Robbie Deas (born 27 February 2000) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

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. ...

Club career

Celtic

Deas signed his first professional contract with

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in 2018. He scored the winning goal in stoppage time as Celtic youths beat Rangers 3–2 to lift the

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in May 2019.

Loan moves to Cowdenbeath and Alloa Athletic

On 23 August 2018, Deas joined

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club

Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 18 ...

on loan for the 2018–19 season. On 9 October 2018, he was named in the SPFL team of the week after a narrow 1–0 victory over

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. On 2 August 2019, Deas moved on loan to

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club

Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Formed as Alloa in 1880, the football club shortly changed its name to Alloa Association, and then to Alloa Ath ...

for the 2019–20 season.

Inverness CT

Deas left Celtic after the 2019–20 season and signed a three-year contract with

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. He played for Inverness in the

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, which they lost 3–1 to Celtic.

Kilmarnock

On 5 June 2023, it was announced that Deas had signed a two-year contract with

club

International career

Deas has represented Scotland at the under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels. Deas received his first call-up to the Scottish under-21 squad on 25 May 2021, alongside Inverness teammates

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and Cameron Harper, ahead of two friendlies against

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Personal life

Deas is the nephew of former footballer

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Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deas, Robbie 2000 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Scotland men's youth international footballers Celtic F.C. players Cowdenbeath F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players Scotland men's under-21 international footballers Footballers from Perth and Kinross Kilmarnock F.C. players