Liam Henderson

This article is about the Scottish footballer. For the English footballer, see Liam Henderson (English footballer).

Liam Henderson
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Livingston, Scotland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Empoli
Number 6
Youth career
2008–2013 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Celtic 29 (3)
2015 → Rosenborg (loan) 9 (3)
2015–2016 → Hibernian (loan) 32 (5)
2018 Bari 18 (2)
2018–2020 Hellas Verona 32 (3)
2020 → Empoli (loan) 16 (1)
2020–2021 Lecce 38 (3)
2021– Empoli 76 (2)
2023–2024 → Palermo (loan) 31 (1)
International career‡
2011–2012 Scotland U16[1] 9 (1)
2012–2013 Scotland U17[2] 6 (0)
2013–2015 Scotland U19[3][4] 13 (3)
2015–2017 Scotland U21[5][4] 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:49, 25 February 2019 (GMT)

Liam Henderson (born 25 April 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Empoli.

He began his career at Celtic, winning the 2015 Scottish League Cup Final, and the 2016-17 Scottish Premiership. He spent time on loan at Norwegian club Rosenborg, winning the 2015 Norwegian league and cup double, and whilst on loan at Hibernian he appeared in the 2016 Scottish Cup Final. He has also played in Italy for Hellas Verona, Bari, Lecce and Palermo.

He captained Scotland at youth international level, up to and including under-21.

  1. ^ "U16 Profiles – Liam Henderson". Scottish FA. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. ^ "U17 Profiles – Liam Henderson". Scottish FA. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  3. ^ "U19 Profiles – Liam Henderson". Scottish FA. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
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  5. ^ "U21 Profiles – Liam Henderson". Scottish FA. Retrieved 24 February 2017.