Liam Donnelly, born on 7 March 1996 (age 30), is a Northern Ireland midfielder who has settled into a largely functional role as a central defensive midfielder for St Mirren. Wearing number four, he remains part of their regular first-team picture rather than a name drifting around the edges.
His most productive league season came with Motherwell in 2019-2020, when he scored seven goals in 22 appearances. That return stands out in a career otherwise shaped more by structure and reliability than by attacking numbers, which is usually how these things go for players asked to tidy up the awkward parts of midfield.
In 2025-2026, Donnelly has made 17 league appearances for St Mirren, scoring one league goal, and has also played three times in the Scottish Cup. Across all competitions for the Paisley side this season, he has 20 appearances and one goal.
Donnelly’s career to date has been that of an established Premiership professional: useful, experienced, and still involved regularly at St Mirren. He is not a headline act, but he continues to have a clear place in the side.
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