Ben Doak, born on 11 November 2005 (age 20), is a Scotland winger from Dalry. He came through at Celtic as a trainee, which gives his career a familiar starting point, even if most of the substance has come elsewhere.
He left Celtic for Liverpool in March 2022 for around £600,000, a move that took him into a different level of attention before his senior career had really settled. He later had spells with Liverpool and Bournemouth, but it was at Middlesbrough that he put together the clearest body of first-team work.
Middlesbrough has done most to shape his senior profile so far. In the 2024-25 season, he made 24 league appearances and scored three league goals, his most productive league campaign. For a player still early in his career, that was the spell with enough regular football to move him beyond promise and into something more measurable.
Doak is now a right winger for Bournemouth, where he has made one Premier League appearance in 2026-27. He has also been involved with Scotland this season, making three World Cup appearances and six World Cup Qualifiers Europe appearances, scoring once in qualifying. His market value is around £13.5m, according to Transfermarkt.
He was linked with a move to Celtic in August 2024 and again in August 2025, a natural enough line given his background. His career, though, has so far been shaped less by the club where he started than by the football he found after leaving, especially at Middlesbrough.
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