Leigh Griffiths
Football, Football player
1990 –
Who is Leigh Griffiths?
Leigh Griffiths is a Scottish footballer, who plays as a striker for Celtic and the Scotland national football team.
Griffiths started his career at Livingston where he made his debut as a sixteen-year-old. He then moved to Dundee in 2009 for £125,000. During his five years in the Scottish First Division he earned six player of the month awards. With Dundee in financial trouble, Griffiths moved to Wolves for around £150,000 in January 2011.
Having failed to break into the Wolves first team, he spent the 2011–12 season on loan to Scottish Premier League club Hibernian. This loan was renewed for the following season, during which he won the SFWA Footballer of the Year award and made his debut appearance for Scotland. After it appeared Griffiths had become part of Wolves' plans during the 2013–14 season he moved mid-season to join Celtic.
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- Born
- Aug 20, 1990
Leith - Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- Edinburgh
- Leith
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on July 23, 2013
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