Antony Paul Gallacher (born 23 July 1999) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Falkirk

Gallacher joined Falkirk as a graduate from the Forth Valley Football Academy in the summer of 2015, having played for the club's youth teams since the age of 10. He made his debut as a sixteen-year-old in a

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on 28 November 2015. He made his first league start in a

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match against

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on 17 December 2016. In January 2017, he was named as one of the '' Daily Record's'' and '' The Herald's'' Scottish footballing prospects for 2017. The latter reported that Gallacher had been scouted by

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sides

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and

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, as well as Scottish club

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Liverpool

On 25 January 2018,

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signed Gallacher after a successful trial for a fee of £200,000. Gallacher made his competitive debut for Liverpool on 17 December 2019, starting in a 5–0 League Cup defeat at

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. Liverpool had decided to play a shadow team in that match due to a scheduling clash with the

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. He featured primarily with the Liverpool U23s in the

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U23 league.

Toronto FC

On 14 September 2020, Gallacher joined Canadian club

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, on a loan until 31 December 2020. Due to the

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, he first had to complete a 14-day quarantine, and then the club had to play out the rest of the season in the United States, due to Canadian travel restrictions, meaning Gallacher did not get to spend any time in Toronto, instead spending the entire time on the road.

St Johnstone

Gallacher signed for

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in January 2022, on a contract that was due to run until the summer of 2024.

Hamilton Academical

In January 2025 he signed for

International career

Gallacher has been involved with

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at various youth age group levels.

Personal life

Tony is the nephew of

Jim Gallacher James Gallacher (born 29 March 1951) is a Scottish former football goalkeeper. Gallacher played for Arbroath and Clydebank in the Scottish Football League. He made over 600 league appearances for the ''Bankies'' in a career that spanned four deca ...

and cousin of

Paul Gallacher Paul James Gallacher (born 16 August 1979) is a Scottish former professional footballer who currently is the goalkeeping coach for Heart of Midlothian. Gallacher made eight appearances for the Scotland national team between 2002 and 2004. He ...

, both former goalkeepers.

Career statistics

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallacher, Tony 1999 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Falkirk F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Toronto FC players Major League Soccer players Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Scottish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada St Johnstone F.C. players 21st-century Scottish sportsmen Hamilton Academical F.C. players