Stuart McLaren
Personal information
Full name Stuart McLaren
Date of birth (1975-08-28) 28 August 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Centre Back, Central Midfielder
Youth career
Capalaba
Mount Gravatt
Berserker
1992–1993 AIS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Wollongong Wolves 11 (1)
1996–1998 Stirling Albion 28 (9)
1998–2004 Brisbane Strikers 128 (11)
2005–2008 Queensland Roar 34 (1)
2008 Perth Glory 4 (0)
International career‡
Australia U20
Managerial career
2003–2004 Brisbane Strikers
2008–2010 Brisbane Strikers
2010–2011 North Queensland Fury (assistant)
2011–2014 Loughborough University (head coach)
2014–2016 Stirling Albion
2018–2022 Scotland U16
2021 Scotland (women's – interim)
2022–2023 Celtic (u18s)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2007

Stuart McLaren (born 28 August 1975) is a Scottish/Australian football player and coach, who was most recently employed at Scottish club Celtic as U18 manager.

Biography

Queensland Roar coach Miron Bleiberg signed McLaren on a short-term contract in early November 2005. He was signed due to Josh McCloughlan's injury, playing as a defender as he did when he was a former player-coach with the Brisbane Strikers in the NSL. He was then signed as a permanent player and regularly played in the starting eleven, occasionally captaining the Queensland Roar.

McLaren left Australia in early 2011 returning to the United Kingdom to be nearer his place of birth with his family. In June 2011, he was appointed as head coach at Loughborough University. McLaren was appointed manager of Stirling Albion in November 2014,[1][2] but the Binos were relegated from Scottish League One at the end of the 2014–15 season. He left Stirling Albion by mutual consent in September 2016, following a 4–0 defeat by Elgin City.[3]

In October 2018, McLaren was appointed by the Scottish Football Association to be a national youth team coach, with responsibility for the Scotland U16 team.[4]

McLaren was appointed interim manager of the Scotland women's national football team in January 2021.[5] He remained in the role until the appointment of permanent manager Pedro Martinez Losa,[6] and left the SFA at the end of 2021.[7]

In January 2022, Celtic announced McLaren had joined them as their under-18s manager.[8] He remained at the club until his departure in December 2023.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 24 September 2016
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Stirling Albion Scotland 2014 2016 82 22 17 43 026.83

Honours

Brisbane Strikers

Loughborough University

Scotland U16

References

  1. ^ "Stirling Albion name Stuart McLaren and Martyn Corrigan as management duo". STV Sport. STV. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Stirling Albion appoint Stuart McLaren as new manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Binos part company with McLaren". SPFL. 24 September 2016. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Stuart McLaren confirmed as national youth team coach". Scottish FA. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Scotland: Stuart McLaren appointed interim head coach of women's side". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Pedro Martinez Losa: Scotland Women appoint former Arsenal and Bordeaux boss as new manager". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Stuart Glennie and James Grady appointed as Scotland Under-15s and Under-16s Head Coaches". www.scottishfa.co.uk. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  8. ^ FC, Celtic. "Stuart McLaren: Celtic's new Under-18 manager". Celtic FC. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Former Strikers on Show". Brisbane Roar. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Loughborough University coach". Loughborough Echo. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Scotland Under-16s crowned joint winners of 2019 Victory Shield". Scottish Football Association. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

External links

Stirling Albion F.C. – managers
Scotland women's national football team – managers
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