Donnelly's current-season form is level with last season (Season 12→12), while his Rating held around 20. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 23).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	ST Mirren · 2nd	2	0	0	6.9	20	12
2025/26	ST Mirren · 10th	17	1	0	6.91	20	12
2024/25	ST Mirren	22	2	0	6.88	—	—
2024/25	Kilmarnock · 9th	29	1	2	6.75	31	22
2023/24	Kilmarnock · 4th	30	0	0	6.81	35	14
2022/23	Kilmarnock · 3rd	22	2	0	6.88	40	23

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons in the full career.

Northern Ireland · international

Side	Apps	G
Northern Ireland	4	0
Northern Ireland U21	22	5
Northern Ireland U17	9	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Defensive midfielder

L. Donnelly is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder at ST Mirren, rated 20.4 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (23.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.92 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Donnelly.

On the season, Donnelly graded 12 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal, 0 assists and 4.924 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 12 → 12). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 20. At 30 Donnelly is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelRemarkably consistent

20.4

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

23.9%

Minutes

limited game time

4.92

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · ST Mirren finished 10th of 12 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

4.92

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (10th of 12) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 4.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 23.9% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 20.4 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %23.9%

Available fixtures40 of 40

Goals / 900.105

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.105

Defensive actions / 904.924

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.314

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~5), then tapers with age. At 30, Donnelly sits on 2.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Donnelly's projected Rating — 20.4 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Premiership with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles29

Interceptions14

Blocks4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

ST MirrenJul 2025 – nowFree Transfer

KilmarnockJul 2022 – Jul 2025Free

MotherwellJun 2018 – Jul 2022

HHartlepoolAug 2016 – Jun 2018Free

Crawley Town(on loan)Jul 2015 – Aug 2016

Fulhamuntil Jul 2015

About L. Donnelly

Liam Francis Peadar Donnelly is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for ST Mirren, born on March 7, 1996 in Dungannon, standing 181 cm tall. He is from Northern Ireland. ST Mirren currently sit 2nd of 12 in the Premiership.

This season

In the current season, L. Donnelly has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 53 minutes, averaging a 6.9 match rating over his last 2 rated games.

Recent matches

August 8, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs ST Johnstone (39 minutes, 6.9 rating)
August 1, 2026: 2-0 win away at Falkirk (14 minutes, 6.9 rating)

L. Donnelly's next match is on September 2, 2026, when ST Mirren face Kilmarnock away in the Premiership.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates L. Donnelly at 20.4 with a Season form score of 12. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, L. Donnelly has totalled 252 club appearances with 17 goals and 2 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2016/17, with 32 appearances for Hartlepool.

L. Donnelly's career has also included time at Kilmarnock, Motherwell, HHartlepool, Crawley Town and Fulham.

On the international stage, L. Donnelly has represented Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland U21, Northern Ireland U17 — 35 caps and 5 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.