David Turnbull (footballer)

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David Turnbull
Personal information
Full name David Turnbull[1]
Date of birth (1999-07-10) 10 July 1999 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Carluke, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 14
Youth career
2005–2009 Newmains Hammers[4]
2009–2017 Motherwell
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Motherwell 39 (16)
2020– Celtic 84 (18)
International career‡
2014 Scotland U16[2] 1 (0)
2017–2018 Scotland U19[2] 3 (1)
2018 Scotland U20[2] 1 (0)
2019–2020 Scotland U21[2] 5 (1)
2021– Scotland[2] 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:31, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:03, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

David Turnbull (born 10 July 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Celtic and the Scotland national team. He began his career at Motherwell, and has won both of the major Young Player of the Year awards (SFWA and PFA).

Club career

Motherwell

Raised in Wishaw where he attended Coltness High School,[5] Turnbull joined the Motherwell Youth Academy in 2009.[4] He was selected for the Scotland football team (represented by North Lanarkshire school pupils) at the 2014 International Children's Games alongside fellow Motherwell player Jake Hastie,[6] who had already been a teammate for several years during their development.[7][8] On 27 April 2016, Turnbull, Hastie and another long-term academy colleague Allan Campbell were in the Well team that won the Scottish Youth Cup, beating Heart of Midlothian 5–2.[9][8]

Turnbull made his senior debut for Motherwell on 10 February 2018, in a 2–0 victory away at Dundee in the Scottish Cup.[10][11] On 8 May 2018, he made his first start and Scottish Professional Football League debut in a 1–0 victory away to Partick Thistle. Later that month he was an unused substitute in the 2018 Scottish Cup Final which Motherwell lost 2–0 to Celtic.

On 31 October 2018, Turnbull scored his first goal for Motherwell against St Mirren. In January 2019, he was the sole goalscorer in two consecutive league wins in the space of four days, at home to Hibernian and away to Dundee.[7][12][13] A few days later he signed a new contract with Motherwell, running until summer 2021.[14][15] In May 2019, amid more goals and growing media praise for his performances,[16] he was nominated for the season's PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year, along with Jake Hastie; the award was won by Ryan Kent.[17] Turnbull won the SFWA Young Player of the Year award for 2018–19, voted for by Scottish football journalists.[18] He was the first Motherwell player to win that award since James McFadden in 2001–02.[18]

In June 2019, Motherwell agreed a club-record £3.25 million fee with Celtic for Turnbull.[19][20] The proposed deal collapsed when medical tests found that Turnbull would require preventative surgery on his left knee, and the clubs could not agree revised terms.[21] Turnbull returned to Motherwell, had his knee operation – performed by renowned London surgeon Andy Williams – then underwent a rehabilitation programme across the winter (alongside teammate Charles Dunne who was recovering from a groin injury) and resumed full training in February 2020.[22] His mental and physical recovery was chartered in a behind-the-scenes club documentary which followed him from the day of his collapsed move through operations, rehabilitation and to his eventual return to first-team action.[20] He made his return to the first team as a second half substitute at home to St Mirren on 25 February.[23] On 11 March 2020, Turnbull signed a contract extension with Motherwell to run until 2022.[24] With the 2019–20 season halted days afterwards due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland, he successfully re-established himself as an important member of the side at the outset of 2020–21.[25]

Celtic

Turnbull joined Celtic on 27 August 2020, on a four-year deal.[26] The fee of around £3 million[27] was a club record for Motherwell.[28]

After three substitute appearances during September, he made his first start for the club on 4 October against St Johnstone.[29] While there was initially few opportunities in the early part of the season, on 10 December 2020 Turnbull started in a UEFA Europa League home fixture against Ligue 1 side Lille OSC. He scored his first goal for Celtic and made an assist for Christopher Jullien in a 3–2 win against the French champions, which was the final group stage match for Celtic that season.[30] His subsequent form in the Scottish Premiership would see him awarded with the SPFL Player of the Month for December.[31] Turnbull would go on to finish the 2020-21 season with ten goals and win the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year award,[32][33] proving to be a shining light for Celtic in an otherwise disappointing campaign where they lost the Premiership title and failed to win a trophy.[34][35][36][37]

Under new Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou, Turnbull played regularly in the first half of the 2021-22 season. On 12 August 2021, he scored a double in a 3–0 (agg 7–2) UEFA Europa League play-off win against Czech First League side FK Jablonec.[38] Later that month, he would also score a hat-trick in a 6–0 victory against St Mirren in the Scottish Premiership.[39] Turnbull featured as a starter in the 2021–22 Scottish League Cup final but was forced off with a hamstring injury after only playing 27 minutes. However, Celtic would defeat Hibernian 2–1 and Turnbull collected his League Cup winner's medal.[40]

On 3 September 2022, Turnbull scored in a 4–0 win against Rangers - taking advantage of an error from Jon McLaughlin.[41]

International career

Turnbull has played at under-16, under-19 and under-20 level for Scotland.[2] He made his debut for the under-21 team in March 2019.[42] He was added to the full national squad for the first time in May 2021, ahead of the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[43] He made his debut on 2 June 2021 in a friendly against Netherlands, as a starter.[44] He was selected in the squad for the Euro finals, but did not make an appearance.[45]

Career statistics

As of 1 June 2023 (UTC)[3] [46]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Motherwell 2016–17[47] Scottish Premiership 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2017–18[48] Scottish Premiership 2 0 1 0 0 0 — 3 0
2018–19[49] Scottish Premiership 30 15 1 0 0 0 — 31 15
2019–20[50] Scottish Premiership 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
2020–21[51] Scottish Premiership 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Total 39 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 41 16
Motherwell U20/U21[lower-alpha 1] 2016–17 — 2 0 2 0
2017–18 — 2 1 2 1
2018–19 — 3 1 3 1
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 7 2
Celtic 2020–21[51] Scottish Premiership 31 8 3[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 3] 1 35 9
2021–22[51] Scottish Premiership 25 6 0 0 4 1 12[lower-alpha 4] 3[lower-alpha 5] 34 9
2022–23[51] Scottish Premiership 28 4 2 1 2 0 5[lower-alpha 6] 0 37 5
Total 84 18 5 1 6 1 13 4 106 23
Career total 123 34 7 1 6 1 20 6 154 41
  1. ↑ Matches in the Scottish Challenge Cup, in which age-restricted teams from the SPFL Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs.
  2. ↑ One appearance in the previous season’s Scottish Cup which was rescheduled to October due to COVID-19
  3. ↑ Appearances in the Europa League
  4. ↑ Two appearances in the Champions League, Ten appearances in Europa League
  5. ↑ Goals in the Europa League
  6. ↑ Five appearances in the 2022-23 Champions League

Honours

Motherwell

Celtic

Individual

References

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