Gordon Strachan

Gordon Strachan
OBE
	Strachan as manager of Celtic in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Gordon David Strachan
Date of birth	9 February 1957 (age 68)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dundee (technical director)
Youth career
1971–1974	Dundee
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1977	Dundee
1977–1984	Aberdeen
1984–1989	Manchester United
1989–1995	Leeds United
1995–1997	Coventry City
Total
International career
1979	Scotland U21
1980–1992	Scotland
Managerial career
1996–2001	Coventry City
2001–2004	Southampton
2005–2009	Celtic
2009–2010	Middlesbrough
2013–2017	Scotland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gordon David Strachan OBE (born 9 February 1957 in Edinburgh) is a retired Scottish football player and manager.

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Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dundee^[5]	1973–74	First Division	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1974–75	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	1975–76	Premier Division	23	6	1	0	6	0	0	0	30	6
	1976–77	First Division	36	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	42	8
	1977–78	First Division	9	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	14	1
	Total		69	13	7	1	13	1	0	0	89	15
Aberdeen	1977–78	Premier Division	12	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	16	1
	1978–79		31	5	4	0	8	0	3	1	46	6
	1979–80		33	10	5	1	11	4	2	0	51	15
	1980–81		20	6	0	0	6	3	4	0	30	9
	1981–82		30	7	6	4	8	6	6	3	50	20
	1982–83		32	12	3	0	7	7	10	1	52	20
	1983–84		25	13	7	2	6	0	9	3	47	18
	Total		183	54	29	7	46	20	34	8	292	89
Manchester United	1984–85	First Division	41	15	7	2	2	0	6	2	56	19
	1985–86		28	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	34	5
	1986–87		34	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	38	4
	1987–88		36	8	3	0	5	1	0	0	44	9
	1988–89		21	1	6	0	3	0	0	0	30	1
	Total		160	33	23	2	13	1	6	2	202	38
Leeds United	1988–89	Second Division	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	3
	1989–90	Second Division	46	16	1	0	2	1	0	0	49	17
	1990–91	First Division	34	7	6	1	7	1	0	0	47	9
	1991–92	First Division	36	4	0	0	4	1	0	0	40	5
	1992–93	Premier League	31	4	4	0	3	1	5	1	43	6
	1993–94		33	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	38	4
	1994–95		6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		197	37	14	2	19	4	5	1	235	44
Coventry City	1994–95	Premier League	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	1995–96		12	0	2	0	3	0	—		17	0
	1996–97		9	0	1	0	1	0	—		11	0
	Total		26	0	3	0	4	0	—		33	0
Career total			635	137	76	12	95	26	45	11	851	186

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1980	7	1
	1981	2	0
	1982	8	0
	1983	9	1
	1984	2	0
	1985	5	0
	1986	6	2
	1987	2	0
	1989	2	0
	1991	5	1
	1992	2	0
Total		50	5

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 September 1980	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	6	Sweden	1–0	1–0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	12 June 1983	Empire Stadium, Vancouver, Canada	22	Canada	1–0	2–0	Friendly
3	26 March 1986	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	34	Romania	1–0	3–0	Friendly
4	8 June 1986	Estadio La Corregidora, Queretaro, Mexico	36	West Germany	1–0	1–2	1986 FIFA World Cup
5	1 May 1991	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	46	San Marino	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Coventry City	5 November 1996	10 September 2001	215	70	56	89	032.56
Southampton	22 October 2001	13 February 2004	110	39	32	39	035.45
Celtic	1 June 2005	25 May 2009	182	122	28	32	067.03
Middlesbrough	26 October 2009	18 October 2010	46	13	13	20	028.26
Scotland	15 January 2013	12 October 2017	40	19	9	12	047.50
Total			593	263	138	192	044.35

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