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Gordon Strachan

Gordon Strachan

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Management Statistics

No. of Matches 40
No. of Wins 19

Biography

Gordon Strachan OBE  played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City.

In club football, he played 635 league games, scoring a total of 138 goals.

He was part of the Aberdeen side that defeated Real Madrid 2–1 to lift the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup in Gothenburg

Strachan earned 50 caps for Scotland, securing his place in the International Roll of Honour.

He played in two FIFA World Cup final tournaments, Spain '82 and Mexico '86, scoring in a 2-1 defeat to West Germany in June 1986.

He was named as the Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year in 1990/91 season while at Leeds. After two years at Coventry City he retired in 1997, aged 40, setting a Premier League record for an outfield player.

In 2007, Strachan was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame, and he was named Scotland national coach in January 2013.

Match Appearances

A Squad Matches
W
D
L

All

08/10/2017
slovenia 2 - 2 scotland
D
05/10/2017
scotland 1 - 0 slovakia
W
04/09/2017
scotland 2 - 0 malta
W
01/09/2017
lithuania 0 - 3 scotland
W
10/06/2017
scotland 2 - 2 england
D
26/03/2017
scotland 1 - 0 slovenia
W
22/03/2017
scotland 1 - 1 canada
D
11/11/2016
england 3 - 0 scotland
L
11/10/2016
slovakia 3 - 0 scotland
L
08/10/2016
scotland 1 - 1 lithuania
D
04/09/2016
malta 1 - 5 scotland
W
04/06/2016
france 3 - 0 scotland
L
29/05/2016
italy 1 - 0 scotland
L
29/03/2016
scotland 1 - 0 denmark
W
24/03/2016
czech republic 0 - 1 scotland
W
11/10/2015
gibraltar 0 - 6 scotland
W
08/10/2015
scotland 2 - 2 poland
D
07/09/2015
scotland 2 - 3 germany
L
04/09/2015
georgia 1 - 0 scotland
L
13/06/2015
republic of ireland 1 - 1 scotland
D
05/06/2015
scotland 1 - 0 qatar
W
29/03/2015
scotland 6 - 1 gibraltar
W
25/03/2015
scotland 1 - 0 northern ireland
W
18/11/2014
scotland 1 - 3 england
L
14/11/2014
scotland 1 - 0 republic of ireland
W
14/10/2014
poland 2 - 2 scotland
D
11/10/2014
scotland 1 - 0 georgia
W
07/09/2014
germany 2 - 1 scotland
L
28/05/2014
nigeria 2 - 2 scotland
D
05/03/2014
poland 0 - 1 scotland
W
19/11/2013
norway 0 - 1 scotland
W
15/11/2013
scotland 0 - 0 usa
D
15/10/2013
scotland 2 - 0 croatia
W
10/09/2013
macedonia 1 - 2 scotland
W
06/09/2013
scotland 0 - 2 belgium
L
14/08/2013
england 3 - 2 scotland
L
07/06/2013
croatia 0 - 1 scotland
W
26/03/2013
serbia 2 - 0 scotland
L
22/03/2013
scotland 1 - 2 wales
L
06/02/2013
scotland 1 - 0 estonia
W

Debut Match

scotland 1 - 0 estonia
06/02/2013

Last Match

slovenia 2 - 2 scotland
08/10/2017

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