Leigh Griffiths

Scottish footballer

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2024 Continued playing for Mandurah City, scoring 9 goals in 20 appearances in the league.
2023 Won Football West State League Division 1 Top Four Cup with Mandurah City
November 2023 Mandurah City announced that Griffiths would serve as a player-coach for the 2024 season.
March 2023 Griffiths returned to Australia and re-signed for Mandurah City until the end of the season.
2022 Won Football West State League Division 1 Top Four Cup with Mandurah City
October 2022 Griffiths returned to Scotland and was offered training facilities at Livingston.
August 2022 Griffiths moved to Australia and signed for Mandurah City, a third-tier club, on a short-term deal. He scored on his debut for the Dolphins in a league match against Western Knights.
August 9 2022 Signed for Mandurah City in Western Australia and joined their coaching staff.
February 8 2022 Leigh Griffiths signed for Falkirk Football Club for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.
January 2022 Signed for Scottish League One club Falkirk.
January 31 2022 Celtic activated a clause in Griffiths' contract to terminate it, which also ended his loan spell at Dundee. Griffiths subsequently rejected an offer to sign for Dundee permanently.
September 22 2021 Griffiths was charged with culpable and reckless conduct after appearing to kick a smoke bomb into a section of St Johnstone fans during a League Cup match.
September 11 2021 Griffiths made his second debut for Dundee in a 0–0 draw with Livingston.
August 31 2021 Leigh Griffiths re-joined Dundee on a season-long loan.
July 24 2021 During a friendly match against West Ham United at Celtic Park, Griffiths was booed by some Celtic fans following the recent online messaging controversy.
July 1 2021 Griffiths signed a one-year contract extension with Celtic after his previous contract expired on 30 June 2021.
May 2021 Not selected in Steve Clarke's 26-man squad for the Euro 2020 finals.
2020 Won Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup with Celtic
November 2020 Recalled to Scotland national squad and was part of the team that won the play-off qualifier for Euro 2020.
2019 Won Scottish Premiership, Scottish League Cup, and Scottish Cup with Celtic
2018 Won Scottish Premiership, Scottish League Cup, and Scottish Cup with Celtic
2018 Scored goals against Malta and Slovenia during 2018 World Cup qualifying.
September 2018 Griffiths signed a new contract with Celtic that was set to run until 2022, with manager Brendan Rodgers publicly supporting him.
August 30 2018 Leigh Griffiths scored his 100th goal for Celtic against FK Sūduva, becoming the first player to reach this milestone since John Hartson thirteen years earlier.
2017 Griffiths had his most productive year for Scotland, scoring 4 goals in 7 appearances
2017 During a UEFA Champions League qualifier against Linfield in Belfast, Griffiths was cautioned for time-wasting after picking up a Buckfast bottle thrown at him and showing it to the referee. Following the match, he provocatively tied a Celtic scarf to the goalposts, leading to potential additional disciplinary action from UEFA.
2017 Returned to the first team after Moussa Dembélé's injury in the Scottish Cup semi-final against Rangers, helping Celtic complete an undefeated league season and win the Treble.
October 8 2017 Griffiths plays in a 2-2 draw against Slovenia at Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.
September 23 2017 Scored a goal in a 2-0 win against Rangers. Created headlines by celebrating with a Celtic fan's scarf and allegedly wiping his nose on the Ibrox corner flag.
September 4 2017 Griffiths plays in a 2-0 victory against Malta in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland.
June 10 2017 Scored his first goal for Scotland with an 87th-minute free kick against England, followed by another goal three minutes later, putting Scotland 2-1 ahead in a match that ultimately ended 2-2.
2016 Won Scottish Premiership, Scottish League Cup, and Scottish Cup with Celtic
2016 Scored twice in a 5-2 victory against Hapoel Beer Sheva during the 2016-17 season.
2016 Scored the second goal in Celtic's 3-0 win against Lincoln Red Imps during the Champions League second qualifying round second leg match.
2016 Finished the season with 40 goals in all competitions, the first Celtic player to do so since Henrik Larsson in 2003-04.
2016 Won PFA Scotland, Scottish Football Writers', and Scottish Premiership Player of the Year awards for his outstanding performance in the league, scoring 31 goals and contributing to Celtic's fifth successive league title.
January 15 2016 Scored his 50th goal for Celtic in a 4-1 win over Dundee United, becoming the fastest Celtic player to reach this milestone since Charlie Nicholas in the 1980s.
December 18 2015 Signed a new contract with Celtic, extending his commitment with the club to 2021, expressing his commitment to the team.
October 2015 Named Scottish Premiership Player of the Month for October
September 2015 Griffiths admitted the offensive behaviour offence during a court appearance and was admonished. Celtic had previously fined him four weeks' wages.
August 2015 Named Scottish Premiership Player of the Month for August
August 19 2015 Scored a brace against Malmö FF in a 3-2 win at Celtic Park during the Champions League playoffs, demonstrating his goal-scoring prowess.
May 24 2015 Came on as a substitute in Celtic's 5-0 final game of the season, scoring the fourth goal. Finished the season with 20 goals.
April 2015 Named SPFL Player of the Month for April
April 26 2015 Scored another hat-trick, all goals in a 3-0 victory over Dundee United at Tannadice.
April 15 2015 Scored a hat-trick after coming on in the second half, contributing to a 4-1 league win over Kilmarnock. Manager Ronny Deila praised his performance and fitness improvement.
March 15 2015 Started in the League Cup Final, playing 69 minutes before being substituted in Celtic's 2-0 win over Dundee United.
February 1 2015 Opened the scoring in a 2-0 win over Rangers in the Scottish League Cup semi-final, marking the first Old Firm meeting since April 2012. He was booked for his goal celebration.
January 2015 Griffiths was charged under the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act for chanting about former Hearts player Rudi Skácel in an Edinburgh pub.
2014 Won Scottish Premiership with Celtic

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