Leigh Griffiths

Livingston

Griffiths made his debut for Livingston as a sixteen-year-old, after coming on as an 82nd minute substitute during a 3–1 defeat to Airdrie United on 30 December 2006. His teammates in his breakthrough period at Almondvale Stadium included fellow youth graduates and future Scotland colleagues Robert Snodgrass and Graham Dorrans. Griffiths won the SFL under-19 League in 2007–08 with the youth team. In March 2009, Griffiths alongside then Livingston teammates Andy Halliday and Joe McKee spent five days on trial with Italian Serie B side Parma. He also trained with Premier League team West Bromwich Albion in April 2009 and impressed enough to warrant a move, but manager Tony Mowbray departed soon afterwards and the club moved onto other targets.

Dundee

On 25 June 2009, Griffiths completed a £125,000 move to Scottish First Division rivals Dundee, despite having an offer rejected for the player back in April. He scored three goals on Dundee's run in the 2009–10 Scottish Challenge Cup, and played in their 3–2 win over Inverness in the final. Livingston claimed in January 2011 that they had yet to receive payment, which was denied by Dundee. Griffiths became a fans favourite during his spell at Dundee and scored 34 goals in 62 appearances, which included a memorable 30-yard free kick in the Scottish League Cup against Rangers.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

On 27 January 2011, Griffiths signed for English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers on…

Griffiths was selected for the Scotland B side that played Northern Ireland B. at the end of the 2008–09 season. He set up George Boyd for the second goal, who then set up Griffiths to net the last goal in a 3–0 win. He was a regular for the Scotland under-19 team, and was then selected to play for the Scotland under-21 team. His first goal for Scotland U21 was on his second call up on 2 March 2010, when he equalised against Azerbaijan. Despite playing regularly in the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League for Hibernian, Griffiths was left out of some Scotland U21 squads. He was recalled for qualification games against Luxembourg (in which he scored) and Austria in September 2012. Griffiths was added to the full Scotland squad in November 2012 for a friendly match against Luxembourg. His second cap for Scotland came against Croatia in a 1–0 away victory in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier. On 10 June 2017, Griffiths scored his first goal for Scotland with an 87th-minute free kick against England, before netting another one just three minutes later to put the Scots 2–1 ahead. The match ended 2–2 with Harry Kane netting England's leveller. Griffiths scored further goals against Malta and Slovenia during 2018 World Cup qualifying. Problems with fitness and in his personal life meant that Griffiths did not play for Scotland during 2019. He was recalled to the squad in November 2020, and was part of the squad which won the play-off qualifier which put Scotland through to Euro 2020.…

Club

As of 14 September 2024

International

As of 22:09, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

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

Griffiths was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and grew up in Leith, where he attended Portobello High for two years, before switching to Leith Academy.