 Gannon-Doak withBournemouth in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ben Gannon-Doak[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2005-11-11)11 November 2005 (age 20)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Dalry,Ayrshire, Scotland[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bournemouth | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dalry Rovers | |||
| Ayr United | |||
| Celtic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Celtic | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Liverpool | 3 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | →Middlesbrough (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2025– | Bournemouth | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Scotland U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Scotland U17 | 6 | (4) |
| 2022– | Scotland U21 | 7 | (2) |
| 2024– | Scotland | 12 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:48, 2 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Ben Gannon-Doak (born 11 November 2005) is a Scottishprofessional footballer who plays as aright winger or attackingmidfielder forPremier League clubBournemouth and theScotland national team.
Born inDalry,Ayrshire, he began his youth career with local side Dalry Rovers before joiningAyr United and laterCeltic, making his senior debut for Celtic in January 2022. Shortly thereafter, he signed forLiverpool, where he became the youngest Scottish player to appear in thePremier League. In 2024, he spent a season on loan atMiddlesbrough, earning EFL Young Player of the Month in November. In August 2025, he transferred to Bournemouth for an initial £20 million. Internationally, he has represented Scotland at under-16, under-17 andunder-21 level, and made his senior debut againstPoland in September 2024.
Gannon-Doak began his career at hometown club Dalry Rovers, before moving toAyr United and then ontoCeltic.[4]
On 26 December 2021, having turned 16 the previous month, Gannon-Doak was named on the bench for Celtic's 3–1 win away toSt Johnstone.[5] On 29 January 2022, he made his Celtic debut, coming on as a 68th minute substitute in a 1–0Scottish Premiership win againstDundee United.[6]
Gannon-Doak signed withPremier League clubLiverpool in March 2022, with Celtic due to receive training compensation of around £600,000.[7] On 9 November 2022, he made his debut for Liverpool when he came on as a 74th minute substitute in a 3–2 penalty shoot-out win againstDerby County in the third round of the2022–23 EFL Cup atAnfield.[8] Five days later, he signed his first professional contract with Liverpool, having reached the age of 17.[9][10] Doak made his league debut for Liverpool on 26 December in a 3–1 win atAston Villa, becoming the youngest Scottish player to appear in the Premier League.[11]
On 30 July 2023, Gannon-Doak scored his first senior goal for Liverpool in a pre-season friendly match againstLeicester City, with his side winning 4–0 at theSingapore National Stadium.[12] In December 2023, he was longlisted for theBBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award.[13] He missed most of the 2023–24 season after he underwent knee surgery in December.[14]
On 30 August 2024, Gannon-Doak joinedEFL Championship sideMiddlesbrough on a season-long loan.[15] On 28 September, he made his first start for the club and scored his first competitive senior career goal in a 2–0 win overStoke City.[16]
After registering five assists in as many games in November 2024 he won theEFL Young Player of the Month award.[17]
On 18 August 2025, Gannon-Doak signed for fellow Premier League sideBournemouth for an initial fee of £20m with a further £5m in add-ons.[18] A buy-back option was included in the deal for Liverpool. To reflect both his parents' names, he adopted the name "Gannon-Doak" for the back of his shirt, in place of "Doak" which he had worn in seasons prior.[19]
On 2 September 2021, after previously representing theunder-16s, Gannon-Doak made his debut forScotland U17, scoring in a 1–1 draw againstWales.[20] He helped the U17 team qualify for the2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, but missed the tournament due to injury.[21]
Gannon-Doak was included in theunder-21 squad for the first time in September 2022, aged 16.[22] He made his debut as a substitute on 22 September 2022 againstNorthern Ireland and scored within seven minutes; in doing so, he became the youngest ever goalscorer for the Scotland U21s.[23][24]
In May 2024, Gannon-Doak was called up to thesenior side for the first time, as part of their provisional squad forUEFA Euro 2024.[14] On 4 June, he was forced to withdraw from the squad due to injury.[25]
Gannon-Doak made his senior international debut on 5 September 2024, coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 defeat toPoland.[26]
He scored his first senior international goal in aFIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier againstGreece on 15 November 2025.[27] Three days later, Gannon-Doak provided an assist for abicycle kick byScott McTominay in the 3rd minute of a 4–2 victory againstDenmark, a match which sealed Scotland's firstWorld Cup appearance since1998;[28] although he sustained an injury in the 21st minute of the match and had to be stretchered off.[29]
His grandfather Martin Doak (1964–2024) was also a footballer,[30] having made more than 300 appearances across two spells forGreenock Morton.[31][32][33]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Celtic | 2021–22[35] | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Liverpool | 2022–23[36] | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023–24[37] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Middlesbrough (loan) | 2024–25 | Championship | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 3 | ||
| Bournemouth | 2025–26 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| Career total | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 3 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | |||
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | 1 | |
Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 November 2025 | Karaiskakis Stadium,Piraeus, Greece |  Greece | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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