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Trialists
Here is a non-definitive list of players who have had trials with Celtic, and the matches that they played in.
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| Du Wei 12 August 2005 Du Wei spent a recent trial spell at Celtic Park and said he had built a good relationship with the Glasgow club's manager, Gordon Strachan, before returning to China | |
Ivaylo Petkov 8 August 2006 Bulgaria left-back Ivaylo Petkov is returning to his homeland after failing to win a contract with Celtic. The 30-year-old with 64 caps failed to impress manager Gordon Strachan after a two-day trial in Glasgow. | |
 | Ramon Nunez 16 December, 2004 Celtic have handed a trial to 19-year-old Honduran midfielder Ramon Nunez, who will be training with the Glasgow club for the next fortnight. The 5ft 5in teenager is currently with US outfit FC Dallas and has already completed his first training session. |
 | Henri Scheweleff 19 January, 2005 Celtic have given a trial to Finnish under-21 striker Henri Scheweleff |
 | Hossam Hassan Scored 4 goals in the Neuchatel match vs Celtic in a UEFA Cup tie in 1991. He was released at the end of the season so where does he go for a trial? Celtic, of course. He was Egyptian if I recall correctly, and never got a work permit. |
John Barnes was almost as prolific as MON holding trials. At one time he brought over 4 or 5 young Argentinian players at a time but they were never offered contracts. Next stop for them was St Johnstone, but they were strong enought to resist the glamour of Perth and turned down contract offers. | |
 | Nicolas Ouédec He also brought Ouedec when Larsson got injured. French internationalist in his day, but jobless has been at the time. |
 | Kevin Heenan 16 August, 2001, Arbroath winger Kevin Heenan has been offered a week's trial with Celtic after continuing last season's good form at the beginning of this campaign. The 19-year-old will arrive at Celtic Park a week on Monday where he will get the chance to impress Martin O'Neill. |
 | Milan Rapaic. Croatian international |
| Dani. Portugal international 23 September, 2003, Martin O'Neill has revealed that the Parkhead club will not be signing Portugese international Dani. The club and player have failed to thrash out an agreement over a contract although O'Neill hinted that the deal may not be completely dead. | |
| Oscar rubio. ended up at livi | |
Marcio Amoroso 14 May, 2004 Brazilian Marcio Amoroso is set to end his trial period with Celtic on Friday but manager Martin O'Neill is keen to have another look at the striker. The former Borussia Dortmund star arrived in Glasgow on Tuesday and trained with the Scottish champions. | |
 | Djemal Belmadi 7 July, 2005, Meanwhile, Algeria international Djamel Belmadi has arrived at Celtic Park to begin a trial spell that could see him cut short a spell in the Middle East with Al Ittihad. The 29-year-old has played for a number of European clubs over the past nine years, including Paris St Germain, Celta Vigo and Marseilles. |
 | Kevin McKenna 3 July, 2001 The 21-year-old Canadian international had previously had trials with Celtic and Everton. |
 | Ibrahim Tall 26 July 2005 Meanwhile, Hearts are reportedly interested in former Sochaux defender Ibrahim Tall. The 25-year-old Senegal international recently had a trial with Celtic. |
 | Sebastian Schemmel 11 July, 2005 Celtic have taken the former Portsmouth and West Ham defender Sebastien Schemmel on a week's trial. Schemmel has travelled with the rest of the squad to their training camp at Bisham Abbey |
Kevin Francks 1 August, 2002 Belgian midfielder Kevin Francks has begun a 10-day trial at Celtic in a bid to win a permanent switch from Real Madrid. It will be the third time the 20-year-old has trained at Parkhead having had two trial spells last season. The former Ghent playmaker joined Real Madrid two years ago but has found first-team opportunities difficult to come by. He told Celtic's official website: "I am here for 10 days and in that time I hope to win a contract. Francks played for a Celtic XI in a charity game against Fife junior side Steelend Vics on Wednesday night. | |
| Jorge Amaral - Portugese International that we had on trial about 7 or 8 years ago He played for the reserves at Barrowfield. There was a bit of despration at the time over new signings (whats new) and I remember it being reported the crowd at Barrowfield were singing 'sign him up'. He was at Barca at the time. He could have, in fact, played in the friendly at Parkhead they beat us 1-0? in, which Prosineki played in. | |
 | Joonas Kolkka 11 July, 2001, Finnish international Joonas Kolkka may be the first summer signing for Celtic manager Martin O'Neill. The PSV Eindhoven winger has joined the Parkhead side at their pre-season training camp at Bisham Abbey, Buckinghamshire. |
| Marcin Burkhardt 27 January, 2005 Polish international midfielder Marcin Burkhardt has arrived in Glasgow for a trial period with Celtic. The 21-year-old, who has won nine caps, has been given permission by his club Amica Wronki to seek a move elsewhere. | |
 | Lord-Kangana 1 April, 2002, Congo-born defender Lord-Kangana has also had offers from Aston Villa and West Ham United, as well as a trial at Rennes. But the Sweden Under-18 cap is set to return to Celtic Park following a successful trial period with the Scottish Premier League champions. |
 | Bill Tchato 31 January, 2005, Celtic have confirmed that they will not be pursuing their interest in Cameroon left-back Bill Tchato. The 29-year-old arrived from Kaiserslautern for a trial period at Celtic Park after falling out of favour with the Bundesliga outfit. |
Brad Friedel had a trial under Liam Brady. But the bold Liam felt he was no better than Bonner or Gordon Marshall | |
 | John Harkes was on trial as well before eventually going to Sheffield Wednesday. |
 | Fernando De Ornelas (short term contract?) Player against Bayern |
 | Marco Di Sousa Celtic's Brazilian trialist runs onto a low ball Marco Di Sousa, Celtic's Brazilian trialist runs onto a low ball 1/9/65 |
 | Justin Whittle Macari followed up a recommendation he had received from Pat Crerand, who had been impressed by a couple of lads he'd seen in an army cup final in Moenchengladbach. Justin Whittle and Gary Holt were invited to join the squad as trialists for a trip to Canada, and were subsequently given contracts. |
 | Gary Holt Holt was plucked from footballing obscurity when serving as a soldier in Germany. Signed by Lou Macari for Celtic in 1993, he failed to make any first team appearances and moved on to Stoke where the same occurred again |
 | Danny Milosevic 13 February, 2004 Celtic are considering signing Livingston goalkeeper Alan Main because back-up Danny Milosevic is "suffering personal problems". Milosevic, signed last month after being released by Leeds, has been given time off by the Glasgow club |
 | Thomas Hitzelsperger played with us in a friendly on the German tour in MoN's first season in which we were turned over by a collection of diddy teams. Apparantly MoN didn't fancy him... |
Philippe Christanval 24 August 2005 French international defender Philippe Christanval is in Glasgow for talks with Celtic about a possible move to the Glasgow club. The 26-year-old, who has six caps for his country, trained at Celtic Park on Wednesday morning. | |
| Charles-Edouard Coridon 23 August, 2004 Blackburn are considering offering a contract to Lens midfielder Charles Corridon, who is currently training with the club. The 31-year-old, who has previously been on trial at Celtic, is available on a free transfer. , played v Tottenham (Aug 10th) | |
| Andrea Capone (July 07) Celtic trialist Andrea Capone expects to have a clear idea of whether he will become the club's latest midfield recruit by the end of the week. The 26-year-old former Cagliari playmaker, who has also attracted interest from Parma, has taken part in one training session in Glasgow. | |
 Peltier | (16th Aug) Celtic are closing in on the signings of Trinidad & Tobago trio Lester Peltier, Khaleem Hyland and Atullah Guerra. The San Juan Jabloteh stars have been training at the Scottish champions for the past week after being invited over to Glasgow. Celtic's football development manager John Park has recommended the trio to Bhoys boss Gordon Strachan. The midfield trio are regarded as three of the brightest young talents to emerge from Trinidad & Tobago and Hyland has already featured for the national team. |
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