Years Team Role Football player 1961-1968 Celtic Career start 1961 | 1968-1970 St Mirren Career end 1970 Name Ian Young Position Defender | |
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Date of birth (1943-05-21)21 May 1943 Place of birth Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland Playing position | ||
Ian Young (born 21 May 1943) was a Scottish football player who played for Celtic and St Mirren. He signed for Celtic from Neilston Waverly in June 1961.
Young played 164 games for Celtic in major competitions, scoring 3 times, and won the Scottish Cup in 1965 and the Scottish League Championship in 1965/66. Among these 164 appearances were 19 in European competition including both legs of the European Cup Winners Cup semi-final against MTK Budapest in 1964 and both legs of the European Cup Winners Cup semi-final against Liverpool in 1966.
Young signed for St Mirren in the summer of 1968, where he played for a further two years.
Young was capped once at Under 23 level for Scotland, playing at Pittordrie in a 0-0 draw against England in February 1965.