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Liam Henderson

Liam Henderson

Midfield - Central Midfield  at UC Sampdoria
Age30
CitizenshipScotland
Height1.83 m
Footright
BornApril 25, 1996
at UC Sampdoria 290 days · joined 2025-08-07
👕200+ Apps 🎯50+ Assists 🏴25+ Caps
Market value €2.00m
Central Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

10
clubs played for
13/14
debut season
0.08
goals / match
FC Empoli
top club · 125 apps

Career highs

€3.00m
peak value · 2021
€1.50m
top transfer fee · 21/22
6
best season · 15/16
26 / 1
int'l caps / goals
359Appearances
28Goals
53Assists
61Yellow cards
2Red cards
96Full matches (90′)
Full nameLiam Henderson
Date of birth1996-04-25 (30 yrs)
Place of birthLivingston, Scotland
CitizenshipScotland
PositionMidfield - Central Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height183.00 m
Current clubUC Sampdoria
Joined2025-08-07
Contract expires2027-06-30
AgentES
Aug 2025
Transfer: FC Empoli → Sampdoria
25/26 · Transfer
Jul 2025
25/26 — UC Sampdoria
3 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2024
24/25 — FC Empoli
41 matches · 0 G · 6 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2024
Transfer: Palermo → FC Empoli
23/24 · Return from loan
Aug 2023
Transfer: FC Empoli → Palermo
23/24 · Loan
Jul 2023
23/24 — FC Empoli, Palermo FC
33 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2022
22/23 — FC Empoli
26 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2021
Transfer: Lecce → FC Empoli
21/22 · Transfer · €1.50m
Jul 2021
21/22 — FC Empoli
40 matches · 2 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Sep 2020
Transfer: Hellas Verona → Lecce
20/21 · Transfer · €600k
Aug 2020
Transfer: FC Empoli → Hellas Verona
19/20 · Return from loan
Jul 2020
20/21 — US Lecce
42 matches · 4 G · 9 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2020
Transfer: Hellas Verona → FC Empoli
19/20 · Loan
Jul 2019
19/20 — Hellas Verona, FC Empoli
21 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Aug 2018
Transfer: Bari → Hellas Verona
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — Hellas Verona
30 matches · 3 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2018
Transfer: Celtic → Bari
17/18 · Transfer · €120k
Jul 2017
17/18 — Celtic FC, FC Bari 1908
20 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Celtic FC
13 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
May 2016
Transfer: Hibernian FC → Celtic
15/16 · Return from loan
Aug 2015
Transfer: Celtic → Hibernian FC
15/16 · Loan
Jul 2015
15/16 — Hibernian FC, Celtic FC
49 matches · 6 G · 16 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2015
2015 — Rosenborg BK
13 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2015
Transfer: Rosenborg → Celtic
14/15 · Return from loan
Mar 2015
Transfer: Celtic → Rosenborg
14/15 · Loan
Jul 2014
14/15 — Celtic FC
14 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: Celtic U20 → Celtic
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — Celtic FC, Celtic FC UEFA U19
14 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2013
Transfer: Celtic U17 → Celtic U20
13/14 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €3.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 61 other Midfield - Central Midfields 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
0
G+A1 total · 1.00/90
95
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
80
8,658 min
Minutes played by club
UC Sampdoria 1.0%
FC Empoli 25.9%
Palermo FC 14.0%
Rosenborg BK 4.2%
US Lecce 12.3%
Hellas Verona 5.5%
FC Bari 1908 7.8%
Celtic FC 14.3%
Hibernian FC 8.8%
Celtic FC UEFA U19 6.2%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
UC Sampdoria 1 25/26 25/26 3 1 0 90
FC Empoli 5 19/20 24/25 125 3 15 2,242
Palermo FC 1 23/24 23/24 31 1 4 1,213
Rosenborg BK 1 2015 2015 13 4 0 360
US Lecce 1 20/21 20/21 42 4 9 1,062
Hellas Verona 2 18/19 19/20 35 3 5 475
FC Bari 1908 1 17/18 17/18 19 2 2 676
Celtic FC 5 13/14 17/18 37 3 2 1,238
Hibernian FC 1 15/16 15/16 48 6 16 762
Celtic FC UEFA U19 1 13/14 13/14 6 1 0 540

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

6€750K11€1.5M17€2.3M22€3M13/14 — 2 goals (Celtic FC UEFA U19)213/1414/15 — 1 goals (Celtic FC)14/15 — 1 assists214/1515/16 — 6 goals (Hibernian FC)15/16 — 16 assists2215/1616/17 — 1 goals (Celtic FC)16/17 — 1 assists216/1717/18 — 2 goals (FC Bari 1908)17/18 — 2 assists417/1818/19 — 3 goals (Hellas Verona)18/19 — 5 assists818/1919/20 — 1 goals (FC Empoli)19/20 — 4 assists519/2020/21 — 4 goals (US Lecce)20/21 — 9 assists1320/212015 — 4 goals (Rosenborg BK)4201521/22 — 2 goals (FC Empoli)21/22 — 4 assists621/2222/23 — 1 assists122/2323/24 — 1 goals (Palermo FC)23/24 — 4 assists523/2424/25 — 6 assists624/2525/26 — 1 goals (UC Sampdoria)125/2614/15 — €300K15/16 — €450K17/18 — €600K18/19 — €1.5M19/20 — €1.4M20/21 — €1.5M21/22 — €3M22/23 — €3M23/24 — €2.5M24/25 — €1.4M25/26 — €2MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

13/14: 2213/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 6615/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 3318/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 4420/212015: 44201521/22: 2221/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 1123/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 1125/26

Assists by season

13/14: 0013/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 161615/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 5518/1919/20: 4419/2020/21: 9920/212015: 00201521/22: 4421/2222/23: 1122/2323/24: 4423/2424/25: 6624/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Italy Cup UC Sampdoria 1 1 0 0 0 90
25/26 Serie B UC Sampdoria 2 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Italy Cup FC Empoli 5 0 2 1 0 0
24/25 Serie A FC Empoli 36 0 4 10 0 0
23/24 Italy Cup FC Empoli 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Serie A FC Empoli 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Serie B Palermo FC 30 1 4 3 0 1,213
23/24 Serie B Play-off Palermo FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Italy Cup FC Empoli 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Serie A FC Empoli 25 0 1 9 0 0
21/22 Italy Cup FC Empoli 2 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Serie A FC Empoli 38 2 4 4 0 1,009
2015 NM-Cup Rosenborg BK 4 1 0 0 0 321
2015 Tippeligaen Rosenborg BK 9 3 0 0 0 39
20/21 Italy Cup US Lecce 2 1 0 2 0 210
20/21 Serie B US Lecce 38 3 9 4 0 852
20/21 Serie B Play-off US Lecce 2 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Italy Cup Hellas Verona 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Serie A Hellas Verona 4 0 0 1 0 0
19/20 Serie B FC Empoli 15 1 4 6 1 1,233
19/20 Serie B Play-off FC Empoli 1 0 0 1 0 0
18/19 Italy Cup Hellas Verona 2 0 2 0 0 0
18/19 Serie B Hellas Verona 23 3 3 1 0 475
18/19 Serie B Play-off Hellas Verona 5 0 0 1 0 0
17/18 Premiership Celtic FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Serie B FC Bari 1908 18 2 2 5 1 676
17/18 Serie B Play-off FC Bari 1908 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Betfred Cup Celtic FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Champions League Celtic FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Champions League Qu. Celtic FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Premiership Celtic FC 10 1 1 1 0 463
16/17 SFA Cup Celtic FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Championship Hibernian FC 32 5 10 8 0 487
15/16 Premiership Celtic FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Premiership Play-offs Hibernian FC 4 1 1 0 0 275
15/16 SCL by Utilita Hibernian FC 5 0 2 1 0 0
15/16 SFA Cup Hibernian FC 7 0 3 0 0 0
14/15 Champions League Qu. Celtic FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Europa League Celtic FC 2 0 1 1 0 0
14/15 League Cup Celtic FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Premiership Celtic FC 9 1 0 0 0 419
14/15 SFA Cup Celtic FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Premiership Celtic FC 8 1 0 1 0 356
13/14 UEFA Youth League Celtic FC UEFA U19 6 1 0 1 0 540
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
13/14 2013-07-01 Celtic U17 Celtic U20 Transfer 0
14/15 2014-07-01 Celtic U20 Celtic Transfer 0
14/15 2015-03-31 Celtic Rosenborg Loan 300000
14/15 2015-06-27 Rosenborg Celtic Return from loan 300000
15/16 2015-08-14 Celtic Hibernian FC Loan 300000
15/16 2016-05-31 Hibernian FC Celtic Return from loan 450000
17/18 2018-01-17 Celtic Bari Transfer 450000 €120k
18/19 2018-08-04 Bari Hellas Verona Transfer 1500000
19/20 2020-01-17 Hellas Verona FC Empoli Loan 1400000
19/20 2020-08-31 FC Empoli Hellas Verona Return from loan 1500000
20/21 2020-09-11 Hellas Verona Lecce Transfer 1500000 €600k
21/22 2021-08-11 Lecce FC Empoli Transfer 2200000 €1.50m
23/24 2023-08-28 FC Empoli Palermo Loan 2500000
23/24 2024-06-30 Palermo FC Empoli Return from loan 1400000
25/26 2025-08-07 FC Empoli Sampdoria Transfer 2000000

No recorded injuries.

Current€1.80m
Peak€3.00m
Low€300k
Δ since start+€1.50m
€300k€975k€1.65m€2.33m€3.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.70m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.10m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #34687 2 0 former national player
Team #31230 1 0 former national player
Team #30136 9 1 former national player
Team #25791 5 0 former national player
Team #16868 9 0 former national player

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

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
15/16 Championship Hibernian FC 5 32
18/19 Serie B Hellas Verona 3 23
20/21 Serie B US Lecce 3 38

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
15/16 Championship Hibernian FC 10 32
20/21 Serie B US Lecce 9 38
19/20 Serie B FC Empoli 4 15

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
23/24 2024-06-30 Palermo FC Empoli Return from loan €1.40m
23/24 2023-08-28 FC Empoli Palermo Loan €2.50m
19/20 2020-08-31 FC Empoli Hellas Verona Return from loan €1.50m
19/20 2020-01-17 Hellas Verona FC Empoli Loan €1.40m
15/16 2016-05-31 Hibernian FC Celtic Return from loan €450k
15/16 2015-08-14 Celtic Hibernian FC Loan €300k
14/15 2015-06-27 Rosenborg Celtic Return from loan €300k
14/15 2015-03-31 Celtic Rosenborg Loan €300k

Last 50 matches for UC Sampdoria 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.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2023-06-04 IT1 SSC Napoli 2–0 UC Sampdoria Available
2023-05-26 IT1 UC Sampdoria 2–2 US Sassuolo Calcio Available
2023-05-20 IT1 AC Milan 5–1 UC Sampdoria Available
2023-05-15 IT1 UC Sampdoria 1–1 Empoli FC Available
2023-05-08 IT1 Udinese Calcio 2–0 UC Sampdoria Available
2023-05-03 IT1 UC Sampdoria 0–2 Torino FC Available
2023-04-30 IT1 ACF Fiorentina 5–0 UC Sampdoria Available
2023-04-22 IT1 UC Sampdoria 1–1 Spezia Calcio Available
2023-04-16 IT1 US Lecce 1–1 UC Sampdoria Available
2023-04-08 IT1 UC Sampdoria 2–3 US Cremonese Available
2023-04-02 IT1 AS Roma 3–0 UC Sampdoria Available
2023-03-19 IT1 UC Sampdoria 3–1 Hellas Verona FC Available
2023-03-12 IT1 Juventus FC 4–2 UC Sampdoria Available
2023-03-05 IT1 UC Sampdoria 0–0 US Salernitana 1919 Available
2023-02-27 IT1 SS Lazio 1–0 UC Sampdoria Available
2023-02-18 IT1 UC Sampdoria 1–2 Bologna FC 1909 Available
2023-02-13 IT1 UC Sampdoria 0–0 FC Internazionale Milano Available
2023-02-06 IT1 AC Monza 2–2 UC Sampdoria Available
2023-01-28 IT1 Atalanta BC 2–0 UC Sampdoria Available
2023-01-22 IT1 UC Sampdoria 0–1 Udinese Calcio Available
2023-01-16 IT1 Empoli FC 1–0 UC Sampdoria Available
2023-01-08 IT1 UC Sampdoria 0–2 SSC Napoli Available
2023-01-04 IT1 US Sassuolo Calcio 1–2 UC Sampdoria Available
2022-11-12 IT1 UC Sampdoria 0–2 US Lecce Available
2022-11-09 IT1 Torino FC 2–0 UC Sampdoria Available
2022-11-06 IT1 UC Sampdoria 0–2 ACF Fiorentina Available
2022-10-29 IT1 FC Internazionale Milano 3–0 UC Sampdoria Available
2022-10-24 IT1 US Cremonese 0–1 UC Sampdoria Available
2022-10-17 IT1 UC Sampdoria 0–1 AS Roma Available
2022-10-08 IT1 Bologna FC 1909 1–1 UC Sampdoria Available
2022-10-02 IT1 UC Sampdoria 0–3 AC Monza Available
2022-09-17 IT1 Spezia Calcio 2–1 UC Sampdoria Available
2022-09-10 IT1 UC Sampdoria 1–2 AC Milan Available
2022-09-04 IT1 Hellas Verona FC 2–1 UC Sampdoria Available
2022-08-31 IT1 UC Sampdoria 1–1 SS Lazio Available
2022-08-28 IT1 US Salernitana 1919 4–0 UC Sampdoria Available
2022-08-22 IT1 UC Sampdoria 0–0 Juventus FC Available
2022-08-13 IT1 UC Sampdoria 0–2 Atalanta BC Available
2022-05-22 IT1 FC Internazionale Milano 3–0 UC Sampdoria Available
2022-05-16 IT1 UC Sampdoria 4–1 ACF Fiorentina Available
2022-05-07 IT1 SS Lazio 2–0 UC Sampdoria Available
2022-04-30 IT1 UC Sampdoria 1–0 Genoa CFC Available
2022-04-23 IT1 Hellas Verona FC 1–1 UC Sampdoria Available
2022-04-16 IT1 UC Sampdoria 1–2 US Salernitana 1919 Available
2022-04-11 IT1 Bologna FC 1909 2–0 UC Sampdoria Available
2022-04-03 IT1 UC Sampdoria 0–1 AS Roma Available
2022-03-20 IT1 Venezia FC 0–2 UC Sampdoria Available
2022-03-12 IT1 UC Sampdoria 1–3 Juventus FC Available
2022-03-05 IT1 Udinese Calcio 2–1 UC Sampdoria Available
2022-02-28 IT1 Atalanta BC 4–0 UC Sampdoria Available

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

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Livingston FC 28 12 11 5 50 29 +21 43%
Kilmarnock FC 27 16 7 4 54 29 +25 59%
St. Mirren FC 27 19 5 3 56 23 +33 70%
Aberdeen FC 26 15 5 6 47 28 +19 58%
Rangers FC 26 6 7 13 22 41 -19 23%
Motherwell FC 26 16 6 4 55 23 +32 62%
Brescia Calcio 24 9 6 9 36 39 -3 38%
St. Johnstone FC 23 14 5 4 49 17 +32 61%
Spezia Calcio 22 8 6 8 27 27 0 36%
AC Milan 22 3 6 13 20 39 -19 14%
AS Roma 21 1 5 15 11 36 -25 5%
ACF Fiorentina 21 9 5 7 34 36 -2 43%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
13/14 Senior debut season
13/14 First senior goal

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

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 41 0 11 0 0 0
23/24 33 1,213 3 0 0 0.22
22/23 26 0 9 0 0 0
21/22 40 1,009 4 0 0 0.36
20/21 42 1,062 6 0 0 0.51
19/20 21 1,233 8 0 1 0.66
18/19 30 475 2 0 0 0.38
17/18 20 676 5 0 1 0.8
16/17 13 463 1 0 0 0.19
15/16 49 762 9 0 0 1.06
14/15 14 419 1 0 0 0.21
13/14 14 896 2 0 0 0.2

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Serie B
126 apps
10 G
22 A
Championship
32 apps
5 G
10 A
Premiership
29 apps
3 G
1 A
Tippeligaen
9 apps
3 G
0 A
Serie A
104 apps
2 G
9 A
Italy Cup
15 apps
2 G
4 A
Premiership Play-offs
4 apps
1 G
1 A
NM-Cup
4 apps
1 G
0 A
UEFA Youth League
6 apps
1 G
0 A
SFA Cup
9 apps
0 G
3 A

Frequently asked about Liam Henderson

Who is Liam Henderson?

Liam Henderson is a Scotland professional footballer who plays as a central midfield for UC Sampdoria.

How old is Liam Henderson?

Liam Henderson is 30 years old. He was born on April 25, 1996 in Livingston.

What position does Liam Henderson play?

Liam Henderson plays as a central midfield (Midfield - Central Midfield).

What club does Liam Henderson play for?

Liam Henderson currently plays for UC Sampdoria.

How many career goals has Liam Henderson scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Liam Henderson has scored 28 goals in 359 appearances.

What is Liam Henderson's market value?

Liam Henderson's most recent reported market value is €2.00m.