Luke

McCowan

CM Celtic #14

Central Midfield – Midfielder

Luke McCowan

Celtic Premiership

Top 6% of central midfielders in the world
#96 central midfielder aged 26–29
Top 5% in the Premiership

Date of birth / Age: 9 Dec 1997 (28)
Citizenship: Scotland
Foot: Left
Height · Weight: 1.77 m / 71 kg
Main position: Central Midfield
Contract until: 2028

Benchmarks

central midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#268

central midfielder in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#96

among central midfielders aged 26–29

In his league

96%

of Premiership central midfielders rank below him

Finishing

+2.0

goals above expected · better than 77% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

14 Expected

169 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

14 Expected

12.4

Teammates converted more of his chances than expected.

Season 2026/27

Appearances: 4
Starting eleven: 0
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Yellow cards: 1
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 98

Starting eleven0%

came off the bench

Minutes played98

25 per appearance

Goal involvement1

1 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

222 matches · since 2018/19

RBDMLBCFLWAMRWCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	79	15	10
Right Winger	48	10	6
Attacking Midfield	46	9	4
Left Winger	23	7	2
Other · CF, LB, DM, RB	26	2	3

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Premiership	Celtic	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	47
2026/27	UEFA Champions League - Qualification	Celtic	1	0	0	–	1	–	0	51
2025/26	Premiership	Celtic	30	12	1	2	2	0	0	1,238
2025/26	UEFA Europa League	Celtic	4	2	1	–	0	–	0	163
2025/26	League Cup	Celtic	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	107
2025/26	UEFA Champions League - Qualification	Celtic	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	13
2024/25	Premiership	Celtic	33	13	6	–	0	–	0	1,309
2024/25	Premiership	Dundee	3	3	2	–	0	–	0	270
2024/25	FA Cup	Celtic	5	1	1	–	1	–	0	186
2024/25	UEFA Champions League	Celtic	3	0	0	–	0	–	0	47
2024/25	League Cup	Dundee	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2023/24	Premiership	Dundee	37	37	10	4	8	1	0	3,265
2022/23	Championship	Dundee	30	20	7	3	4	0	0	1,717
2022/23	League Cup	Dundee	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	83
2021/22	Premiership	Dundee	29	17	4	1	0	0	0	1,706
2021/22	League Cup	Dundee	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2021/22	FA Cup	Dundee	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	63
2020/21	Championship	Ayr United	26	26	5	4	2	1	0	2,244
2020/21	League Cup	Ayr United	2	2	1	–	0	–	0	210
2019/20	Championship	Ayr United	24	19	5	2	2	0	1	1,564
2019/20	FA Cup	Ayr United	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	7
2018/19	Championship	Ayr United	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	211
2018/19	Premiership	Ayr United	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	93
2017/18	League One	Ayr United	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	3
2017/18	Challenge Cup	Ayr United	2	0	1	–	0	–	0	25
2017/18	League Cup	Ayr United	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	9
2017/18	FA Cup	Ayr United	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	15

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			253	159	46	17^*	20	2^*	1	14,856

By competition	Apps	G	A
Premiership	137	25	8
Championship	85	17	9
League Cup	10	1	–
FA Cup	9	1	–
UEFA Europa League	4	1	–
UEFA Champions League	3	0	–
Challenge Cup	2	1	–
UEFA Champions League - Qualification	2	0	–
League One	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Aug 2024 Aug 2024 · Transfer Dundee Celtic Transfer
Jul 2021 Jul 2021 · Transfer Ayr United Dundee Transfer
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Free Transfer – Ayr United Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Celtic 2024–2027 82 10
Dundee 2021–2025 106 23
Ayr United 2017–2021 65 13

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