Adam Montgomery
Scottish footballer
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Adam Montgomery (born 18 July 2002) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 July 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Livingston, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Celtic | ||
| Number | 37 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2019 | Celtic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Celtic | 10 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Aberdeen (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → St Johnstone (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Fleetwood Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Motherwell (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Queen's Park (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | → Livingston (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:03, 26 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Career
Montgomery signed his first professional contract with Celtic in July 2019, and he extended his contract to 2025 in February 2021.[1] After making the bench for the first team on four occasions, he made his professional debut for Celtic on 12 May 2021, starting in a 4–0 win over St Johnstone.[2]
On 31 January 2022, he joined Aberdeen on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season.[3]
On 3 July 2023, he signed for League One club Fleetwood Town on a season-long loan deal.[4]
On 15 January 2024, Montgomery joined Motherwell on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season.[5] On 1 February 2024, he returned to Celtic after suffering a serious injury during a training session.[6]
In July 2025, Montgomery signed for Livingston on loan.[7] His loan agreement ended early in January 2026 due to another injury setback.[8]
Style of play
Montgomery started out as a forward at the club before being moved into defence by coach Darren O'Dea, and that paid off in February 2021 when the youngster extended his contract to 2025.[9]
Career statistics
- As of match played 18 October 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Celtic | 2020–21[10] | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021–22[11] | Scottish Premiership | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23[12] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[13] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25[14] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26[15] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| Aberdeen (loan) | 2021–22[11] | Scottish Premiership | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| St Johnstone (loan) | 2022–23[12] | Scottish Premiership | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||
| Fleetwood Town (loan) | 2023–24[13] | League One | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Motherwell (loan) | 2023–24[13] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Queen's Park (loan) | 2024–25[14] | Scottish Championship | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1[e] | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Livingston (loan) | 2025–26[15] | Scottish Premiership | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 68 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 91 | 3 | ||
- Includes Scottish Cup and FA Cup
- Includes Scottish League Cup and EFL Cup
- One appearance in UEFA Champions League; Seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
- Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup