Ally McCoist

Alistair Murdoch "Ally" McCoist, MBE (/məˈkɔɪst/; born 24 September 1962 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former professional football player who played as a striker. He is currently the manager of Rangers, where he spent fifteen of his twenty-two years as a player. Since retiring, he has also had a secondary career as a television presenter and sports pundit.

Ally McCoist
McCoist in 1994
Personal information
Full name Alistair Murdoch McCoist
Date of birth (1962-09-24) 24 September 1962
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1981 St. Johnstone 57 (22)
1981–1983 Sunderland 56 (8)
1983–1998 Rangers 581 (355)
1998–2001 Kilmarnock 59 (12)
Total 753 (397)
National team
1980-1981 Scotland U-18 10 (7)
1983 Scotland U-21 1 (0)
1986–1998 Scotland 61 (19)
Teams managed
2011-2014 Rangers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

McCoist began his career with St Johnstone before moving to Sunderland in 1981. He returned to Scotland two years later and signed with Rangers. At Rangers, McCoist became the club's record goalscorer, netting 355 goals. In addition to this McCoist holds the Rangers records for number of league goals scored, number of Scottish League Cup goals scored and the most goals scored by a player in European competitions with 251, 54 and 21 respectively. McCoist is also third in the all-time appearance table for Rangers, having made 581 appearances for the club.

McCoist is the Scottish top-tier league's all-time leading goalscorer, having netted 291 times for St. Johnstone, Rangers and Kilmarnock between 1979 and 2001.

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[1][2][3][4]
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Johnstone 1978–79 Scottish First Division 400000–40
1979–80 1501000–160
1980–81 38223120–4323
1981–82 000054–54
Total 57224174006827
Sunderland 1981–82 First Division 2823010–322
1982–83 2861041–337
Total 568405100659
Rangers 1983–84 Scottish Premier Division 30843109304720
1984–85 25123065413818
1985–86 33251141204027
1986–87 44341052625638
1987–88 40312156645342
1988–89 1998544203318
1989–90 34142044–4018
1990–91 26112143433618
1991–92 38345441204939
1992–93 34344558925249
1993–94 2176311–2811
1994–95 910000–91
1995–96 25162143603720
1996–97 25103133663720
1997–98 1554434432616
Total 418251472962545421581355
Kilmarnock 1998–99 Scottish Premier League 2671021–298
1999–2000 91001220123
2000–01 1812022–223
Total 5393055206314
Career total 584290583079645621777405

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Scotland[5] 198620
198763
198850
198962
1990103
199142
1992113
199322
1994—
199532
199672
199730
199820
Total6119
Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each McCoist goal.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
List of international goals scored by Ally McCoist
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 September 1987Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland7 Hungary1–02–0Friendly
2 2–0
3 14 October 1987Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland8 Belgium1–02–0UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
4 26 April 1989Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland15 Cyprus2–12–11990 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 15 November 1989Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland19 Norway1–01–11990 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 16 May 1990Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, Scotland21 Egypt1–21–3Friendly
7 12 September 1990Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland27 Romania2–12–1UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
8 14 November 1990Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria29 Bulgaria1–01–1UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
9 11 September 1991Wankdorf Stadion, Bern, Switzerland32 Switzerland2–22–2UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
10 13 November 1991Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland33 San Marino4–04–0UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
11 19 February 1992Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland34 Northern Ireland1–01–0Friendly
12 20 May 1992Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada37 Canada2–13–1Friendly
13 9 September 1992Wankdorf Stadion, Bern, Switzerland42 Switzerland1–11–31994 FIFA World Cup qualification
14 17 February 1993Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland45 Malta1–03–01994 FIFA World Cup qualification
15 2–0
16 16 August 1995Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland47 Greece1–01–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
17 15 November 1995Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland49 San Marino3–05–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
18 27 March 1996Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland50 Australia1–01–0Friendly
19 18 June 1996Villa Park, Birmingham, England54 Switzerland1–01–0UEFA Euro 1996

Managerial record
As of 24 December 2014
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref.
G W D L Win %
Rangers Scotland 1 June 2011 21 December 2014 167 121 22 24 072.46 [13]
Career Total 167 121 22 24 072.46 —

References
  1. "Ally McCoist". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  2. "Ally McCoist". National Football Teams. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  3. "Ally McCoist". The Stat Cat. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  4. "Rangers player McCoist, Ally". FitbaStats. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  5. Ally McCoist at the Scottish Football Association
  6. "Scotland: McCoist, Ally 1987–88". FitbaStats. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  7. "Scotland: McCoist, Ally 1988–89". FitbaStats. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  8. "Scotland: McCoist, Ally 1989–90". FitbaStats. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  9. "Scotland: McCoist, Ally 1990–91". FitbaStats. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  10. "Scotland: McCoist, Ally 1991–92". FitbaStats. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  11. "Scotland: McCoist, Ally 1992–93". FitbaStats. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  12. "Scotland: McCoist, Ally 1995–96". FitbaStats. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  13. "Managers: Ally McCoist". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
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