Jeffrey Schlupp, born on 23 December 1992 (age 33), is a Ghanaian left-sided defender and midfielder who has spent most of his senior career in England. He is 5ft 10in (1.78m) and 11st 5lb (72kg), and is primarily listed as a left-back.
His early career took shape through Leicester City and Brentford, with those spells giving him the first proper run of senior football. His most productive league campaign came in 2010 - 2011, when he scored five goals in nine appearances, a small sample but a useful sign of the directness that was part of his game before he settled into a more functional role.
Crystal Palace is the club that defines his career. Across nine seasons at Selhurst Park, Schlupp made 220 league appearances and scored 18 league goals. That is not a footnote spell or a passing stop; it is the bulk of his professional life, built on availability, versatility and a decent understanding of what Premier League survival tends to require.
Schlupp joined Celtic from Crystal Palace in February 2025. He had also been linked with a move to Celtic in August 2024 and again in February 2025. The move brought in an experienced player rather than a project, with the usual caveat that experience is only useful if the legs still obey the instructions.
After Celtic, Schlupp moved on to Norwich City, where he was listed as a left-back and made nine league appearances without scoring in 2025 - 2026. His market value is around £1.5m, according to Transfermarkt.
Schlupp’s career has been shaped above all by his long Crystal Palace spell, with shorter chapters at Leicester City, Brentford, Celtic and Norwich City around it. It is the profile of a durable, established senior player rather than a headline act.
