Luke Donnelly (born 20 January 1996) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for

Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. They compete in as a member of the Scottish Professional Football League. According to the official club hist ...

. Donnelly began his career as a youth player for

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and has since played for

East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish association football club based in the town of Falkirk. The club was founded in 1881 and competes in the , the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. The club's origins can b ...

, Morton, Queen's Park,

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and is in his second spell with Alloa.

Club career

Born in

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, Donnelly started his career with

playing regularly for their development side. Donnelly moved on a two-month loan to

in November 2014, which was later extended until the end of the season. On 21 May 2015, he scored Celtic's third goal in a 5–2 victory against

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as they won the

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. On 26 August 2016, Donnelly joined

on loan. He made his debut the following day as a substitute and scored in a 4–0 victory against

Albion Rovers Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They play in the , the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. Founded in October 1882, the club joined the Scottish Foot ...

. Donnelly then joined

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the . The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greenock Morton in 1994 to celebr ...

on loan in February 2017, for the remainder of the season. After leaving Celtic at the end of the 2016–17 season, Donnelly signed as an amateur for

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side Queen's Park for the 2017–18 season. In the summer of 2018, Donnelly signed for

. In January 2019, he then moved to

signing an eighteen-month contract. Donnelly returned to Alloa Athletic on 31 August 2022.

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* 1996 births Living people Men's association football forwards Celtic F.C. players East Stirlingshire F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players Stranraer F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers 21st-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-forward-1990s-stub