37 Facts About Liam Henderson

Liam Henderson was born on 25 April 1996 and is a Scottish professional footballer.

Liam Henderson plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Empoli.

Liam Henderson captained Scotland up to and including under-21 among his 37 youth international caps.

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

Liam Henderson 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.

Liam Henderson played pre-season at home versus Ukrainian side Sevastopol, beside higher profile debutants Virgil van Dijk and Amido Balde.

Liam Henderson scored his first Celtic goal on 26 March 2014.

Liam Henderson scored with a left-footed shot on the turn at Hamilton Academical on 17 January 2015.

Liam Henderson needed one more appearance from Celtic's remaining 10 Premiership games that season, for him to reach the minimum 10 appearances needed to qualify for a winner's medal.

Liam Henderson was 18 at the time of this, his first move overseas.

Liam Henderson scored his first Rosenborg goal, opening the scoring on 8 minutes with a right-foot strike.

Liam Henderson had made enough appearances to qualify for a league medal.

Aged 19, on 14 August 2015 Liam Henderson signed a three-year contract with Celtic.

Liam Henderson's contribution has been cemented in Hibs club folklore, thanks to Ian Crocker's television commentary.

Liam Henderson started three and subbed on in one of the four play-off games.

Liam Henderson played in 10 league games this season, reaching for the first time the minimum number required to qualify for a Scottish league winner's medal.

Liam Henderson became a free agent after Bari were declared bankrupt at the season's end.

Aged 22, on 3 August 2018, Liam Henderson was signed by manager Fabio Grosso on a four-year contract with Serie B Hellas Verona.

Liam Henderson only played in five Verona games that half-season, in a squad in which midfielders, Pessina, Zaccagni, Miguel Veloso, Sofyan Amrabat, Darko Lazovic and Valerio Verre all played in at least 33 senior competitive first team games.

In total at Verona Liam Henderson played in four Serie A games, 23+5 Serie B+Serie B play-off games, and 3 in the Coppa.

Liam Henderson started 15 of the 16 games he played in that half-season at Empoli, in a midfield trio regularly containing future Italy internationalists, Davide Frattesi and Samuele Ricci.

Aged 24, on 11 September 2020 Liam Henderson signed for Eugenio Corini on a four-year contract with Serie B side Lecce.

Aged 25, in August 2021 Liam Henderson returned to Serie A for the first time since his spell at Verona.

Liam Henderson transferred to Empoli who had been promoted as Serie B champions in Henderson's season at Lecce.

Liam Henderson signed for Aurelio Andreazzoli, newly returned for his 3rd spell as Empoli Head Coach.

Liam Henderson's first Serie A goal was an equaliser at home on 9 January 2022 versus Sassuolo.

Liam Henderson scored in Serie A again that season, on 24 April 2022 at home versus Napoli.

Liam Henderson played in 64 Serie A games in this two-year spell at Empoli, taking his career Serie A appearances to 68 at this point.

Aged 27, on 28 August 2023 Liam Henderson again signed for Eugenio Corini, this time at Serie B Palermo, on loan from Empoli with an option to buy.

Aged 28, Liam Henderson returned in July 2024 from his Palermo loan.

Liam Henderson scored in the Coppa Italia penalty shootout away wins at Fiorentina and Juventus.

In doing so, Liam Henderson became the 4th Scotsman to play in a Coppa Italia semi-final, after Jordan, Souness and Bologna's Scots player, Lewis Ferguson.

Liam Henderson assisted Jacopo Fazzini's 59th minute opening goal in that game.

Liam Henderson was part of the under 19 squad in Belarus in October 2013.

Liam Henderson played in all three elite round matches in May 2014.

In October 2014 Liam Henderson played in three 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying games in Kaunas.

Liam Henderson then played in draws versus Lithuania and Norway.