Ryan Christie

Ryan Christie
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-02-22) 22 February 1995
Place of birth Inverness, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Aberdeen
(on loan from Celtic)
Number 22
Youth career
2011–2012 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 56 (9)
2015– Celtic 10 (2)
2015 → Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) 7 (1)
2017 → Aberdeen (loan) 13 (6)
2017– → Aberdeen (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2014– Scotland U21 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:58, 14 July 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2015

Ryan Christie (born 22 February 1995) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Aberdeen, on loan from Celtic. He began his career with Inverness Caledonian Thistle before joining Celtic in 2015. He has represented the Scotland under-21 team.

Early life

Ryan Christie was born in Inverness, Scotland, on 22 February 1995. He is the son of footballer Charlie Christie, who was playing for Caledonian Thistle at the time and who had previously been a reserve player with Celtic.

Club career

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Christie joined the Inverness Caledonian Thistle youth system, before eventually signing his first professional contract.[1] Christie signed a new deal with the club under Terry Butcher, and was among several youngsters to be promoted to the club's first team.[2][3]

Christie made his debut in the Scottish Premiership match against Celtic on 29 December 2013.[4][5] He came on as a substitute in the 100th minute in the Scottish League Cup Final against Aberdeen, a game that Inverness lost on penalties.[6] Despite this, Christie helped the club finish in the top-six of the Scottish Premiership. His first goal for Inverness came in a 2–1 loss against Motherwell on 1 April 2014.[7] After the match, manager John Hughes praised his performance, believing he deserved his goal.[8] Christie added two more goals later in the season against Dundee United and St Johnstone.[9][10] After impressive displays for Inverness, Christie signed a new contract with the club at the end of the 2013–14 season.[11]

Christie scored his first goal of the 2014–15 season in a 2–0 win over Hamilton Academical.[12] Christie's performances against Dundee, Motherwell, Celtic, Kilmarnock and Partick Thistle saw him win the SPFL Young Player of the Month for August.[13] During a match against St Mirren in October 2014, he was sent-off for the first time in his career – being dismissed by referee Willie Collum for two-bookable offences.[14] Christie added to his earlier success by winning the SPFL Young Player of the Month award for February 2015[15], and his eye-catching form over the whole season subsequently saw him shortlisted for the Young Player of the Year award.[16] Although he didn't win that accolade, he was later honoured with the SFWA Young Player of the Year award.[17] Christie started the 2015 Scottish Cup Final and was later substituted for James Vincent, who scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Falkirk.[18] After the match, Christie described winning the Scottish Cup as "unbelievable, hard to put into words".

Celtic

On 1 September 2015, Christie joined Celtic on a four-year deal. After signing for the Scottish champions, Christie was immediately sent back to Thistle on a season-long loan deal.[19] He sustained a knee injury against Motherwell in November, and was recalled by Celtic so he could work with their medical staff at their Lennoxtown training complex.[20] In December 2015, Celtic announced they would be recalling Christie from his loan spell at Inverness.[21]

Christie made his debut for Celtic on 23 January 2016 in their 3–1 win over St Johnstone, coming on as an 88th-minute substitute for Stuart Armstrong.[22]

Aberdeen (loan)

On 24 January 2017, Christie joined Aberdeen on loan until the end of the season.[23] He scored his first goal for Aberdeen on 4 February 2017, in a 2–0 win against Partick Thistle.[24] He helped Aberdeen finish second in the 2016–17 Scottish Premiership and progress to the 2017 Scottish Cup Final, but was unable to take part in the cup final because it was against his parent club Celtic.[25]

On 17 June 2017, Christie rejoined Aberdeen on loan until the end of the season.[26]

International career

On 25 August 2014, Christie was called up by Scotland U21.[27] After previously been on the bench against Slovakia U21, Christie finally made his Scotland U21 debut against Luxembourg U21 on 9 September 2014, coming on as a substitute for Lewis Macleod in the second half, which Scotland U21 won 3–0.[28][29]

Honours

Club

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Celtic

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Christie's son among new youth signings". Inverness Courier. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kidderminster midfielder linked to move north". Inverness Courier. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Butcher backing young players to shine in SPL next season". Inverness Courier. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Inverness CT 0–1 Celtic". BBC Sport. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ryan Christie - Football Stats - Celtic - Age 21 - Soccer Base".
  6. ↑ "Aberdeen 0 – 0 Inverness CT (AET, 4–2 on pen)". BBC Sport. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 2 Motherwell". BBC Sport. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "John Hughes bids for late Inverness rally". BBC Sport. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Inverness CT 1–1 Dundee United". BBC Sport. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Caley Thistle finish season on a high". Inverness Courier. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  11. ↑ "Inverness CT: Ryan Christie wins new two-year contract". BBC Sport. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "Hamilton Academical 0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle". BBC Sport. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Inverness CT win trio of SPFL monthly awards". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "St Mirren 0–1 Inverness". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  15. 1 2 "Ross County's McIntyre and ICT's Christie win February awards". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "Celtic's Van Dijk & Johansen join Rooney & Stewart in award mix". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  17. 1 2 "Ryan Christie is Scottish football writers' young player of the year". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "Inverness CT 2-1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Ryan Christie: Celtic agree four-year deal for Inverness player". BBC News. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  20. ↑ Third, Paul (13 November 2015). "Celtic recall Ryan Christie early following injury". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  21. ↑ Bean, Graham (23 December 2016). "Celtic recall Ryan Christie from Inverness loan". The Scotsman. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  22. ↑ Wilson, Richard. "Celtic 3 - 1 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  23. ↑ Jackson, Keith (24 January 2017). "Celtic starlet Ryan Christie joins Aberdeen on loan until end of the season". Daily Record. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  24. ↑ Davie, Scott (4 February 2017). "Aberdeen 2–0 Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  25. ↑ Lamont, Alasdair (23 May 2017). "Ryan Christie: Ineligible midfielder will not be in stands for Aberdeen v Celtic cup final". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  26. ↑ "Jonny Hayes: Celtic sign winger as Ryan Christie returns to Aberdeen on loan". BBC Sport. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  27. ↑ "Christie scores call-up to Scotland under-21s". Highland News. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  28. ↑ "Luxembourg U21s 0 Scotland U21s 3: Boss Billy Stark sees hope for the future as Sporting Lisbon star Ryan Gauld gets off the mark". Daily Record. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  29. ↑ "Scotland U21 profile". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  30. ↑ Lamont, Alasdair (30 May 2015). "Inverness CT 2–1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
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