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United Kingdom Kris Commons is a highly decorated former professional footballer, recognized for his impactful playmaking and prolific goal-scoring across various clubs and for the Scotland national team.
Kris Commons and Stefan Johansen promoted the brand new all-green Celtic away kit from New Balance, exclusively released in Celtic stores for fans.
Kris Commons and his partner Lisa Hague are ambassadors for SiMBA, a Scottish charity supporting families dealing with stillbirth. Lisa established the Lola Commons Fund to create special care rooms in maternity units across Scotland, honoring their stillborn daughter, Lola Grace Commons.
Kristian Arran Commons was born on August 30, 1983, in Mansfield, England. He began his football journey at Stoke City, signing a professional contract on his 17th birthday. After overcoming a significant anterior cruciate ligament injury early in his career, Commons made his league debut in August 2002. He scored his first goal for the club shortly after, in a 1-1 draw against Norwich City. Commons spent four years with Stoke City before moving to Nottingham Forest in July 2004. During his time at Nottingham Forest, he made over 150 appearances and helped the team achieve promotion to the Championship. His consistent performance, including a hat-trick against Yeading in the FA Cup, earned him the FA Cup Player of the First Round award twice.
In June 2008, Commons joined Derby County on a free transfer. Despite early injury setbacks, he excelled in a supporting striker role, notably scoring the winning goal against Manchester United in the League Cup semi-final in January 2009. He ended his first season at Derby with five goals from 30 league starts and was celebrated for crucial goals, including one against his former club, Nottingham Forest, named among Derby’s greatest. His impressive form continued into the 2010-11 season, where he scored 13 goals from 26 league starts before the January transfer window.
In January 2011, Commons transferred to Celtic for approximately £300,000, quickly establishing himself as a key player. He won five Scottish League Championships, two Scottish Cups, and one Scottish League Cup with Celtic. The 2013-14 season was a standout, as he finished as the top goal-scorer in Scotland with 32 goals and received both the PFA Scotland and Scottish Football Writers’ Player of the Year awards. He notably scored Celtic’s fastest-ever SPL goal in March 2013 and scored key goals in Champions League campaigns. After a brief loan spell with Hibernian in 2016-17, Commons retired from professional football in May 2017. He represented the Scotland national team, earning 12 caps and scoring two goals between 2008 and 2013, before announcing his retirement from international football to focus on his club career.
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