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Name: Dane Murray
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Born: 26 June 2003
Birthplace: Airdrie, Lanarkshire
Signed: 1 June 2019 (professional contract from youth academy ranks)
Left: –
Loan out: 9 Aug 2024 – Present (to Queen’s Park)
Position: Defender, Centre-back
Debut (friendly): Celtic 0-0 Bristol City, Friendly, 14 Jul 2021
Debut (competitive): Celtic 1-1 FC Midtjylland, European Cup, 20 July 2021
Squad No.: 47
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International Caps: [TBC at end of career]
International Goals: [TBC at end of career]
Biogs
Dane Murray was another hotly tipped youngster from the Celtic youth stable having made his way through the ranks. Whilst many others had bailed out in the past season due to the then drab situation at Celtic, he remained.
A surprise debut, he came on due to injuries and a depleted squad as an 18 year debutant, and got good praise in an admittedly drab pre-season no goals match v Bristol City.
“I think Dane was outstanding when he came on”
Callum McGregor
Dane Murray made his competitive debut ironically against Danish side FC Midtjylland in a 1-1 draw, coming in for Celtic when the team were down to ten men and gave an assured performance, with the manager calling out his performance with fellow young Celt Stephen Welsh as “outstanding“.
Yet he was to be left out of consideration for the remainder of the Postecoglou era. As the squad was bolstered with a number of expensive transfers in, it ended up pushing out young talent such as Dane Murray. As Celtic went on to regain the league title and then win the treble under Postecoglou, there was little that any young challengers could do. The pattern followed under Rodgers even when the first team squad was burdened with injured players.
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Playing Career
[Table to indicate clubs played for, including dates, transfers and fees where known [e.g. soccerbase table]]
| APPEARANCES (subs) |
LEAGUE | SCOTTISH CUP | LEAGUE CUP | EUROPE | TOTAL |
| 2021-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Total | |||||
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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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Dane Murray excited for more after experiencing first-team training
Jul 2021
By Tony Connelly, Celtic View Reporter
Celtic Academy graduate Dane Murray said signing a new contract with Celtic has been a dream come true and the young defender is hopeful of establishing himself in the senior squad after being called up to train with the first-team.
Murray recently signed a new contract with the club that will see him remain with Celtic until at least the summer of 2024. The 17-year-old defender was first scouted by Celtic as a six-year-old and has steadily worked his way up through the ranks of the Academy.
He signed his first professional contract in June 2019 before receiving a new contract in January last year.
The Hoops defender was delighted to secure his future with the club for the next three years and said having the chance to train with the first-team has left him hungry for more.
“It’s brilliant to sign a new deal,” said Murray in an exclusive interview with Celtic TV. “It’s what you dream of growing up. I’ve been in and about football my whole and it’s something you dream of.
“It’s been brilliant to train with the first-team. To come from the under-18s at the start of the season to this is amazing.
“Everything about your game comes on more when you train with the first-team. The standard and intensity are much higher. Everyone helps you along every step of the way and they’re constantly giving you information. They just want the best for you really.
‘It makes you want to be here training with them every single day so you can try and establish yourself.’
Murray admitted there was no shortage of inspiration around him as an aspiring defender and said he hoped to continue progressing all the way to the first-team.
“You’ve got Darren, Mic and the manager and they all just want the best for you. They’re always trying to help you and coach you because they want you to improve all the time.
“You also have Kris Ajer who came in at 17 and look at him now. The change he’s made has been brilliant and then you have the club captain Scott Brown. What he’s done in his career has been brilliant and I can only hope for even half of that.
“Over the next few months my aim is to try and get myself in and about the squad more and then over the next few years it’s to try and establish myself in the team.”
Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou lauds debutant Dane Murray after acknowledging need for more “careful” approach from Nir Bitton
Nir Bitton’s loss proved Dane Murray’s gain as the young centre-back, who only turned 18 a month ago, was thrown on for a first senior appearance following the Israeli’s red-card in the eventual 1-1 draw with FC Midtjylland in the clubs’ Champions League second qualifying round first leg.
By Andrew Smith
Wednesday, 21st July 2021, 7:00 am
And Celtic manager Ange Postecolgou – who had to partner Murray with 21-year-old Stephen Welsh following the Israeli’s dismissal following a second booking earned when he jabbed angrily in the face of Anders Dreyer after the winger’s attempt to win a penalty just before the interval – preferred to focus on how his team admirably reset to perform creditably subsequent to going down to ten men rather than round on Bitton for his reckless behaviour.
However, the Greek-Australian did concede: “Nir had already been booked and when you’ve been booked you have to be careful in your actions. When you infringe again, you give the opportunity to the referee to give you another caution. It’s disappointing for him more than anything, because he was really keen to put in a strong performance. He had started really well for us, so it’s disappointing for him that he misses the second game as well.
“The important thing for me was the reaction from the players. I thought the two young centre-halves Dane and Welsh, in a Champions League fixture, were outstanding. If there’s one area to improve? I thought we gave away some unnecessary fouls. They only got into our box a couple of times and in that sense defensively we did a great job.”