Ryan Porteous

Watford On 27 January 2023, Porteous signed a contract with Watford which was due to run until the end of the 2026–27 season. He scored a goal during his first appearance for Watford, a 2–2 draw at Reading on 4 February.

Preston North End (loan) On 3 February 2025, Porteous joined EFL Championship side Preston North End on loan until the end of the season.

Los Angeles FC On 4 August 2025, Porteous signed for Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC until the end of the 2028 season, with an option to extend until 2029. Los Angeles FC also had to pay Toronto FC $100,000 in Discovery Priority rights to complete the signing.

International career Porteous was named in the Scotland under-19 squad for the elite round of qualification for the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. the team lost to Turkey in a penalty-out and finished fourth. After he made his debut at the tournament, he made 14 appearances in total over the following two years.

He earned a first senior Scotland call-up for Euro 2020 qualifiers against Cyprus and Kazakhstan in November 2019, but did not play in either fixture. He was added to squads in October 2020 and November 2021.

Porteous was recalled to the squad in September 2022 and, following injuries to Kieran Tierney and Scott McKenna, made his full international debut in a Nations League match with Ukraine. Porteous was singled out for praise by his teammates, manager and members of the media, with boss Steve Clarke describing his performance as "outstanding" and pundit Michael Stewart hailing a "debut to remember". Captain John McGinn, a former teammate at Hibernian, said "(Porteous) was first class. A 10-out-of-10 performance. If he keeps on performing like that there's no doubt he can be a Scotland regular for years to come."

He scored his first international goal on 8 September 2023, during a 3–0 win in a Euro 2024 qualifier against Cyprus.

On 7 June 2024, Porteous was named in Scotland's squad for the UEFA Euro 2024 finals in Germany. A week later, he started the opening match of the competition against Germany and was shown a red card in the 45th minute for a foul on İlkay Gündoğan. The foul also resulted in a penalty kick, which was scored by Kai Havertz to make the score 3–0 in an eventual 5–1 loss for the Scots. UEFA later announced that Porteous would be suspended for Scotland's remaining two group stage games for "serious rough play". Scotland would be eliminated after finishing bottom of their group and Porteous was accordingly denied a second Euro appearance.

Personal life His older sister Emma is also a footballer who played for Hibernian and was selected for Scotland at youth level before taking a university scholarship in Pennsylvania to combine her sporting and academic studies. Ryan missed her graduation to play for Scotland Under-21s.

As of 2018, Porteous was signed to an agency operated by tennis player Andy Murray.

In October 2020, Porteous declared his support for the Common Goal charity.

Porteous was fined by both a court and Hibernian in June 2022, after he pleaded guilty to a charge of culpable and reckless conduct for hitting a woman with a plastic tumbler.

Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals

2017–18

2018–19

2019–20

2021–22

2022–23

120!!11!!11!!0!!17!!2!!9!!0!!157!!13 Edinburgh City (loan) 2016–17 Scottish League Two

2017–18

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Porteous goal