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 61 (2)
2023–2024 → Palermo (loan) 30 (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 June 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 Italian Serie A club Empoli.

Henderson joined Celtic as a youth and progressed through the club's development squad before making his competitive first team debut in December 2013. He played in Celtic's winning 2015 Scottish League Cup Final team, before going out on three-month loan to Tippeligaen side Rosenborg. The Norwegian club went on to win a domestic league and cup double, and Henderson played enough games for him to earn winner's medals in both competitions. He then went on loan to Hibernian for most of the 2015–16 season, helping the club win the 2015–16 Scottish Cup. Henderson then rejoined the Celtic squad, but made few first-team appearances.

He was transferred to Serie B club Bari in January 2018, then moved to Hellas Verona as a free agent a few months later after Bari were declared bankrupt. He helped Verona to promotion, and in August 2019 became the first Scot to play in a Serie A match since Graeme Souness in 1986.

Henderson has represented Scotland at various youth levels, including captaining the under-17 team.

  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.