| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2006-09-07) 7 September 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)1 | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Celtic | ||
| Number | 51 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2023 | Celtic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2025 | Celtic B | 35 | (2) |
| 2025– | Celtic | 11 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024–2025 | Scotland U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2025– | Scotland U21 | 3 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:26, 7 July 2025 (UTC) | |||
Colby Donovan (born 7 September 2006) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic.
Club career
A youth product of Celtic, Donovan graduated from their academy and signed his first professional contract with the club on 2 July 2022.2 He was promoted to their B-team in 2023. In the summer of 2025 he was promoted to their senior team, and signed a professional contract until 2025.3 He made his senior and professional debut with Celtic in a 3–0 Scottish Premiership win over Livingston on 23 August 2025.4
International career
Donovan was called up to the Scotland U21s for a set of 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches in September 2025.5
Honours
Celtic
References
References
- "Colby Donovan - Celtic - player profile, stats and latest news". Celtic news now.
- "Nine Academy Graduates sign first professional contracts, Celtic confirm". thecelticstar.com. 2 July 2022.
- "Celtic youth update: A new name to look out for and Colby Donovan's situation". Celtic Way. 22 August 2025.
- Young, Graeme; McDonald, Ryan; Evans, Anthony (23 August 2025). "Celtic vs Livingston – LIVE updates". Daily Record.
- "Scotland Men's Under-21 squad finalised ahead of new European Championship qualifying campaign". Scottish FA. 25 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- sport, Guardian (16 May 2026). "Celtic stun Hearts at the last in dramatic final-day shootout to retain Scottish title". The Guardian.