# Conor Hazard

Conor William Hazard (born 5 March 1998) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle and the Northern Ireland national team.
He previously played for Celtic, where he was part of the team that won the 2020 Scottish Cup final, and spent time out on loan at Falkirk, Partick Thistle, Dundee (on two separate spells) and Finnish side HJK Helsinki, with whom he won the 2022 Veikkausliiga and played in the UEFA Europa League.

## Club career
### Celtic

Hazard started his career with Cliftonville before joining Celtic, his boyhood club, in July 2014.
At the beginning of the 2017–18 season, Brendan Rodgers promoted Hazard to the Celtic first-team squad as third choice goalkeeper behind Craig Gordon and Dorus de Vries. On 8 September 2017, Hazard signed a new four-year contract with the then Scottish champions.

#### Loans

In January 2018, Hazard moved on loan to Scottish Championship club Falkirk. He made his professional debut in a 3–1 victory over Brechin City on 6 February 2018.
Hazard moved on loan to another Scottish Championship club, Partick Thistle, in January 2019. He helped his side reach the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, taking Hearts to a replay where Hazard saved a penalty kick but conceded a late goal, the team ultimately losing 2–1 to exit the tournament.
Hazard joined Dundee on an emergency loan in October 2019, replacing regular starter Jack Hamilton who was out after having his appendix removed. Hazard played five games with Dundee before returning to Celtic in November following Hamilton's return. After impressing Dundee manager James McPake during his short stint with the club, Hazard was brought back to the Dark Blues on loan for the rest of the season in January. Hazard again took the starting spot in February, and only conceded one goal in his next six games, grabbing five consecutive clean sheets in the process. However, both Hazard's and Dundee's great run was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, causing the season to be ended early in April 2020.

#### 2020–21

Hazard made his competitive debut for Celtic on 10 December 2020, in a 3–2 win over Lille in the Europa League. He made a good save near the end of the game from Isaac Lihadji to deny the French side an equaliser. He made his first appearance for Celtic in the Scottish League three days later, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win over Kilmarnock. Hazard started the 2020 Scottish Cup Final against Hearts. The match finished 3–3 after extra time before Celtic won the game in a penalty shootout, during which Hazard saved two penalties from Stephen Kingsley and Craig Wighton. The Northern Irishman subsequently made five appearances in the Scottish Premiership, due to a goalkeeping crisis that involved both the original starter, Vasilis Barkas, and his second-choice, Scott Bain: one of the factors that cost Celtic their tenth consecutive title, as rivals Rangers won the league, instead.

#### 2021–22: HJK loan

Ever since the start of the 2021–22 season, with the appointment of Ange Postecoglou as the new Celtic manager, Hazard found himself at the bottom of the pecking order between the sticks of the Hoops (together with Barkas), as Joe Hart became the first-choice goalkeeper immediately after his signing, with Bain being confirmed as the main reserve and Tobi Oluwayemi being promoted to the first team.
After staying in Glasgow for the first part of the season, as he made the match-day squad on a few occasions, on 19 January 2022 Hazard officially joined Finnish side HJK Helsinki on loan for the rest of year. Hazard made his debut for HJK in a Finnish League Cup match against Inter Turku. Hazard had a successful season in goal for HJK both domestically and in Europe. He started in 24 league matches and 13 European matches, as HJK qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League, ultimately going out in the group stage. The season culminated in winning the Veikkausliiga title. Hazard was named as the Goalkeeper of the Year for the 2022 season. He was also named by the club's supporter group as their player of the season.

### Plymouth Argyle

On 11 July 2023, Hazard signed for newly promoted EFL Championship side Plymouth Argyle for an undisclosed fee. On 5 August 2023, he made his debut in a 3–1 win against Huddersfield Town.
On 9 February 2025, Hazard achieved a career highlight in the FA Cup after keeping a clean sheet in a victory over Premier League side Liverpool, when he made two key saves against Diogo Jota's volley and Darwin Núñez's close-range header in injury time to ensure Plymouth advance into the next stage of the competition.

## International career

Hazard made his debut for the Northern Ireland under-19 team on 26 March 2016 at Sportpark Parkzicht in a 1–0 defeat to the Netherlands. He made his first appearance at full international level for Northern Ireland on 3 June 2018, in a 3–0 defeat against Costa Rica.

## Career statistics

    As of 15 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Celtic | 2017–18 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Celtic | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Celtic | 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Celtic | 2020–21 | Scottish Premiership | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Celtic | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Falkirk (loan) | 2017–18 | Scottish Championship | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 |
| Partick Thistle (loan) | 2018–19 | Scottish Championship | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 |
| Dundee (loan) | 2019–20 | Scottish Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Dundee (loan) | 2019–20 | Scottish Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 |
| HJK Helsinki (loan) | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2023–24 | EFL Championship | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2024–25 | EFL Championship | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | Total | Total | 44 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 106 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 135 | 0 |
* ↑ Includes Scottish Cup, Finnish Cup and FA Cup
* ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup and EFL League Cup
* ↑ Appearances in the Europa League
* ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

## Honours

Celtic
* Scottish Cup: 2019–20
HJK
* Veikkausliiga: 2022
Individual
* Veikkausliiga Goalkeeper of the Year: 2022