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Name: Adam Montgomery
aka: –
Born: 18 July 2002
Birthplace:
Signed: 1 July 2019 (professional contract)
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Position: Defender, Left-back
Debut: Celtic 4-0 St Johnstone, 12 May 2021
Squad No.: 54
Internationals: […]
International Caps: [TBC at end of career]
International Goals: [TBC at end of career]
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Adam Montgomery had been at Celtic for longer than you can imagine, starting from the age of 7, and long worked his way up the ranks.
He made his First Team debut as a left-back aged 18 on what was a bittersweet day with club great Scott Brown making his final appearance at Celtic Park at the end of the disastrous 2020/21 season. Handed his debut by interim manager John Kennedy with new management to come, the stadium was empty due to covid restrictions. It was a season when many youth players had bailed out of Celtic, with only Stephen Welsh succeeding, so for many supporters it was a good change to see a youth player make the move up.
First impressions of his debut were positive in an admittedly dead rubber game v St Johnstone (4-0 Celtic win) in May 2021, showing good awareness and played with his head up. St Johnstone two weeks later went on to make history by winning the Scottish Cup to seal the double having won the Legaue Cup already. However, some comments that he was the future following Scott Brown’s departure were way too premature.
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“I have been there myself as a young player, you need the opportunity and you could just see he (Montgomery) was good to go,” said Kennedy. “He was probably a bit unfortunate not to play before now. The difficult thing is with the Covid situation, he hasn’t played any reserve games. We knew he would only last about 60 minutes but it was a great start. We have high hopes for him. ”
John Kennedy (interim manager) after Montgomery’s debut (May 2021)
Adam Montgomery, with the 19-year-old excelling in invidious circumstances: “He was brilliant, for a young kid to come into that environment given the scoreline and the magnitude of the game,” McGregor said. “He stood up, he showed personality, quality, he showed he could defend 1v1 as well, he showed he can defend at the back post. He did ever so well to defend the one where the boy slid in at the back post. He showed everything about his game and I am super proud of him, super pleased for him. He’s a great kid and he’ll just keep getting better.”
Ange on Montgomery after he came on v Alkmaar (Aug 2021)
Playing Career
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Honours with Celtic
(Honours are marked below in which the player has played in at least one of the matches in the campaign.)
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Adam Montgomery: Who is Celtic debutant named in starting XI to face St Johnstone
Everything you need to know about the Celtic youngster making his debut against St Johnstone
By Craig Fowler
Wednesday, 12th May 2021, 6:11 pm
Updated
After four games of being named among the substitutes, Adam Montgomery has been given his first appearance in a Celtic jersey for Wednesday’s Scottish Premiership encounter with St Johnstone at Celtic Park.
The 18-year-old will line up at left-back, a position he’s been moved into only in the last year – reflected by the fact that when he was interviewed by Celtic TV in March after joining the first-team squad, his position on the club website was still listed as forward.
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Montgomery has been a member of Celtic’s youth system since he was seven years old. The tricky and direct attacker was given a new role after former Celtic defender Darren O’Dea became coach of the under-18s.
He said about moving into the defence: “I’m a tricky winger normally and I like beating players and getting at people, but the way Celtic play the full-backs are very attacking. So going to full-back hasn’t been a massive difference for me.
“I’m really enjoying it because I’ve basically just been a winger in that full-back position.”
It now seems to be where his future lies. Celtic themselves seem excited about his prospects of making a name for himself in Glasgow’s East End as they rewarded him with a new four-year contract, keeping him at the club until 2025, this past February.
The teenager himself says that hard work, determination and humbleness are among his main strengths as he aims to become a regular member of the first-team squad next term.
Adam Montgomery: The Celtic prospect hoping to catch Eddie Howe’s eye after making his first-team breakthrough
The advantageous timing of Adam Montgomery’s first senior start for Celtic is not lost on the 18-year-old left back.
By Andrew Smith
Sunday, 16th May 2021, 7:00 am
The expectation that Eddie Howe imminently will be appointed the club’s next manager means it can be assumed the Englishman will have been genning-up on footage of the Parkhead club’s recent games. That will have included the midweek 4-0 win at home to St Johnstone, when Montgomery gave a good account of himself in his first exposure at this level. An occasion that had long been his target, but was made more challenging by the paucity of games for development players in this covid-impacted season.
“I think that is a positive for me,” said the engaging and articulate youngster. “We don’t know exactly what is going on right now with a new manager and so on, but being able to play before the end of the season was always a goal of mine, no matter who was in charge for next year. I’m delighted with that.
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“It was an unforgettable experience for me and my family and I was honoured to play a part in the game – it was surreal to be part of Broony’s [Scott Brown] last home game. I was told the day before so I was just getting myself ready and prepared . My family just had to watch the game through the stream but with everything going that was fine by me. I feel like I have worked hard in training and deserved an opportunity. I was grateful to get that and hope I can kick on from here. I know I’m lucky. There are a lot of people at other clubs, not just at Celtic, that are struggling to play games right now. But with everything that’s going on in the world there are bigger things to focus on that football right now.”
Montgomery has gone back in a bid to build a future at Celtic, with the player having been a left winger until recently. He knows he is in good company on that front with Kieran Tierney and Andrew Robertson both transformed through converting from the wing to full-back.
“I have been a winger since I was seven and first went to Celtic,” the teenager said. “Darren [O’Dea] came in [as under-18 coach] and moved me to left-back about a year ago because we had a couple of injuries. I wasn’t sure to start off with but the way that Celtic play, the full-back is almost a winger because at Celtic you have so much of the ball. So it wasn’t too much of a step back for me because being a fullback you are attacking as well as defending. I don’t mind the defensive side of the game. I have really enjoyed it. [It was a similar story with Tierney and Robertson] and I feel like it is becoming more common now that you see attacking full-backs especially with clubs that have a lot of possession because it brings other assets to the attack.”