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Ryan Christie
Personal information
Christie with Celtic in 2021
Date of birth	(1995-02-22) 22 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Inverness, Scotland
Height	1.78 m
Playing position	Attacking midfielder, winger
Club information
Current club	Bournemouth
Number	10
Youth career
2005–2013	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2013–2015	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	56	(9)
2015–2021	Celtic	95	(27)
2015	→ Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan)	7	(1)
2017–2018	→ Aberdeen (loan)	45	(10)
2021–	Bournemouth	82	(4)
National team^‡
2014–2016	Scotland U21	9	(1)
2017–	Scotland	51	(5)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 November 2023 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:25, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Ryan Christie (born 22 February 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Bournemouth and the Scotland national team.

Christie began his career with Inverness Caledonian Thistle before joining Celtic in 2015, and had two spells on loan at Aberdeen. He has also represented the Scotland under-21 and full national teams.

Club career
International career
Career statistics
- Club
- International
Honours
See also

Club career

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Christie was born in Inverness in 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.

Christie joined the Inverness Caledonian Thistle youth system aged 10, before eventually signing his first professional contract in 2011. He signed a new deal with the club under Terry Butcher, and was among several youngsters to be promoted to the club's first team.

Christie made his debut in the Scottish Premiership against Celtic on 29 December 2013. 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. 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. Christie added two more goals later in the season against Dundee United and St Johnstone. After impressive displays for Inverness, Christie signed a new contract with the club at the end of the 2013–14 season.

Christie scored his first goal of the 2014–15 season in a 2–0 win over Hamilton Academical. Christie's performances against Dundee, Motherwell, Celtic, Kilmarnock and Partick Thistle saw him win the SPFL Young Player of the Month for August. 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. Christie added to his earlier success by winning the SPFL Young Player of the Month award for February 2015, and his eye-catching form over the whole season subsequently saw him shortlisted for the Young Player of the Year award. Although he didn't win that accolade, he was later honoured with the SFWA Young Player of the Year award. 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. After the match, Christie described winning the Scottish Cup as "unbelievable, hard to put into words".

Celtic

2015–16

On 1 September 2015, Christie joined Celtic on a four-year deal. After signing for the Scottish champions, Christie was immediately sent back to Inverness on a season-long loan deal. 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. In December 2015, Celtic announced they would be recalling Christie from his loan spell at Inverness.

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.

Aberdeen loans

On 24 January 2017, Christie joined Aberdeen on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season. He scored his first goal for Aberdeen on 4 February 2017, in a 2–0 win against Partick Thistle. 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.

Christie returned to Aberdeen on loan for most of the 2017–18 season, moving in June 2017 as part of a deal for Jonny Hayes.

2018–19

Christie returned to Celtic for the 2018–19 season. Neil Lennon, who returned to Celtic as manager later in the season, said in July 2019 that he had wanted to sign Christie for Hibernian during the summer of 2018 as part of a proposed deal for John McGinn. In the 2018–19 League Cup semi-final against Hearts at Murrayfield, Christie won a penalty, caused a goalkeeping error and hit a "wonderful left-foot shot" leading to each goal in the eventual 3–0 victory. Christie signed a new contract with Celtic in November 2018. On 2 December, he scored the only goal of the 2018 Scottish League Cup Final at Hampden against former club Aberdeen. His season ended abruptly on 14 April 2019 in the Scottish Cup semi-final, again at Hampden against Aberdeen, when he suffered facial fractures in an aerial collision with opponent Dominic Ball, who was sent off for the reckless nature of the challenge.

2019–20

Christie scored a hat-trick in a 7–0 win against St Johnstone in the first game of the 2019–20 Scottish Premiership season. In October 2020, he scored the opening goal of the 2019–20 Scottish Cup semi-final against Aberdeen (delayed from its usual April scheduling due the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland, which also led to Celtic being awarded the Premiership title after the season was curtailed) with a curling left-footed shot from outside the penalty area – Celtic won 2–0. In the final against Hearts he scored a very similar goal, again the first of the match and with almost the same amount of time elapsed, but then missed his penalty in the subsequent shootout following a 3–3 draw after extra time; he was the only Celtic player to fail with his attempt as they won the trophy.

AFC Bournemouth

On 31 August 2021, Christie moved to England, joining Championship club AFC Bournemouth on a three-year contract, for a reported transfer fee of around £1.5 million. On 11 September 2021, Christie came off the bench to make his Bournemouth debut in the side's 3–0 win over Barnsley.

International career

On 25 August 2014, Christie was called up by Scotland U21. After being left 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.

Christie received his first call-up to the senior Scotland squad for a friendly against the Netherlands in November 2017, and played the full 90 minutes of the 1–0 defeat. He scored his first international goal on 16 November 2019, opening the scoring with a curling shot from outside the penalty area in a 2–1 away win over Cyprus in UEFA Euro 2020 qualification. In September 2020, he scored penalties in successive matches as Scotland drew with Israel and defeated the Czech Republic in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League.

In October 2020, Christie was required to pull out of the Scotland squad for a Euro 2020 play-off semi-final against Israel after being in close contact with Stuart Armstrong, who had tested positive for COVID-19. A month later, Christie returned to the team and scored Scotland's only goal in the Euro 2020 play-off final against Serbia; they won the tie after a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw, qualifying for a major tournament for the first time in 22 years.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2013–14	Scottish Premiership	15	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	17	3
	2014–15	Scottish Premiership	35	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	42	4
	2015–16	Scottish Premiership	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	2
	Total		56	9	7	0	2	0	2	0	67	9
Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan)	2015–16	Scottish Premiership	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	1
Celtic	2015–16	Scottish Premiership	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
	2016–17	Scottish Premiership	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	1
	2017–18	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2018–19	Scottish Premiership	23	9	3	0	2	2	10	0	38	11
	2019–20	Scottish Premiership	24	11	4	2	3	0	14	7	45	20
	2020–21	Scottish Premiership	34	5	2	1	1	0	9	1	46	7
	2021–22	Scottish Premiership	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	8	1
	Total		95	27	10	3	7	2	38	9	150	41
Aberdeen (loan)	2016–17	Scottish Premiership	13	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	15	7
	2017–18	Scottish Premiership	32	4	5	2	2	0	4	2	43	8
	Total		45	10	7	3	2	0	4	2	58	15
AFC Bournemouth	2021–22	Championship	38	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	39	3
	2022–23	Premier League	32	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	36	2
	2023–24	Premier League	12	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	15	1
	Total		82	4	2	1	6	1	0	0	90	6
Career total			285	51	26	7	19	3	44	11	372	72

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	2017	1	0
	2018	4	0
	2019	6	1
	2020	5	3
	2021	10	0
	2022	9	1
	2023	10	0
Total		45	5

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Christie goal.

List of international goals scored by Ryan Christie
No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 November 2019	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	10	Cyprus	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2	4 September 2020	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	12	Israel	1–0	1–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League B
3	7 September 2020	Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic	13	Czech Republic	2–1	2–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League B
4	12 November 2020	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia	14	Serbia	1–0	1–1 (aet)	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
5	24 September 2022	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	33	Republic of Ireland	2–1	2–1	2022–23 UEFA Nations League B