Conor Hazard

Conor William Hazard (born 5 March 1998) is a Northern Irish professional footballer from Downpatrick who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership club Celtic. He has previously spent time out on loan at Falkirk, Partick Thistle and two spells at Dundee.

Conor Hazard
Personal information
Full name Conor William Hazard[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998
Place of birth Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 65
Youth career
Cliftonville
2014–2017 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Celtic 5 (0)
2018 → Falkirk (loan) 11 (0)
2019 → Partick Thistle (loan) 11 (0)
2019 → Dundee (loan) 5 (0)
2020 → Dundee (loan) 6 (0)
National team‡
2013 Northern Ireland U16 5 (0)
2014 Northern Ireland U17 3 (0)
2015–2016 Northern Ireland U19 3 (0)
2018– Northern Ireland U21 12 (0)
2018– Northern Ireland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:23, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:18, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Career

Hazard started his career with Cliftonville before joining Celtic, his boyhood club,[3] in July 2014.[4] At the beginning of the 2017–18 season, Brendan Rodgers promoted Hazard to the Celtic first-team squad as third choice goalkeeper behind Craig Gordon and Dorus de Vries. On 8 September 2017, Hazard signed a new four-year contract with the Scottish champions.[5]

In January 2018, Hazard moved on loan to Scottish Championship club Falkirk.[6] He made his professional debut in a 3–1 victory over Brechin City on 6 February 2018.[7]

Hazard moved on loan to another Scottish Championship club, Partick Thistle, in January 2019.[8] He helped his side reach the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, taking Hearts to a replay where Hazard saved a penalty kick but conceded a late goal to lose 2-1 and exit the tournament.[9]

Hazard joined Dundee on an emergency loan in October 2019, replacing regular starter Jack Hamilton who was out after having his appendix removed.[10] Hazard played 5 games with Dundee before returning to Celtic in November following Hamilton's return.[11] After impressing Dundee manager James McPake during his short stint with the club, Hazard was brought back to the Dark Blues on loan for the rest of the season in January.[12] Hazard again took the starting spot in February, and only conceded one goal in his next 6 games, grabbing 5 consecutive clean sheets in the process. However, both Hazard's and Dundee's great run was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, causing the season to be ended early in April 2020.[13]

Hazard made his competitive debut for Celtic on 10 December 2020, in a 3–2 win over Lille in the Europa League. He made a good save near the end of the game from Isaac Lihadji to deny the French side an equaliser.[14][15] He made his first appearance for Celtic in the Scottish League three days later, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win over Kilmarnock.[16] Hazard started the 2020 Scottish Cup Final against Hearts. The match finished 3-3 after extra time before Celtic won the game in a penalty shootout, during which Hazard saved two penalties from Stephen Kingsley and Craig Wighton.[17][18]

International career

Hazard made his debut for the Northern Ireland under-19 team on 26 March 2016 at Sportpark Parkzicht in a 1–0 defeat to the Netherlands.[19] He made his first appearance at full international level for Northern Ireland on 3 June 2018, in a 3–0 defeat against Costa Rica.[20]

Career statistics
As of 23 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2]
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 2017–18 Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2018–19 Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2019–20 Scottish Premiership 0010000010
2020–21 Scottish Premiership 5000001[lower-alpha 1]060
Total 5010001070
Falkirk (loan) 2017–18 Scottish Championship 110100000120
Partick Thistle (loan) 2018–19 Scottish Championship 110400000150
Dundee (loan) 2019–20 Scottish Championship 5000000050
Dundee (loan) 2019–20 Scottish Championship 6000000060
Career total 380600010450

Notes
  1. Appearances in the Europa League

Honours

Celtic

References
  1. "European Championship 2020: Booking List before Qualifying Round Matchday 10" (PDF). UEFA. 17 November 2019. p. 3. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. "C. Hazard". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. "Reluctant goalie Conor Hazard making big progress at Celtic". Irish News. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. "Academy confirm first summer signing". Celtic. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. "Conor Hazard signs new four-year contract with Celtic". Celtic. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. "Conor Hazard joins Falkirk on loan". Celtic. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  7. "Falkirk 3–1 Brechin City". BBC Sport. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  8. "Partick Thistle sign Livingston defender Steven Saunders & Celtic keeper Conor Hazard on loan". BBC Sport. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  9. "Heart of Midlothian v Partick Thistle – 12th March 2019". ptfc.co.uk. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  10. "Conor joins". Dundee FC. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  11. "Jack's back". Dundee FC. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  12. "Conor returns". Dundee FC. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  13. "SPFL Resolution Approved By Clubs In All Four Divisions". SPFL.co.uk. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  14. Lindsay, Clive (10 December 2020). "Celtic 3 - 2 Lille". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  15. Cairney, James (10 December 2020). "Celtic 3-2 Lille recap - Turnbull marks European debut with goal". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  16. "Conor Hazard set for extended Celtic run and new contract as Neil Lennon explains Craig Gordon comparisons with young Northern Ireland keeper". Belfast Telegraph. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  17. "Celtic 3-3 Hearts". BBC. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  18. Celtic win fourth straight Scottish Cup as Hazard's shootout saves break Hearts, Ewan Murray, The Guardian, 20 December 2020
  19. "Netherlands U19 v Northern Ireland U19 Starting XIs, 26/03/2016, UEFA U19 Championship". goal.com. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  20. Ferguson, Paul (4 June 2018). "Celtic stopper Hazard keen to kick on with Northern Ireland after international debut". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
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