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All the players below played at least one first team game for Celtic, and, having left the club continue to play full time professional football club.
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Name Date arrived at Celtic Position Date left Celtic Present Club Date Arrived at Present Club Activity / News
Marc Crosas
10/08/08
MF
15/02/11
FC Volga
15/02/11
A favourite of the support and a player with clear technical ability who simply appeared to fall off Neil Lennon and the coaching staff's radar. He left to seek first team football with newly promoted Russian side FC Volga
Artur Boruc12/07/05GK15/07/10Fiorentina15/07/10The Holy Goalie had a seaon left on his contract . In early July '10 rumours surfaced that he was off to Fiorentina however this all hinged on cost and his demand for a £700k pay off from Celtic. He didn't go on the tour to the USA. He left on 15/7/10 for a fee somewhere between £1.3mill and £3.0mill the figure not being disclosed.
Stephen McManus
09/07/03CD12/07/10Middlesbrough12/07/10Increasingly shown up to be the Hoof part of the H&H central defender partnership; had spent most of 09/10 season on loan w Strachan at Middlesbrough. Even though he had made it to captain Celtic and was indeed a nice guy there is no doubt that if a decent central defender had been available he would not have been playing in the Hoops.
Zheng Zhi02/09/09MF01/07/10Guangzhou Evergrande01/07/10Only ever a fringe player and probably one foisted on Mowbray by marketing men who thought it would be a good commercial ploy to sign a Chinese. Never really was good enough or made a position his own for long enough. Sold for just under £500k (736k USD)
Landry N'Guemo13/07/09MF30/05/10AS Nancy Lorraine01/07/05Eventually came as a loan for the season with chance to buy; Celtic chose not to take the option at the price offered.
Koki Mizuno29/01/08MF18/06/10Kashiwa Reysol18/06/10Arrived pretty much on a free probably on the say so of Nakamura; looked strong but failed to develop and gradually fell by the wayside. Any suggestions of his signing being a cynical move to continue to win funding and interest in Japan would be ..... err well ... errrr
Edson Braafheid01/02/10LB30/05/10Bayern Munich30/05/10Came on loan; started games then fell by the wayside; thought he was better thAan he was; returned to Bayern; made 1 sub appearance at the WC 2010
Diomansay Kamara01/02/10AMF/ FW30/05/10Fullham09/07/07A loan signing for Celtic; did well for the club despite injury and a potential signing; but returned to Fulham at the end of the season
Robbie Keane01/02/10ST30/05/10Tottenham Hotspur
on loan to West Ham
31/1/11
02/02/09A loan signing for Celtic in the latter part of Mowbray's tenure; kept the belief alive by scoring a hatful but returned to Tottenham.
Any suggestions of his signing being a cynical move to continue to win funding and interest in Ireland would be ..... err well ... errrr
Scott McDonald
31/05/07 ST 01/02/10 Middlesbrough 01/02/10 Again wanted by Strachan and sold for £3.5million in Jan 2010 - Was too good an offer to miss.
Mark Brown 18/01/07 GK 30/01/10 Hibernian 30/01/10 Hibs were looking to take him to Easter Rd pre-season. 31/8/09 loaned to Kilmarnock to January; returns and released; joins Hibernian on a free on 30/1/10
Danny Fox
24/07/09 LB 29/01/10 Burnley 29/01/10 never settled in Glasgow; when Burnley came in for him he transferred back south
Chris Killen
30/05/07 ST 12/01/10 Middlesbrough 12/01/10 Never did well; looked to leave and took a short term contract back with Gordon Strachan
Willo Flood
30/01/09 MF 12/01/10 Middlesbrough 12/01/10 Underused signing by Peter Lawwell; Strachan liked him and he appears to have done himself good with the move
Barry Robson
31/01/08 MF 12/01/10 Middlesbrough 12/01/10 Surplus to requirements with Tony Mowbray and sold to Strachan's Middlesborough for £1million.
Gary Caldwell
01/06/06 DF 12/01/10 Wigan 12/01/10 The Heid refused to head down to Teeside and instead took a very lucrative deal with Wigan.
Massimo Donati
29/07/07 MF 29/08/09 Bari 29/08/09 Despite a good start to 09/10 chose to return to Italy
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
24/08/06 ST 01/07/09 Hull City 01/09/09 Counting his money in the Netherlands till Hull offered him more than any Dutch team would
Bobo Balde
20/07/01 DF 01/07/09 Valenciennes 20/10/09 finally out of contract and left ; trialled w Wolves but not offered a contract; finally signs short term deal w Valenciennes; far from a regular
Paul Hartley
31/01/07 AMF / DMF / RMF 01/07/09 Bristol City 01/07/09 Picked up by the Bristol boys; played and scored a penalty first game of the season
Jean Joel Perrier Doumbe
11/08/07 RB 01/07/09 Toulouse 08/10/09 Free agent; bad mouthed the club; signs a two year deal with Toulouse; not a regular
Shunsuke Namamura
20/07/05 AMF 01/07/09 currently clubless 12/02/10 injury riven time w Espanyol; agreed return to Japan in February 2010
Michael McGlinchey 20/12/02 DF / RMF / LW 01/05/09 Motherwell 23/01/10 moved to Australia and won a two year contract with Central Coast Mariners; in the January window joins Motherwell on a short term deal to get games ready for the World Cup w New Zealand
Derek Riordan 01/07/06 LMF / AMF / ST 31/08/08 Hibernian 31/08/08 continues to be a home town team player
Evander Sno
20/07/06 DMF 20/08/08 Bristol City (LOAN) 01/09/09 has been told he can leave by Ajax -said to be on trial with Hertha Berlin; goes on loan to Bristol City
Jim O Brien 01/07/05 RMF / RW 08/08/08 Motherwell 08/08/08 Retained his place even with McGhee moving on and started all games so far
Adam Virgo 20/07/05 DF 30/06/08 Brighton & Hove Albion 30/06/08 Contnues w Brighton
Jiri Jarosik
19/06/06 AMF / CMF 31/01/08 Real Zaragossa 15/01/10 regular atFC Krylia Sovetov Samara; transfers Jan 10 to Real Zaragossa 1 1/2 yr contract
Maciej Zurawski
08/07/05 ST 31/01/08 Omonia Nicosia 01/07/09 Transferred to the Cypriot side after a poor season w AELarissa; started each game so far and scored twice
Theodor Elmar Bjarnason
20/12/04 MF / RMF / RB 01/01/08 IFK Goteborg 01/07/09 Moved in the summer to IFK -so far started every game
Kenny Miller 02/07/06 ST 31/08/07 Rangers 13/06/08 No difference
Paul Lawson 20/07/00 DMF / CMF / LB 31/08/07 Ross County 31/08/07 played in every game so far in 09/10 and a valued player
Gary Irvine 01/07/01 RB / RMF / CMF 24/08/07 St Johnstone 24/08/07 Mainstay left back valued and now playing in the premiership
David Marshall
20/07/03 GK 05/07/07 Cardiff City 01/07/09 Transfers to Cardiff and started the season well
Craig Beattie 01/07/00 ST 28/06/07 Swansea City 27/08/09 after loan spells w Preston, Crystal Palace and Sheffield Utd he moved to Swansea - far from a regular starter and still injury prone
Stephen Pearson 09/01/04 LMF / CMF 11/01/07 Derby County 11/01/07 continues as a regular for Derby; had a loan period w Stoke at the ends of last season but currently still w Derby
Ross Wallace
01/07/01 LW / LMF 30/08/06 Preston 01/01/09 signed a 4 1/2 year contract after being on loan; narrowly missed promotion thru play offs
Stilian Petrov 29/07/99 AMF / RMF 30/08/06 Aston Villa 30/08/06 continues with Martin O'Neill - highly valued and recently made captain
Mo Camara
20/06/05 LB 10/08/06 Torquay Utd 01/02/10 Released by St Mirren in the January '10 window and finally sorted out a deal with the westcountry side
Du Wei 20/08/05 DF 17/01/06 Shanghai Shenhua 17/01/06 initial loan at 120k then the rest and full contract if OK or return of player to China; appalling debut in Cup game against Clyde. Strachan tried to get the loan extended. Not accepted by the Chinese Club and so offskied on 17/1/06.
Jeremie Aliadiere 01/07/05 ST / AMF 28/08/05 UNATTACHED 31/05/10 Decided against extending contract w 'boro; seen training w West Ham; contract fell thru; injured knee; rehab
David Fernandez 31/05/02 ST / AMF 12/08/05 Silva SD (Spain) 18/08/06 released by Kilmarnock he returned to spain to the La Coruna areea and is said to be playing with local amateur side
Ulrik Laursen* 01/08/02 LB 05/07/05 RETIRED 31/05/10 Retired at the endof 09/10
Craig Bellamy
31/01/05 ST 30/06/05 Cardiff 119/8/10 Fell out of favout at Man City; loaned to Cardiff where he says he is happy
Joos Valgaeren* 28/07/00 LB / CD 20/06/05 RETIRED 20/06/05 After transferring and still another year option with FC Emmen retires from game November 2009
Jackie McNamara 04/10/95 RB / RWB / DF / DMF 14/06/05 Partick Thistle (LOAN) 19/01/10 with the change in management at Falkirk, was let out on loan to the Jags when Pressley took over.Now Player/Coach with Thistle.
Robert Douglas 16/10/00 GK 06/06/05 Dundee 01/07/08 Continues as GK but now more involved since receivership w training and coaching
Henri Camara
29/07/04 ST 01/02/05 Unattached 31/05/10 Released by Sheffield Utd and currently unattached
Jamie Smith
01/08/98 RMF / LMF / AMF 01/07/04 Colorado Rapids 01/07/09 released by Aberdeen; decided to try his luck in MLS; trialled and signed by Colorado Rapids; still with them
Liam Miller
28/10/97 MF 01/07/04 Hibernian 11/09/09 Was rumoured to be signing for Cork City after being released by QPR; joined Hibs as a free agent
Stephen Crainey 03/07/97 LB 30/01/04 Blackpool 10/07/07 continues
Michael Gray
31/08/03 LB 01/01/04 RETIRES 31/05/10 Retires at the end of 09/10 season
Mark Fotheringham 01/08/99 MF 26/08/03 Anorthoisis Famagusta 01/01/10 Released by Norwich he signed a short term deal w Dundee Utd before joing Cypriot club Anorthosis with a 2 year contract
Colin Healy
01/08/98 MF 01/07/03 Ipswich Town 15/01/10 After loan period w Falkirk returns to Ipswich
Ryan McCann
10/7/98 MF 01/07/03 Ayr Utd 10/09/10 Joins Ayr Utd for 10/11 on a part time contract
Simon Lynch 20/07/99 ST 07/01/03 Stenhousmuir 01/07/10 released by Airdrie he struck a deal with East Stirling; good season 09/10 saw him move on to Stenhousmuir
Jim Goodwin 25/11/97 CMF 17/03/02 Hamilton 10/09/10 With his contract up at Huddersfield (having spent most of it on loan to Oldham) he was offered a contract with Hamilton and he moved back to Scotland
Mark Burchill
03/07/97 ST 24/08/01 Enosis Neon Paralimni 01/08/10 His time at Kilmarnock was spent mostly on the bench and when his contract expired he moved overseas; he is alleged to be playing for a Greek Cypriot side called Enosis Neon Paralimni
Vidar Riseth* 21/09/98 DF 19/03/01 RETIRES Retired June 2010 after a brief period at Lillestrom he transferred to Stromgodset and in January 2010 basically retired to the club he started with and is a director of. Retired from playing June 2010
Simon Donnelly 27/05/93 ST/MF
29/06/99 Partick Thistle 05/06/06 continues
Marc Anthony 25/07/95 ST/AMF 07/05/99 Cockburn City (Australia) 2010 Moved to Australia -and after playing for 2 lower league sides got a shot w Perth Glory. Now plays with the glorious Cockburn City who he continues with
Tony Warner 13/11/98 GK 04/01/99 Scunthorpe 22/10/10 Saw out his time at Hull with loan spells to Charlton and Leicester; start of 10/11 picked up a short term deal with Scunthorpe as a free agent
Kevin Pilkington 30/03/98 GK 03/05/98 Mansfield Town (Conference) 28/10/10 Joined Luton Town on loan from Notts County; full transfer to Luton Town start of 10/11 and loaned to Conference side Mansfield
John O Neill 13/05/94 MF/ST 29/03/96 Stirling Albion 31/07/08 Left Queen of the South at the end of 07/08 to join Stirling Albion as Player / Assistant Manager / Coach; appointed manager at the start of 10/11
Barry Smith
01/08/91 RB 08/12/95 Dundee U19's coach 31/07/08 After a period in Iceland he returned to Scotland. He has a period with Brechin City last season and is currently coach of Dundee U19s; now managing the club after Gordon Chisholm left and the receivers were called in

The oldest Celt ( full time or reserve or youth) still playing as far as we know is 39 year old Mark McGeown, who still plays in goal for Queens Park



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