Callum McGregor, born in Glasgow on 14 June 1993 (age 32), has become one of the central Celtic figures of the modern era. The local connection matters because his career has never felt detached from the club around him. He is now Celtic captain, wears number 42, and remains a fixture in the side rather than a ceremonial presence.
His senior grounding came away from Celtic at Notts County, where he scored on debut and produced the most productive league season of his career, with 12 goals in 37 appearances in 2013-14. That spell did its job. He returned to Celtic in July 2014 sharper, more trusted, and ready to make an immediate impact.
McGregor scored on his Celtic first-team debut, with European qualifying ties forming part of his early breakthrough. An early hat-trick had already hinted at his end product, and a long-term contract followed in the early part of his senior career. He settled into midfield, increasingly in the deeper role, but kept a goal return that has always been unusually high for a player asked to do so much of the less decorative work.
Across 12 seasons at Celtic, he has made 385 league appearances and scored 52 league goals. That tells the shape of the career plainly enough. He has also won 11 Premiership titles, seven League Cups and five Scottish Cups with the club, while finishing runner-up in two Scottish Cups and one Premiership. These are not passing honours picked up from the edge of a squad; McGregor has been in the middle of most of it.
In 2025-26, he has remained heavily involved, making 57 appearances in all competitions for Celtic and scoring three goals, including 37 league appearances and two league goals. His current market value is around £1.5m, according to Transfermarkt, though his value to Celtic has long been measured in rather more practical terms.
McGregor’s career is overwhelmingly a Celtic one: Glasgow-born, developed at the club, hardened by a useful loan spell, then established as captain and long-serving midfielder. It is a career built on durability, intelligence and a level of consistency Celtic have leaned on for years.
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