Paul William Lawson (born 15 May 1984) is a Scottish professional footballer and manager who plays (as a central midfielder) and previously managed Formartine United in the Highland Football League. He has previously played for Celtic, St Johnstone, St Mirren, Ross County and Motherwell. Club career Celtic Born in Aberdeen, Lawson began his career at Celtic where he was captain of the reserves side, and was a regular for the Scotland national under-21 football team. On 5 December 2005, Lawson signed a contract with Celtic, until 2008. Lawson played at right-back for Celtic in pre-season of 2006–07 against teams such as Manchester United and on the first game of the season in the 4–1 defeat of Kilmarnock which put them top of the league. Loan Spell Lawson spent the first half of the 2006–07 season on loan at Scottish First Division club St Johnstone, scoring his first professional goal against Queen of the South. He returned to Parkhead in December 2006. After being an unused substitute in Celtic's 2–0 defeat of Kilmarnock on 2 January 2007, Lawson completed a second loan move, this time to St Mirren. Ross County Lawson was released by Celtic in the summer of 2007, and he then signed for Ross County on 31 August 2007. He made his debut in the second round of the Scottish Challenge Cup, in a 2–0 loss against St Johnstone. Two weeks later, on 15 September 2007, he made his league debut in a 2–0 win over Raith Rovers. On 5 January 2008, Lawson then received a red card during a 1–0 win against Raith Rovers. On 23 February 2008, Lawson scored a "stunning strike", his first goal for the club, in a 3–2 win over Queen's Park. After the match, Lawson said he hadn't experienced scoring enough to know how to celebrate. In the final game of the season, Lawson scored again, in a 4–0 win over Berwick Rangers. Lawson Made 28 appearances scored twice during his first season with the club. During the season, Ross County won promotion to the First Division after winning the Second Division Lawson's second season at Ross County was frustrating due to his own injury concerns and the fact that his contract was due to expire at the end of the season. Lawson signed a one-year deal with the club in May 2009. While in his third season, Lawson would regain his form