Mark McGhee
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Edward McGhee | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Motherwell | ||
Mark Edward McGhee (born 25 May 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a former professional footballer and current manager of Scottish club Motherwell.
Playing career
McGhee played for a host of Scottish and English clubs, before he had to abruptly retire because of injury. He started his playing career at Greenock Morton before moving on to Newcastle United, Aberdeen, Hamburg, Celtic, IK Brage and Reading and won the Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year in 1982 as well as four caps and two goals for the Scotland national football team. His greatest career moment came in 1983 when he was in the Aberdeen side that defeated Real Madrid 2-1 to lift the European Cup Winner's Cup.
Management career
Hearts
Motherwell
In 2006, he was linked with the vacant managerial post at Irish club Bohemians[1] and in February 2007 was reported to have applied for the manager's position at Swansea City. [2]
However, on 18 June 2007, he was appointed new manager of Motherwell and to be assisted by Scott Leitch.[3] This followed the departure of Maurice Malpas and his assistant Paul Hegarty.
Gordon Strachan, a longtime friend known to be among a select group of McGhee's close friends, recommended him for the then-vacant Scotland manager's position in November 2007 due his success in previous managerial positions. However, despite making the shortlist of candidates, he eventually missed out on the post to George Burley.
His sensitive handling of the death of player Phil O'Donnell during a game with Dundee United has enhanced his profile as a 'man of the people' of the club, Lanarkshire and Scotland.
McGhee transformed Motherwell from being relegation strugglers, to finishing 3rd in his first season in charge of the Fir Prk club, thus ensuring UEFA cup football for Motherwell. This is the first time in 13 years that Motherwell have made European competition and many believe this is due to a fluent, attacking style of football that McGhee has introduced. McGhee is now primed to move to take up the mangers job at Heart of Midlothian. Many believe he has already informed his players and may be looking to take some with him along with his trusted backroom staff. On 23rd May 2008, Heart of Midlothian Football Club, officialy approached Motherwell to take McGhee to Tynecastle, but hours later Motherwell refused permission to speak to their manager. It has been reported that he has requested a meeting with Vladamir Romanov to seek reassurances about team selections and squad control.
References
- ^ Irish Sun, Dead keen McGhee opens job talks with Bohs, The Irish Sun, 27 September 2006
- ^ BBC Sport, [1], BBC, 16 February 2007
- ^ "McGhee named new Motherwell boss". BBC Sport. 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
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External links
- Mark McGhee's WTFC.net manager profile
- Mark McGhee management career statistics at Soccerbase
- McGhee has point to prove, stv interview, 18 June 2007
- Leitch glad to be back at Well, stv interview 18 June 2007
- ^ McGhee delighted with Porter capture stv interview, 3 July 2007.
- ^ McGhee key to transfer, says Porter stv interview, 3 July 2007.
- ^ [2] MCGHEE QUITS FIR PARK TO JOIN HEARTS.
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Scottish footballers
- Scottish football managers
- Scotland international footballers
- Celtic F.C. players
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Newcastle United F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Hamburger SV players
- Reading F.C. managers
- Leicester City F.C. managers
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. managers
- Millwall F.C. managers
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. managers
- Motherwell F.C. managers
- UEFA Pro Licence holders
- Premier League managers
- The Football League players