Stuart McLaren
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stuart McLaren | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre Back, Central Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Northern Ireland women (assistant) | ||
| 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 (interim) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Celtic (u18s) | ||
| 2024– | Northern Ireland women (assistant) | ||
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2024 ‡ 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 is currently assistant coach for the Northern Ireland national women's team.
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]- As of match played 24 September 2016
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| Stirling Albion | 
|
2014 | 2016 | 82 | 22 | 17 | 43 | 26.83 | |
- Scottish senior clubs statistics only.
Honours
[edit]Brisbane Strikers
- National Soccer League: Runners-up 2003–04
- QSL Premiers: 2009[9]
Loughborough University
- BUCS Championship: 2013[10]
- BUCS Premier North Division: 2012, 2013[10]
Scotland U16
- Victory Shield: 2019–20 (shared)[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Stirling Albion appoint Stuart McLaren as new manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "Binos part company with McLaren". SPFL. 24 September 2016. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "Stuart McLaren confirmed as national youth team coach". Scottish FA. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ "Scotland: Stuart McLaren appointed interim head coach of women's side". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "Pedro Martinez Losa: Scotland Women appoint former Arsenal and Bordeaux boss as new manager". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ FC, Celtic. "Stuart McLaren: Celtic's new Under-18 manager". Celtic FC. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Former Strikers on Show". Brisbane Roar. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Loughborough University coach". Loughborough Echo. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Scotland Under-16s crowned joint winners of 2019 Victory Shield". Scottish Football Association. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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