Scott Bain (born 22 November 1991) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Falkirk and the Scotland national team. Bain is an Aberdeen youth product, although never played in a competitive first team Aberdeen game. After playing on loan at Elgin City, he then played over 100 games for each of Alloa Athletic and Dundee. After playing initially on loan for Celtic, he subsequently played over 75 first team games for the club, mostly in the first three of his seven and a half seasons there.
Bain has played four times for the Scotland national team.
Club career Aberdeen Bain began his footballing career at Aberdeen's academy. Shortly after his promotion to the first team, he was loaned to Elgin City, where he made his professional debut.Scott Bain moves to Elgin; Aberdeen FC, 17 August 2010Elgin City 0–2 East Stirlingshire; SPFL, 21 August 2010 In May 2011, Bain was released by Aberdeen.
Alloa Athletic In June 2011, Bain signed a one-year contract with Scottish Third Division side Alloa Athletic.Hartley signs ex-Aberdeen FC player Bain for Alloa; Evening Express, 9 June 2011 He established himself as a first-team regular, and helped the club to consecutive promotions in his first two seasons.
Dundee On 29 May 2014, Bain signed a three-year contract with Dundee. Dundee snap up Kevin Thomson and Scott Bain with both players to be unveiled at Dens Park on Friday; Daily Record, 29 May 2014 He made his debut on 26 August 2014, in a 4–0 win against Raith Rovers in the Scottish League Cup. Bain made a first league appearance for Dundee in October 2014, when Kyle Letheren was injured during a pre-match exercise. On 6 April 2015, he signed a new contract with Dundee, extending his deal with the club until 2018. Bain was dropped from the Dundee first team squad by manager Neil McCann in November 2017, for unspecified disciplinary reasons.
Hibernian (loan) On 1 January 2018, it was announced that Bain had joined Hibernian on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season. Hibernian cancelled the loan on 31 January, which allowed Bain to join Celtic instead.
Celtic Bain joined Celtic on 31 January 2018, initially on loan from Dundee. Celtic needed another goalkeeper to provide competition for Dorus de Vries, following an injury to Craig Gordon. Bain made his first appearance for Celtic on 11 March, in a 3–2 win against Rangers, after de Vries suffered an injury in training.
With his contract with Dundee due to expire at the end of the 2017–18 season, Bain signed a four-year contract with Celtic in May 2018. Bain played regularly for Celtic after the January 2019 winter break.
In October 2019, he signed a one-year contract with the club.
His last game for Celtic was a 3–2 league home win against St Mirren on 18 May 2024. After failing to make a first team appearance during the 2024–25 season and just earning eight such appearances in total in the previous three seasons, Bain was released by Celtic at the end of the season.
Falkirk On 3 June 2025, Bain signed a one-year deal with Falkirk.
On 9 January 2026, Bain signed a two-year contract extension at Falkirk, with the option of an additional year; keeping him at the Falkirk Stadium until at least June 2028.
International career Due to an injury to Allan McGregor, Scotland manager Gordon Strachan called Bain into the national squad for a friendly with Qatar and a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match with the Republic of Ireland in June 2015.
Bain was recalled to the squad in May 2018 for friendly matches against Peru and Mexico, after McGregor again dropped out through injury. He made his first full international appearance on 2 June 2018, in a 1–0 defeat against Mexico. His second cap came in a 3–0 defeat against Kazakhstan on 21 March 2019 in Euro 2020 qualification.
Bain was recalled to the international squad in November 2025, six years since his last call-up. He finally gained his first cap of Steve Clarke's time as Scotland boss when he came on as a half-time substitute in a friendly against the Ivory Coast at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on 31 March 2026. Bain made an impressive save from Amad Diallo as the Scots lost 1-0.https://www.espn.co.uk/football/report/_/gameId/401859485
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueScottish CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAberdeen2010–11Scottish Premier League——————Elgin City (loan)2010–11Scottish Third Division110————110Alloa Athletic2011–12Scottish Third Division3002010—103402012–13Scottish Second Division3501010—504202013–14Scottish Championship3503020—10430Total10006040—701170Dundee2014–15Scottish Premiership2302010——2602015–163704010——4202016–173601020——3902017–181200060——180Total108070100——1250Hibernian (loan)2017–18Scottish Premiership00—————Celtic (loan)2017–18Scottish Premiership70————70Celtic2018–19Scottish Premiership200504020—3102019–2020200050—902020–21180200030—2302021–2220000020—402022–2310000000—102023–2430000000—302024–2500000000—00Total5309040120—780Falkirk2025–26Scottish Premiership3204030—003902026–27700000—0070Total37040300000440Career total3110260210120703770
Honours Alloa Athletic Scottish Third Division (1): 2011–12
Celtic Scottish Premiership (7): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 Scottish Cup (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2023–24 Scottish League Cup (4): 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25
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