.jpg) Christie withCeltic in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ryan Christie[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-02-22)22 February 1995 (age 30)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Inverness, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder,winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 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 | 145 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2016 | Scotland U21 | 9 | (1) |
| 2017– | Scotland | 64 | (9) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:54, 9 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Ryan Christie (born 22 February 1995) is a Scottish professionalfootballer who plays as amidfielder orwinger[3] forPremier League clubBournemouth and theScotland national team.
Christie began his career withInverness Caledonian Thistle before joining Celtic in 2015, and had two spells onloan atAberdeen. He has also represented theScotland under-21 and full national teams.
Christie was born inInverness in 1995; he is the son of footballerCharlie Christie, who was playing forCaledonian Thistle at the time and who had previously been a reserve player withCeltic.
Christie joined the Inverness Caledonian Thistle youth system aged 10,[4] before eventually signing his first professional contract in 2011.[5] He signed a new deal with the club underTerry Butcher, and was among several youngsters to be promoted to the club's first team.[6][7]
Christie made his debut in theScottish Premiership against Celtic on 29 December 2013.[8][9] He came on as a substitute in the 100th minute in theScottish League Cup Final againstAberdeen, a game that Inverness lost on penalties.[10] Despite this, Christie helped the club finish in the top-six of theScottish Premiership. His first goal for Inverness came in a 2–1 loss againstMotherwell on 1 April 2014.[11] Christie added two more goals later in the season againstDundee United andSt Johnstone.[12][13] After impressive displays for Inverness, Christie signed a new contract with the club at the end of the 2013–14 season.[14]
Christie scored his first goal of the 2014–15 season in a 2–0 win overHamilton Academical.[15] Christie's performances againstDundee, Motherwell, Celtic, Kilmarnock andPartick Thistle saw him win theSPFL Young Player of the Month for August.[16] During a match againstSt Mirren in October 2014, he was sent-off for the first time in his career – being dismissed by refereeWillie Collum for two-bookable offences.[17] Christie added to his earlier success by winning the SPFL Young Player of the Month award for February 2015,[18] and his eye-catching form over the whole season subsequently saw him shortlisted for theYoung Player of the Year award.[19] Although he didn't win that accolade, he was later honoured with theSFWA Young Player of the Year award.[20] Christie started the2015 Scottish Cup Final and was later substituted forJames Vincent, who scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory overFalkirk.[21] After the match, Christie described winning the Scottish Cup as"unbelievable, hard to put into words".
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.[22] He sustained a knee injury againstMotherwell in November, and was recalled by Celtic so he could work with their medical staff at their Lennoxtown training complex.[23] In December 2015, Celtic announced they would be recalling Christie from his loan spell at Inverness.[24]
Christie made his debut for Celtic on 23 January 2016 in their 3–1 win overSt Johnstone, coming on as an 88th-minute substitute forStuart Armstrong.[25]
On 24 January 2017, Christie joinedAberdeen on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.[26] He scored his first goal for Aberdeen on 4 February 2017, in a 2–0 win againstPartick Thistle.[27] He helped Aberdeen finish second in the2016–17 Scottish Premiership and progress to the2017 Scottish Cup Final, but was unable to take part in the cup final because it was against his parent club Celtic.[28]
Christie returned to Aberdeen on loan for most of the 2017–18 season, moving in June 2017 as part of a deal forJonny Hayes.[29]
Christie returned to Celtic for the2018–19 season.Neil Lennon, who returned to Celtic as manager later in the season, said in July 2019 that he had wanted to sign Christie forHibernian during the summer of 2018 as part of a proposed deal forJohn McGinn.[30] In the 2018–19 League Cup semi-final againstHearts atMurrayfield, 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.[31] Christie signed a new contract with Celtic in November 2018.[32] On 2 December, he scored the only goal of the2018 Scottish League Cup Final at Hampden against former club Aberdeen.[33] His season ended abruptly on 14 April 2019 in theScottish Cup semi-final, again at Hampden against Aberdeen, when he suffered facial fractures in an aerial collision with opponentDominic Ball, who was sent off for the reckless nature of the challenge.[34][35]
Christie scored a hat-trick in a 7–0 win againstSt Johnstone in the first game of the2019–20 Scottish Premiership season.[36] In October 2020, he scored the opening goal of the2019–20 Scottish Cup semi-final against Aberdeen (delayed from its usual April scheduling due theCOVID-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.[37] Inthe final against Hearts he scored a very similar goal,[38] 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.[39]
On 31 August 2021, Christie moved to England, joiningEFL Championship clubBournemouth on a three-year contract, for a reported transfer fee of around £1.5 million.[40][41] On 11 September 2021, Christie came off the bench to make his Bournemouth debut in the side's 3–0 win overBarnsley.[42] On 8 October 2022, he scored his firstPremier League goal in a 2–1 victory overLeicester City.[43]
In April 2025, he sustained a groin injury which would sideline him for the remainder of the 2024–25 season.[44]
On 25 August 2014, Christie was called up byScotland U21.[45] After being left on the bench againstSlovakia U21, Christie finally made his Scotland U21 debut againstLuxembourg U21 on 9 September 2014, coming on as a substitute forLewis Macleod in the second half, which Scotland U21 won 3–0.[46][47]
Christie received his first call-up to the seniorScotland squad for a friendly against theNetherlands in November 2017,[48] and played the full 90 minutes of the 1–0 defeat.[49] 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 overCyprus inUEFA Euro 2020 qualification.[50] In September 2020, he scored penalties in successive matches as Scotland drew withIsrael[51] and defeated theCzech Republic in the2020–21 UEFA Nations League.[52]
In October 2020, Christie was required to pull out of the Scotland squad for aEuro 2020 play-off semi-final against Israel after being in close contact withStuart Armstrong, who had tested positive forCOVID-19.[53] A month later, Christie returned to the team and scored Scotland's only goal in the Euro 2020 play-off final againstSerbia; they won the tie on a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw, qualifying for a major tournament for the first time in 22 years.[54]
Christie was a member of Scotland's squad forUEFA Euro 2020,[55] making one appearance at the tournament in the team's opening 2–0 defeat to the Czech Republic.[56]
On 7 June 2024, Christie was named in Scotland's squad forUEFA Euro 2024.[57] A week later, he started the opening match of the tournament againstGermany,[58] winning his50th cap for Scotland (as did teammateScott McTominay) in the 5–1 loss.[59][60] He went on to appear as a substitute against bothSwitzerland andHungary as Scotland finished bottom ofGroup A with one point from three matches.[61][62]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2013–14[64] | Scottish Premiership | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 3 | |
| 2014–15[65] | Scottish Premiership | 35 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 42 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16[c][66] | Scottish Premiership | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| Total | 63 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 10 | ||
| Celtic | 2015–16[66] | Scottish Premiership | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2016–17[67] | Scottish Premiership | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2017–18[68] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018–19[69] | Scottish Premiership | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10[f] | 0 | 38 | 11 | |
| 2019–20[70] | Scottish Premiership | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14[g] | 7 | 45 | 20 | |
| 2020–21[71] | Scottish Premiership | 34 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9[h] | 1 | 46 | 7 | |
| 2021–22[72] | Scottish Premiership | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[i] | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
| Total | 95 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 9 | 151 | 41 | ||
| Aberdeen (loan) | 2016–17[67] | Scottish Premiership | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 |
| 2017–18[68][63] | Scottish Premiership | 32 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4[d] | 2 | 43 | 8 | |
| Total | 45 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 15 | ||
| Bournemouth | 2021–22[72] | Championship | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 39 | 3 | |
| 2022–23[73] | Premier League | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24[74] | Premier League | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 43 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25[75] | Premier League | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2025–26[76] | Premier League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Total | 145 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 160 | 9 | |||
| Career total | 348 | 54 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 45 | 11 | 443 | 75 | ||
| 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 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | |
| Total | 64 | 9 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 November 2019 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus |  Cyprus | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 2 | 4 September 2020 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland |  Israel | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B |
| 3 | 7 September 2020 | Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic |  Czech Republic | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B |
| 4 | 12 November 2020 | Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia |  Serbia | 1–0 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 5 | 24 September 2022 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland |  Republic of Ireland | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B |
| 6 | 3 June 2024 | Estádio Algarve, Faro]]/Loulé, Portugal |  Gibraltar | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 7 | 12 October 2024 | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia |  Croatia | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A |
| 8 | 9 October 2025 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland |  Greece | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 15 November 2025 | Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece | Greece | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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