Liam Henderson

Henderson started his football career with Broxburn Athletic before joining Celtic.

Celtic

2013–14: First team debut

Henderson signed for Celtic in 2008. He featured for the club's development squad in midfield and was included in the first team squad for their pre-season trip to Germany in the summer of 2013. He played pre-season at home versus Ukrainian side Sevastopol, beside higher profile debutants Virgil van Dijk and Amido Baldé. In 2013–14 Henderson played at both under-20 level and in the UEFA Youth League. His competitive first-team début, aged 17, was on 6 December 2013. He was subbed on in Celtic's 5–0 league win at Motherwell. On 13 March 2014, Henderson's first competitive match start was in a 3–0 league win at Kilmarnock. Henderson scored his first Celtic goal on 26 March 2014. This was Celtic's second in a 5–1 league clinching win at Partick Thistle. His March form won him the SPFL Young Player of the Month award for that month. Manager Neil Lennon commented, "He's been absolutely excellent", and "his attitude to work is fantastic, and there's certainly a willingness on his part to get better". All of his 8 competitive first team games that season were in the Premiership (2 games short of the minimum 10 required to be awarded a winner's medal).

2014–15: Loan to Rosenborg

Henderson made 15 Celtic first team appearances in all competitions in 2014/15. He scored with a left-footed shot on the turn at Hamilton Academical on 17…

Henderson captained the Scotland national under-17 football team. He was part of the under 19 squad in Belarus in October 2013. Scotland qualified from three 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification games there. Henderson was unused from the bench when Ryan Gauld scored in the 1–1 draw versus Latvia. Denny Johnstone scored both Scotland goals when Henderson then played in the 1–0 win versus hosts, Belarus, and in the 1–1 draw versus Germany. Henderson played in all three elite round matches in May 2014. However, Scotland finished bottom of the group with one draw and two 1 goal defeats. In October 2014, Henderson played in three 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying games in Kaunas. He scored a penalty to put Scotland 2–0 ahead versus Finland who scored twice in the final 14 minutes to draw. He then played in draws versus Lithuania and Norway. Unbeaten Scotland qualified for the Elite Round as the best ranked third-placed team. In the three Elite Round games played in Austria in March 2015, he scored both Scottish goals in the 2–1 win over host team, Austria. He missed the 0-0 draw with Italy, then played in the last game versus Croatia. Oli McBurnie scored for the Scots to draw 1–1. However, Scotland unbeaten in all 6 games they played at the two levels, were eliminated by Austria's late winner against Italy.

On 13 November 2015, Henderson played for Scotland under-21s in a 2–2 draw, European Under-21 Championship qualifier versus Ukraine…

As of match played 23 August 2026

Henderson's father, Nicky, played football for nine senior Scottish clubs in the 1990s and early 2000s. Liam's younger brother Ewan, followed Liam through the Celtic youth system before also playing for Hibs. Ewan in July 2024 joined Beerschot in Belgium. Ewan joined EFL League One side Wycombe Wanderers in July 2025.