Tony Watt was born in Coatbridge on 29 December 1993 (age 32), and came through Airdrieonians before Celtic paid around £100,000 for him in January 2011. A Scottish striker with obvious early promise, he arrived at a club where young forwards rarely get much patience, never mind a clear road.
His Celtic spell was brief but important to the shape of his career. He developed around the first-team picture, had spells away as part of that process, and left in July 2014 when Standard Liege paid around £1m. It was a decent return for Celtic, and a move that sent Watt into the more unsettled part of his career.
After Celtic, he took in Standard Liege, Charlton Athletic, Oud-Heverlee Leuven, St Johnstone, CSKA Sofia, Dundee United and Partick Thistle, with a more established period at Motherwell along the way. His best league return came at Dundee United in 2023-24, when he scored 13 goals in 36 appearances.
Watt is now with Partick Thistle, wearing squad number 32. In 2026-27 he has made 19 appearances for the club, scoring four times, with his goals coming in the League Cup and Scottish Cup. His current market value is around £128,000, according to Transfermarkt.
It has been a wide-ranging career since that early Celtic move: Scotland, England, Belgium and Bulgaria, with Watt settling into the role of an experienced forward rather than the prospect he once was.
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