Stephen O'Donnell

Early career

A pupil at St Aidan's High School in Wishaw, O'Donnell began his career as a youth player with Wishaw Wycombe Wanderers and captained the Aberdeen under-17 team. He then joined Celtic, where he was part of the team that won the Scottish Youth Cup and under-19 league title in 2010–11.

Partick Thistle

O'Donnell was released by Celtic in 2011 and on 23 August 2011 signed for Partick Thistle on a one-year contract after impressing on trial. He went on to make his debut on 17 September as a substitute in a 4–0 win at home to Ayr United. In 2012–13, O'Donnell played in 38 matches as Partick Thistle won promotion to the Scottish Premiership and reached the final of the Scottish Challenge Cup. He was named in the PFA Scotland First Division Team of the Year as a result of his performances. On 27 January 2015, Championship club Blackpool upped an initial offer of £50,000 for O'Donnell to £125,000. This offer was accepted by Partick Thistle; however, O'Donnell rejected the personal terms on offer at Blackpool in favour of seeing out the remaining six months of his contract. He left Partick Thistle upon the expiry of his contract at the end of the 2014–15 season, having made 139 appearances for the club.

Luton Town

On 22 June 2015, O'Donnell signed a two-year contract with League Two club Luton Town. He made his Luton debut in a 3–1 win at home to newly promoted Championship club Bristol City in the League Cup on 11 August. O'Donnell's first…

O'Donnell made one appearance for the Scotland under-21 team in February 2013. He received his first call-up to the Scotland national team in May 2018, for friendly matches against Peru and Mexico. O'Donnell made his full Scotland debut on 29 May 2018, in a 2–0 defeat to Peru. He retained his place in the squad for the matches in September 2018, and "excelled" in the 2–0 win against Albania on 10 September. O'Donnell was selected in the Scotland squad for UEFA Euro 2020 and played in all three of their matches at the tournament. His performance in the opening game against the Czech Republic was criticised, but was then praised after the goalless draw against England in the second match. In September 2021 he gained his 23rd cap overall and 12th as a Motherwell player in a 1–0 away win over Austria during 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification; as well as being praised for aspects of his performance against the highly regarded David Alaba, he also equalled a long-standing Motherwell club caps record set by George Stevenson in the 1930s.

Club

As of match played 20 August 2026

International

As of match played 29 March 2022

Partick Thistle

Scottish First Division: 2012–13 Scottish Challenge Cup runner-up: 2012–13 Individual

PFA Scotland Team of the Year: 2012–13 Scottish First Division