Michael McGlinchey
| Michael McGlinchey | ||
 McGlinchey in the jersey of the Mariners (2009)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Michael Ryan McGlinchey | |
| birthday | January 7, 1987 | |
| place of birth | Wellington , New Zealand | |
| size | 173 cm | |
| position | Midfield , attack | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2005-2009 | Celtic Glasgow | 1 (0) |
| 2007-2008 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 8 (0) |
| 2009-2014 | Central Coast Mariners | 120 (11) |
| 2010 | → Motherwell FC (loan) | 8 (0) |
| 2014 | → Vegalta Sendai (loan) | 6 (0) |
| 2014-2018 | Wellington Phoenix | 85 (11) |
| 2018– | Central Coast Mariners | 20 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| Scotland U-16 | 9 (0) | |
| Scotland U18 | 2 (0) | |
| Scotland U-19 | 16 (1) | |
| 2007 | Scotland U-20 | 4 (0) |
| 2007 | Scotland U-21 | 1 (0) |
| 2009– | New Zealand | 52 (5) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of September 8, 2019 2 As of September 8, 2019 |
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Michael Ryan McGlinchey (born January 7, 1987 in Wellington ) is a New Zealand - Scottish football player .
Club career
McGlinchey was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1987, and his Scottish father played football for Lower Hutt City from 1986 to 1988 . Just nine months after his birth, the family moved back to Scotland, where he grew up in Glasgow . In 2005 he received a professional contract with Celtic Glasgow and made his league debut on Boxing Day 2005 against Livingston . It should be McGlinchey's only competitive appearance for Celtic, in November 2007 he was awarded to Dunfermline Athletic in the First Division , but returned to Celtic in January 2008 after a groin injury.
After his contract with Celtic finally expired in the summer of 2009, he received a two-year contract after several months of club search with the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners following a two-week trial training session. McGlinchey became a regular player on the playmaker's position at the Mariners, but due to the early end of the A-League season, he was loaned to the Scottish club Motherwell FC in January 2010 until the summer in order to maintain competitive practice until the World Cup. Back in Australia he reached the championship final with the Mariners in 2011 , which however was lost on penalties against Brisbane Roar . In the 2012/13 season he was with the club of Australian champions.
For the 2013/14 season he moved to the Japanese J-League on loan to Vegalta Sendai and on September 12, 2014 McGlinchey signed a two-year contract with Wellington Phoenix . Since 2018 he has been playing for his former club Central Coast Mariners again .
National team
McGlinchey was eligible to play for the New Zealand and Scottish Associations, but initially opted for Scotland. He was one of the top performers of the Scottish selection at the U-19 European Championship in 2006 and was on the starting line-up in all five tournament games. In the final, the first since 1982 for a Scottish selection in this age group, they lost to Spain 1: 2. At the subsequent Junior World Cup in Canada in 2007 , McGlinchey came to two missions, but failed with the U-20 team after three defeats in the group stage.
After the decision to lift the age limit for a change of association was decided at the FIFA Congress in June 2009, McGlinchey received another offer from New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert to play for his country of birth in the future. He made his debut with Rory Fallon in a friendly against Jordan in the New Zealand national team and was used in the two play-off games of the World Cup qualifying against Bahrain in October and November 2009 when the national team won 1-0 at home qualified for a World Cup finals for the first time since 1982.
Web links
- Michael McGlinchey in the database of weltfussball.de
- Michael McGlinchey in the soccerbase.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b stuff.co.nz: Michael McGlinchey - unlikely All White (Nov. 12, 2009)
- ↑ dailyrecord.co.uk: I was on top of the world playing for Celtic but now I'd be happy playing anywhere, says Michael McGlinchey (June 14, 2009)
- ↑ goal.com: Central Coast Mariners Sign Former Celtic Midfielder Michael McGlinchey (July 30, 2009)
- ↑ au.fourfourtwo.com: McGlinchey Motherwell Deal Done (Feb. 2, 2010)
- ↑ dailyrecord.co.uk: Exclusive: Former Celtic kid Michael McGlinchey's World Cup dream comes true with Kiwis (Nov. 17, 2009)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | McGlinchey, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McGlinchey, Michael Ryan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand-Scottish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wellington |