![]() McLeish as Aston Villa manager in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander McLeish[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 21 January 1959||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Glasgow United | |||
1976–1978 | Aberdeen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1994 | Aberdeen | 493 | (25) |
1976 | → Lewis United | ||
1994–1995 | Motherwell | 3 | (0) |
Total | 496 | (25) | |
National team | |||
1978–1987 | Scotland U21[2] | 6 | (0) |
1980–1993 | Scotland[3] | 77 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1994–1998 | Motherwell | ||
1998–2001 | Hibernian | ||
2001–2006 | Rangers | ||
2007 | Scotland | ||
2007 | Scotland B | ||
2007–2011 | Birmingham City | ||
2011–2012 | Aston Villa | ||
2012–2013 | Nottingham Forest | ||
2014–2015 | Genk | ||
2016 | Zamalek | ||
2018–2019 | Scotland | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Alexander McLeish OBE (born 21 January 1959[4]) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player.
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aberdeen | 1977–78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1978–79 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
1979–80 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 3 | |
1980–81 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 3 | |
1981–82 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 6 | |
1982–83 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 54 | 3 | |
1983–84 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 59 | 2 | |
1984–85 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
1985–86 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 4 | |
1986–87 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 3 | |
1987–88 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
1988–89 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
1989–90 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 2 | |
1990–91 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
1991–92 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
1992–93 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
1993–94 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 1 | |
Motherwell | 1994–95 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Career total | 496 | 25 | 68 | 2 | 74 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 695 | 30 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Scotland[6] | 1980 | 7 | 0 |
1981 | 6 | 0 | |
1982 | 4 | 0 | |
1983 | 10 | 0 | |
1984 | 6 | 0 | |
1985 | 8 | 0 | |
1986 | 3 | 0 | |
1987 | 6 | 0 | |
1988 | 8 | 0 | |
1989 | 8 | 0 | |
1990 | 8 | 0 | |
1991 | 2 | 0 | |
1992 | — | ||
1993 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 77 | 0 |
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Motherwell | 13 July 1994 | 10 February 1998 | 156 | 48 | 45 | 63 | 30.8 |
Hibernian | 11 February 1998 | 11 December 2001 | 164 | 77 | 42 | 45 | 47.0 |
Rangers | 13 December 2001 | 8 May 2006 | 235 | 155 | 44 | 36 | 66.0 |
Scotland | 29 January 2007 | 27 November 2007 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 70.0 |
Scotland B[8] | 7 February 2007 | 20 November 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Birmingham City | 28 November 2007 | 12 June 2011 | 168 | 62 | 51 | 55 | 36.9 |
Aston Villa | 17 June 2011 | 14 May 2012 | 42 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 21.4 |
Nottingham Forest | 27 December 2012 | 5 February 2013 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14.3 |
Genk | 22 August 2014 | 22 June 2015 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 51.4 |
Zamalek[9] | 28 February 2016 | 2 May 2016 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 60.0 |
Scotland | 16 February 2018 | 18 April 2019 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 41.7 |
Total | 841 | 388 | 215 | 238 | 46.1 |
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