Stephen Welsh, Centre-Back at Swansea City

Centre-Back · Defender

#57 Stephen Welsh

Swansea City Championship · England

Date of birth / Age: 19 Jan 2000 (26)
Height · Weight: 1.88 m · 77 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Back
Citizenship: Scotland
Joined club: 1 Jul 2026
Contract until: 2028

Date of birth / Age: 19 Jan 2000 (26)
Height · Weight: 1.88 m · 77 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Back
Citizenship: Scotland
Joined club: 1 Jul 2026
Contract until: 2028

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 20
Starting eleven: 18
Goals: 1
Assists: –
Yellow cards: 2
Second yellows: –
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,563

Starting eleven90%

18 of 20 appearances

Minutes played1,563

78 per appearance

Goal involvement1

1 goals

Positions played

116 matches · since 2019/20

LBRBCB

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Back	103	5	1
Right-Back	12	0	0
Left-Back	1	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · centre-backs with 900+ minutes

World rank: #846; centre-back in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #303; among centre-backs aged 26–29
In his league: 78%; of Championship centre-backs rank below him

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Championship	Swansea City	6	6	0	0	1	0	0	575
2025/26	Premiership	Motherwell	17	17	1	–	2	–	0	1,422
2025/26	Premiership	Celtic	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	8
2025/26	League Cup	Motherwell	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	133
2024/25	Pro League	Mechelen	17	15	1	0	3	0	0	1,304
2024/25	Premiership	Celtic	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	90
2024/25	League Cup	Celtic	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	85
2023/24	Premiership	Celtic	10	5	0	0	1	0	0	490
2023/24	FA Cup	Celtic	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2023/24	UEFA Champions League	Celtic	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	75
2022/23	Premiership	Celtic	4	4	1	0	2	0	0	360
2022/23	UEFA Champions League	Celtic	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2022/23	League Cup	Celtic	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	56
2022	Sydney Super Cup	Celtic	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	78
2021/22	Premiership	Celtic	10	9	0	0	2	0	0	803
2021/22	UEFA Europa League	Celtic	6	6	1	–	1	–	0	539
2021/22	FA Cup	Celtic	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	211
2021/22	UEFA Champions League	Celtic	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	210
2021/22	League Cup	Celtic	2	2	1	–	1	–	0	168
2021/22	UEFA Europa Conference League	Celtic	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2020/21	Premiership	Celtic	16	15	1	0	1	0	0	1,366
2020/21	UEFA Europa League	Celtic	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	57
2020/21	FA Cup	Celtic	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2023	UEFA U21 Championship Qualification	Scotland U21	8	8	0	–	1	–	0	669
2019/20	Championship	Greenock Morton	15	15	0	0	3	0	0	1,301
2019/20	Premiership	Celtic	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	76
2019	UEFA U19 Championship	Scotland U19	2	2	0	–	0	–	1	161
2017/18	UEFA Youth League	Celtic U19	4	4	0	–	0	–	0	360
2017/18	Premier League International Cup	Celtic U23	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2017/18	Challenge Cup	Celtic U20	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2018	UEFA U19 Championship	Scotland U19	4	3	0	–	1	–	0	288
2017	UEFA U17 Championship	Scotland U17	9	9	0	–	1	–	0	810

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			156	141	6	0^*	21	0^*	1	12,505

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Premiership	60	3	0
Championship	21	0	0
Pro League	17	1	0
Scotland U17	9	0	–
UEFA Europa League	9	1	–
Scotland U21	8	0	–
FA Cup	7	0	–
League Cup	6	1	–
Scotland U19	6	0	–
UEFA Champions League	4	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 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2026 Jul 2026 · Transfer Celtic Swansea City Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
May 2026 May 2026 · Back from Loan Motherwell Celtic Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Feb 2026 Feb 2026 · Loan Celtic Motherwell Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2026 Jan 2026 · Back from Loan Motherwell Celtic Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Sept 2025 Sept 2025 · Loan Celtic Motherwell Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2025 Jun 2025 · Back from Loan Mechelen Celtic Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2025 Jan 2025 · Loan Celtic Mechelen Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Back from Loan Greenock Morton Celtic Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2019 Aug 2019 · Loan Celtic Greenock Morton Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2016 Jul 2016 · Transfer Celtic FC U17 Celtic Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2015 Jul 2015 · Unknown – Celtic FC U17 Unknown

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