK	2005–2010	221	0
	JPN	MF	2005–2009	165	33
	SCO	DF	2006–2012	131	3
	SCO	DF	2006–2010	151	6
	NED	FW	2006–2009	108	44
	ENG	DF	2006–2010	142	3
^*	SCO	MF	2007–	575	45
	AUS	FW	2007–2010	127	64
	GER	DF	2008–2011	103	1
	Greece	FW	2008–2014	248	74
^*	SCO	FW	2010–	394	88
	SCO	DF/MF	2010–2016	208	29
	England	GK	2010–2014 2019–2020	236	0
	Wales	MF	2010–2014	157	30
	Israel	MF	2010–2015	132	3
	England	FW	2010–2014	138	82
	Ireland	FW	2010–2016	192	77
	Honduras	DF	2010–2017 2018–2019	271	5
	SCO	MF	2011–2017	227	91
	Wales	DF	2011–2015	148	5
	Kenya	MF	2011–2013	91	13
	Sweden	DF	2011–2019	276	21
	Nigeria	DF	2012–2017	169	6
^*	Australia	MF	2013–	190	38
	Netherlands	DF	2013–2015	114	15
^*	Israel	MF	2013–	211	11
^*	SCO	MF	2013–	279	49
	Norway	MF	2014–2016	114	19
^*	SCO	FW	2014–	233	115
	SCO	GK	2014–2020	242	0
	SCO	DF	2014–2019	170	8
	SCO	MF	2015–2018	145	28
	BEL	DF	2015–2019	135	14
	CRO	DF	2015–2020	126	5
^*	NOR	DF	2016–	129	5
	FRA	FW	2016–2018	94	51
	ENG	FW	2016–2020	167	62
^*	FRA	MF	2017–	122	23
^*	FRA	FW	2018–	126	62

Club captains

Footnotes

Citations/ sources for each note are included in the "Notable players" section above:

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