the 2011 Nations Cup matches in May 2011, claiming that he was exhausted at the end of the 2010–11 season. Injuries and loss of form meant that he was not selected during the 2011–12 season by Scotland manager Craig Levein. Despite Commons showing improved form early in the 2012–13 season, Levein claimed that he would not pick Commons because he had seven alternative players available. On 21 May 2013, Commons announced his retirement from international football, having won 12 caps and scored two goals for Scotland. Personal life Commons was educated at Quarrydale School in Sutton-in-Ashfield. His younger brother Spencer was also a footballer, but his career was ended after he suffered a knee injury in 2002. He lives with his fiancée Lisa Hague and the couple have four children; Lola, April, William and Jax. The couple's first child, Lola, was still-born in 2008 and Lisa has since become an ambassador for SiMBA, a Scots charity that helps families cope with the ordeal of stillbirth and preserve memories of their children. She has also set up her own charity, the Lola Commons Fund, which is intended to raise funds to create special care rooms for grieving parents at every maternity unit in Scotland. Career statistics Club International Honours Celtic Scottish Premiership: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 Scottish Cup: 2011, 2013 Scottish League Cup: 2015 Individual PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year: 2013–14 SFWA Footballer of the Year: 2013–14 PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08 Football League One See also List of Scotland international footballers born outside Scotland References External links 1983 births Living people Footballers from Mansfield English footballers Scottish footballers Scotland international footballers Association football wingers Stoke City F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Derby County F.C. players Celtic F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Premier League players English people of Scottish descent Scottish Professional Football League players Scottish league football top scorers Hibernian F.C. players