Charles Patrick Mulgrew (born 6 March 1986) is a Scottish former professional footballer and current manager of Scottish League One side Kelty Hearts Mulgrew began his career at Celtic, during which time he spent time on loan at Dundee United.

[6] Having progressed through Celtic's youth system alongside Aiden McGeady,[5] Mulgrew turned professional in July 2002.

[citation needed] He won the Scottish Youth Cup with the club in 2004–05, beating St Mirren 2–0 at Hampden Park.

[7] In order for him to gain competitive experience, in January 2006 Mulgrew was loaned out to fellow SPL side Dundee United for the remainder of the 2005–06 season.

[8] A successful spell at Tannadice saw him feature regularly, scoring twice (both free kicks)[9] in 14 appearances[10] and being named SPL Young Player of the Month for February.

[10] Mulgrew was loaned out to English League One side Southend United at the end of the January transfer window for the remainder of the 2007–08 season,[15] which saw the club lose in the play-offs to Doncaster Rovers.

[20] Mulgrew scored the only goal against Motherwell at Fir Park on 16 August 2008 with a left-footed free kick, in his second competitive match for Aberdeen.

[26] In October 2009, Mulgrew was offered a new contract by Aberdeen,[27] but he rejected the deal and left the club at the end of the 2009–10 season.

[32] On 29 January, he deputised for Daniel Majstorović at centre back against former team Aberdeen in a 4–1 League Cup semi-final win at Hampden Park.

He scored his first goal for Celtic in that game, nodding home Kris Commons' corner from close range.

He scored the final goal of Celtic's 3–0 win with a free kick into the top corner, and helped earn him his first medal in football.

[36] On 25 August 2011, Mulgrew continued his set piece record by scoring a free kick in Celtic's 1–3 defeat to Sion in their second leg UEFA Europa League qualifier.

[39] On 7 April 2012, Celtic beat Kilmarnock at Rugby Park to confirm them as Scottish Premier League champions.

On 1 August 2012, Mulgrew scored the winning goal in Celtic's 2–1 victory against HJK Helsinki in the first leg of the Champions League Third Qualifying Round.

[54] On 24 April 2018, Mulgrew scored the only goal of the game at Doncaster Rovers, which secured promotion back to the Championship.

[70] Following the retirement of former club teammate Scott Brown from international football in 2018, Mulgrew was chosen as the new captain of Scotland.