Alex McLeish

Alexander McLeish OBE (born 21 January 1959[4]) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player.

Alex McLeish
OBE
McLeish as Aston Villa manager in 2012
Personal information
Full name Alexander McLeish[1]
Date of birth (1959-01-21) 21 January 1959[1]
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

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aberdeen1977–781000000010
1978–79191304030251
1979–803524011110513
1980–81333205030433
1981–82325618040506
1982–833425070101543
1983–8432270100100592
1984–85301601020381
1985–86343616060524
1986–87403303020483
1987–88361502040471
1988–89340505020460
1989–90322504020432
1990–91330103040410
1991–927000000070
1992–93270602000350
1993–94350403130451
Motherwell1994–953000000030
Career total4962568274255169530

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Scotland[6] 198070
198160
198240
1983100
198460
198580
198630
198760
198880
198980
199080
199120
1992—
199310
Total770

Managerial record
As of 24 March 2019[7]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Motherwell 13 July 1994 10 February 1998 156484563030.8
Hibernian 11 February 1998 11 December 2001 164774245047.0
Rangers 13 December 2001 8 May 2006 2351554436066.0
Scotland 29 January 2007 27 November 2007 10703070.0
Scotland B[8] 7 February 2007 20 November 2007 2020000.0
Birmingham City 28 November 2007 12 June 2011 168625155036.9
Aston Villa 17 June 2011 14 May 2012 4291716021.4
Nottingham Forest 27 December 2012 5 February 2013 7124014.3
Genk 22 August 2014 22 June 2015 3518107051.4
Zamalek[9] 28 February 2016 2 May 2016 10622060.0
Scotland 16 February 2018 18 April 2019 12507041.7
Total 841388215238046.1

Honours

Player

Aberdeen

Scotland

Individual

  • Scotland national football team roll of honour: 1987
  • SFWA Footballer of the Year: 1990

Manager

Hibernian

Rangers

  • Scottish Premier League: 2002–03, 2004–05
  • Scottish Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03
  • Scottish League Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05

Birmingham City

Individual

  • Scottish Football Hall of Fame: inducted 2005[20]
  • Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: October 2000, February 2002, September 2002, February 2003, August 2003, September 2003, November 2004, February 2005, January 2006[21]
  • Premier League Manager of the Month: December 2009[22]
  • List of Scotland national football team captains

References
  1. "Alex McLeish: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. "Alex McLeish". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  3. "Alex McLeish – A Squad". Scottish Football Association. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  4. "Manager Profile – Alex McLeish". 4thegame. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008.
  5. "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". www.afcheritage.org.
  6. "Alex McLeish". www.national-football-teams.com.
  7. "Alex McLeish's managerial career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  8. "Scotland B manager profile". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  9. "Alex McLeish leaves Zamalek after 65 days". BBC Sport. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  10. Pye, Steven (9 March 2016). "When Aberdeen ruled Scottish football". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  11. Reynolds, Jim (24 May 1982). "Dons run riot as tension melts". Glasgow Herald. p. 15. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  12. Reynolds, Jim (23 May 1983). "Don't put the blame on Russell – Greig". Glasgow Herald. p. 17. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  13. Reynolds, Jim (21 May 1984). "Dons' three-in-a-row cup feat". Glasgow Herald. p. 15. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  14. "1990 Scottish Cup Final match reports". The Celtic wiki. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  15. Traynor, James (23 October 1989). "Bett the light of bold Aberdeen". Glasgow Herald. p. 19. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  16. "Aberdeen 2–1 St. Mirren: Drybrough Cup Final". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  17. "1983: Ferguson first for Aberdeen". UEFA. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  18. Paul, Ian (27 May 1985). "Rous-ing win for makeshift Scots". Glasgow Herald. p. 15. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  19. McNulty, Philip (27 February 2011). "Arsenal 1–2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  20. "Hall of Fame Dinner 2005". Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  21. "Statistics – Roll of honour since 2000". Scottish Premier League. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  22. "Manager profile: Alex McLeish". Premier League. Retrieved 19 September 2018.




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