Liam Lindsay

Defender - Centre-Back at Preston North End

Age30

CitizenshipScotland

Height1.91 m

Footright

BornOctober 12, 1995

at Preston North End 1,789 days · joined 2021-07-01

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👕200+ Apps

Market value €1.80m

Centre-Back Defender

Career snapshot

clubs played for

12/13

debut season

0.06

goals / match

Preston North End

top club · 162 apps

Career highs

€2.50m

peak value · 2019

€2.25m

top transfer fee · 19/20

best season · 16/17

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int'l / penalties

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Shares 1995-10-12 · 6 players total

376Appearances

21Goals

9Assists

71Yellow cards

2Red cards

192Full matches (90′)

Full name	Liam Lindsay
Name in home country	Liam James Lindsay
Date of birth	1995-10-12 (30 yrs)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Citizenship	Scotland
Position	Defender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Foot	right
Height	191.00 m
Current club	Preston North End
Joined	2021-07-01
Contract expires	2027-06-30
Agent	PLG

Jul 2025

25/26 — Preston North End

3 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Nov 2024

Injury: unknown

5 games missed

Jul 2024

24/25 — Preston North End

43 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2023

23/24 — Preston North End

47 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Mar 2023

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Oct 2022

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jul 2022

22/23 — Preston North End

39 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2021

21/22 — Preston North End

17 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2021

Transfer: Stoke City → Preston

21/22 · Transfer

May 2021

Transfer: Preston → Stoke City

20/21 · Return from loan

Feb 2021

Injury: unknown

4 games missed

Feb 2021

Transfer: Stoke City → Preston

20/21 · Loan

Jul 2020

20/21 — Preston North End, Stoke City, Stoke City U23

17 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2019

19/20 — Stoke City

23 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2019

Transfer: Barnsley → Stoke City

19/20 · Transfer · €2.25m

Jul 2018

18/19 — Barnsley FC

46 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2017

17/18 — Barnsley FC

44 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2017

Transfer: Partick Thistle → Barnsley

17/18 · Transfer · €400k

Apr 2017

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Dec 2016

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Jul 2016

16/17 — Partick Thistle FC

42 matches · 7 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Mar 2016

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Jul 2015

15/16 — Partick Thistle FC

27 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2015

Transfer: Partick Thistle FC U20 → Partick Thistle

15/16 · Transfer

May 2015

Transfer: Airdrieonians → Partick Thistle FC U20

14/15 · Return from loan

Jan 2015

Transfer: Partick Thistle FC U20 → Airdrieonians

14/15 · Loan

Jul 2014

14/15 — Partick Thistle FC, Airdrieonians FC

15 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

May 2014

Transfer: Alloa Athletic → Partick Thistle FC U20

13/14 · Return from loan

Jan 2014

Transfer: Partick Thistle FC U20 → Alloa Athletic

13/14 · Loan

Jul 2013

13/14 — Alloa Athletic FC, Partick Thistle FC

12 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2012

12/13 — Partick Thistle FC

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2012

Transfer: Partick Th. U17 → Partick Thistle FC U20

12/13 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €2.50m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 116 other Defender - Centre-Backs with ≥500 minutes in 25/26. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 1.00/90

100

Assists0 total · 0.00/90

G+A1 total · 1.00/90

100

Yellow cards1 total · 1.00/90

Minutes played by club

Preston North End 26.9%

Stoke City 4.5%

Stoke City U23 0.0%

Barnsley FC 43.9%

Partick Thistle FC 18.0%

Airdrieonians FC 6.8%

Alloa Athletic FC 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Preston North End	6	20/21	25/26	162	7	3	4,632
Stoke City	2	19/20	20/21	23	2	2	775
Stoke City U23	1	20/21	20/21	4	0	0	0
Barnsley FC	2	17/18	18/19	90	3	1	7,573
Partick Thistle FC	5	12/13	16/17	73	8	2	3,101
Airdrieonians FC	1	14/15	14/15	13	1	0	1,170
Alloa Athletic FC	1	13/14	13/14	11	0	1	0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
25/26	Championship	Preston North End	2	0	0	1	0	0
25/26	EFL Cup	Preston North End	1	1	0	0	0	90
24/25	Championship	Preston North End	35	1	1	6	0	2,608
24/25	EFL Cup	Preston North End	4	0	0	0	0	0
24/25	FA Cup	Preston North End	4	0	0	0	0	0
23/24	Championship	Preston North End	46	3	0	10	0	1,373
23/24	EFL Cup	Preston North End	0	0	0	0	0	0
23/24	FA Cup	Preston North End	1	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	Championship	Preston North End	37	0	2	12	0	0
22/23	EFL Cup	Preston North End	0	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	FA Cup	Preston North End	2	0	0	0	0	0
21/22	Championship	Preston North End	15	0	0	2	1	0
21/22	EFL Cup	Preston North End	2	0	0	0	0	0
21/22	FA Cup	Preston North End	0	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	Championship	Preston North End	13	2	0	1	0	561
20/21	Championship	Stoke City	0	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	FA Cup	Stoke City	0	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	Premier League 2	Stoke City U23	4	0	0	1	0	0
19/20	Championship	Stoke City	20	2	0	5	0	775
19/20	EFL Cup	Stoke City	2	0	2	0	0	0
19/20	FA Cup	Stoke City	1	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	EFL Cup	Barnsley FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	EFL Trophy	Barnsley FC	2	1	0	1	0	165
18/19	FA Cup	Barnsley FC	3	0	0	1	0	0
18/19	League One	Barnsley FC	41	1	1	10	0	3,637
17/18	Championship	Barnsley FC	42	1	0	8	0	3,771
17/18	EFL Cup	Barnsley FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	FA Cup	Barnsley FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	Betfred Cup	Partick Thistle FC	4	1	0	0	0	360
16/17	Premiership	Partick Thistle FC	36	6	1	3	0	528
16/17	SFA Cup	Partick Thistle FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	Premiership	Partick Thistle FC	25	1	1	5	1	2,213
15/16	SCL by Utilita	Partick Thistle FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	SFA Cup	Partick Thistle FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	League Cup	Partick Thistle FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	League One	Airdrieonians FC	13	1	0	2	0	1,170
14/15	Premiership	Partick Thistle FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	Championship	Alloa Athletic FC	10	0	1	3	0	0
13/14	Premiership	Partick Thistle FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	SFA Cup	Alloa Athletic FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	Championship	Partick Thistle FC	1	0	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
12/13	2012-07-01	Partick Th. U17	Partick Thistle FC U20	Transfer	0	—
13/14	2014-01-31	Partick Thistle FC U20	Alloa Athletic	Loan	0	—
13/14	2014-05-05	Alloa Athletic	Partick Thistle FC U20	Return from loan	0	—
14/15	2015-01-29	Partick Thistle FC U20	Airdrieonians	Loan	0	—
14/15	2015-05-05	Airdrieonians	Partick Thistle FC U20	Return from loan	0	—
15/16	2015-07-01	Partick Thistle FC U20	Partick Thistle	Transfer	0	—
17/18	2017-07-01	Partick Thistle	Barnsley	Transfer	400000	€400k
19/20	2019-07-01	Barnsley	Stoke City	Transfer	500000	€2.25m
20/21	2021-02-01	Stoke City	Preston	Loan	1500000	—
20/21	2021-05-31	Preston	Stoke City	Return from loan	1200000	—
21/22	2021-07-01	Stoke City	Preston	Transfer	1000000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
15/16	Hamstring injury	2016-03-17	2016-04-07	22	3
16/17	Nose surgery	2016-12-28	2017-01-24	28	3
16/17	Knock	2017-04-26	2017-05-03	8	1
20/21	Torn thigh muscle	2021-02-21	2021-03-07	15	4
22/23	Hamstring injury	2022-10-13	2022-10-20	8	2
22/23	Hamstring strain	2023-03-12	2023-03-26	15	2
24/25	Groin injury	2024-11-06	2024-12-01	26	5

Current€1.80m

Peak€2.50m

Low€125k

Δ since start+€1.68m

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€1.80m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.80m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€800k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.70m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€125k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Goals	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #3380	—	0	0	—	—	recent national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Freddie Woodman	1	0
Emil Riis	1	1
Ryan Ledson	1	1
Alan Browne	1	0
Adam Davies	1	0
Ched Evans	1	1
Mamadou Thiam	1	0
Steven Lawless	1	0
Callum Booth	1	1
Ethan Pinnock	2	0
Duane Holmes	1	0
Abdul Osman	1	2
David Amoo	1	1
Sean Welsh	1	2
Ryan Nektarios Edwards	1	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
16/17	Premiership	Partick Thistle FC	6	36
23/24	Championship	Preston North End	3	46
19/20	Championship	Stoke City	2	20

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
19/20	EFL Cup	Stoke City	2	2
22/23	Championship	Preston North End	2	37
13/14	Championship	Alloa Athletic FC	1	10

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
20/21	2021-05-31	Preston	Stoke City	Return from loan	—	€1.20m
20/21	2021-02-01	Stoke City	Preston	Loan	—	€1.50m
14/15	2015-05-05	Airdrieonians	Partick Thistle FC U20	Return from loan	—	—
14/15	2015-01-29	Partick Thistle FC U20	Airdrieonians	Loan	—	—
13/14	2014-05-05	Alloa Athletic	Partick Thistle FC U20	Return from loan	—	—
13/14	2014-01-31	Partick Thistle FC U20	Alloa Athletic	Loan	—	—

Last 50 matches for Preston North End The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

Date	Comp	Home	Score	Away	Availability
2025-03-30	`GB1`	Preston North End	0–3	Aston Villa	Available
2025-03-01	`GB1`	Preston North End	3–0	Burnley FC	Available
2024-10-30	`CGB`	Preston North End	0–3	Arsenal FC	Available
2024-09-17	`CGB`	Preston North End	16–15	Fulham FC	Available
2024-08-27	`CGB`	Harrogate Town	0–5	Preston North End	Available
2024-08-13	`CGB`	Preston North End	2–0	Sunderland AFC	Available
2023-08-08	`CGB`	Preston North End	2–4	Salford City	Available
2022-08-23	`CGB`	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Preston North End	Available
2022-08-09	`CGB`	Huddersfield Town	1–4	Preston North End	Available
2021-10-27	`CGB`	Preston North End	0–2	Liverpool FC	Available
2021-09-21	`CGB`	Preston North End	4–1	Cheltenham Town	Available
2021-08-24	`CGB`	Morecambe FC	2–4	Preston North End	Available
2021-08-10	`CGB`	Mansfield Town	0–3	Preston North End	Available
2020-09-23	`CGB`	Preston North End	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Available
2020-09-15	`CGB`	Derby County	1–2	Preston North End	Available
2020-08-29	`CGB`	Preston North End	4–0	Mansfield Town	Available
2020-06-27	`GB2`	Preston North End	1–3	Cardiff City	Available
2020-06-20	`GB2`	Luton Town	1–1	Preston North End	Available
2020-03-07	`GB2`	Preston North End	1–3	Queens Park Rangers	Available
2020-02-29	`GB2`	Fulham FC	2–0	Preston North End	Available
2020-02-25	`GB2`	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Preston North End	Available
2020-02-22	`GB2`	Preston North End	2–1	Hull City	Available
2020-02-15	`GB2`	Preston North End	0–1	Millwall FC	Available
2020-02-12	`GB2`	Stoke City	0–2	Preston North End	Available
2020-02-08	`GB2`	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Preston North End	Available
2020-02-01	`GB2`	Preston North End	1–1	Swansea City	Available
2020-01-21	`GB2`	Barnsley FC	0–3	Preston North End	Available
2020-01-18	`GB2`	Preston North End	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Available
2020-01-11	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Preston North End	Available
2020-01-01	`GB2`	Preston North End	0–2	Middlesbrough FC	Available
2019-12-29	`GB2`	Preston North End	0–2	Reading FC	Available
2019-12-26	`GB2`	Leeds United	1–1	Preston North End	Available
2019-12-21	`GB2`	Cardiff City	0–0	Preston North End	Available
2019-12-14	`GB2`	Preston North End	2–1	Luton Town	Available
2019-12-10	`GB2`	Preston North End	2–1	Fulham FC	Available
2019-12-07	`GB2`	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Preston North End	Available
2019-12-02	`GB2`	Preston North End	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Available
2019-11-27	`GB2`	Hull City	4–0	Preston North End	Available
2019-11-23	`GB2`	Derby County	1–0	Preston North End	Available
2019-11-09	`GB2`	Preston North End	3–1	Huddersfield Town	Available
2019-11-03	`GB2`	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Preston North End	Available
2019-10-26	`GB2`	Preston North End	3–2	Blackburn Rovers	Available
2019-10-22	`GB2`	Preston North End	1–1	Leeds United	Available
2019-10-19	`GB2`	Reading FC	1–0	Preston North End	Available
2019-10-05	`GB2`	Preston North End	5–1	Barnsley FC	Available
2019-10-01	`GB2`	Middlesbrough FC	1–1	Preston North End	Available
2019-09-28	`GB2`	Preston North End	3–3	Bristol City	Available
2019-09-24	`CGB`	Preston North End	0–3	Manchester City	Available
2019-09-21	`GB2`	Birmingham City	0–1	Preston North End	Available
2019-09-14	`GB2`	Preston North End	2–0	Brentford FC	Available

Teams faced most often by Liam Lindsay's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Reading FC	28	7	11	10	33	37	-4	25%
Bristol City	24	8	11	5	38	33	+5	33%
Wigan Athletic	23	9	8	6	28	22	+6	39%
Middlesbrough FC	23	6	7	10	27	27	0	26%
Derby County	23	4	6	13	17	35	-18	17%
Brentford FC	22	8	5	9	28	33	-5	36%
Birmingham City	22	9	5	8	30	29	+1	41%
Queens Park Rangers	22	10	6	6	35	29	+6	45%
Leeds United	22	5	4	13	22	44	-22	23%
Nottingham Forest	22	9	7	6	27	23	+4	41%
Hull City	21	12	3	6	34	26	+8	57%
Sheffield Wednesday	20	5	8	7	23	29	-6	25%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
12/13	Senior debut season
14/15	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	RC	Cards / 90′
25/26	3	90	1	0	0	1
24/25	43	2,608	6	2	0	0.28
23/24	47	1,373	10	0	0	0.66
22/23	39	0	12	0	0	0
21/22	17	0	2	1	1	0
20/21	17	561	2	0	0	0.32
19/20	23	775	5	0	0	0.58
18/19	46	3,802	12	1	0	0.31
17/18	44	3,771	8	0	0	0.19
16/17	42	888	3	0	0	0.3
15/16	27	2,213	5	1	1	0.28
14/15	15	1,170	2	0	0	0.15
13/14	12	0	3	0	0	0