The stats behind Doohan's Premiership season
Ross Doohan is reportedly set to return to Celtic this summer [SNS]
Free agent Ross Doohan has been handed a first Scotland call-up to aid Steve Clarke's goalkeeper injury crisis.
The recently-departed Aberdeen keeper is also joined by Bournemouth teenager Callan McKenna in the squad travelling for Monday's friendly with Lichtenstein.
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The Celtic youth product, who is now a free agent, has been linked with a return to the Parkhead side after playing 18 times for the Dons last term.
Clarke is without squad regulars Craig Gordon, Liam Kelly and Zander Clark, as well as Robby McCrorie and Angus Gunn, who limped off in the opening stages of Friday's abject 3-1 defeat to Iceland.
That meant an unexpected debut off the bench for young Cieran Slicker, who endured a nightmare first cap.
Doohan offers Scotland more experience, having played over 180 first-team games in comparison to Slicker's tally of just seven, but what else does he bring?
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When confirming his Aberdeen departure last month, the Pittodrie club said Doohan "never let anyone down" during his time deputising in the absence of Dimitar Mitov last term.
An injury-time penalty save from Jorge Grant was his highlight, ensuring the Dons earned a goalless draw with Hearts back in January amid a woeful run of form.
That game was one of fifteen Doohan played in last season's Scottish Premiership. Across those matches he conceded 27 league goals, an average of 1.86 per game.
The former Celtic keeper's save percentage of 56% was the joint second worst in the division.
Nevertheless, Clarke will be relieved he has the option of a more experienced pair of hands to call on for a game he badly needs a positive result in.
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