Ewan Henderson (born 27 March 2000) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Oostende, on loan from

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club Hibernian. Henderson has previously played for

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, Ross County and

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Club career

Celtic

Henderson came through the Celtic youth ranks, winning the

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with the under-17 team in 2017, as well as featuring in the

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. He made his senior debut for Celtic on 9 May 2018 against

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

in the

. He started his first game for Celtic on 24 February 2019, in a 4–1 home win over

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

in which he was named

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. On 2 September 2019, he moved on loan to Ross County. On 26 March 2021 he signed on loan for

Hibernian

On 6 January 2022 he moved on loan to Hibernian, with the transfer to become permanent in the summer. On 23 April 2022, Henderson scored his first goal for Hibernian, which proved decisive in a 1–0 win at St Mirren in the

. On 23 August 2023, Henderson joined Belgian side Oostende on loan for the remainder of the 2023-24 season with an option to buy.

International career

Henderson represented Scotland at under-17 youth international level.

Personal life

His older brother

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is also a footballer, and has also played for Celtic and Hibernian. Their father

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was also a footballer.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Ewan 2000 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's youth international footballers Scotland men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Celtic F.C. players Ross County F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Hibernian F.C. players K.V. Oostende players Challenger Pro League players Scottish expatriate men's footballers Scottish expatriates in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium