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Gordon Strachan
Statistics
Caps 50
Goals 5
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.
Caps: All Levels
Match Appearances
A Squad Matches
Goals
Cards
All
25/03/1992
scotland 1 - 1 finland
19/02/1992
scotland 1 - 0 northern ireland
16/10/1991
romania 1 - 0 scotland
11/09/1991
switzerland 2 - 2 scotland
01/05/1991
san marino 0 - 2 scotland
'63
27/03/1991
scotland 1 - 1 bulgaria
06/02/1991
scotland 0 - 1 ussr
11/10/1989
france 3 - 0 scotland
08/03/1989
scotland 2 - 0 france
09/09/1987
scotland 2 - 0 hungary
18/02/1987
scotland 0 - 1 republic of ireland
15/10/1986
republic of ireland 0 - 0 scotland
10/09/1986
scotland 0 - 0 bulgaria
13/06/1986
uruguay 0 - 0 scotland
08/06/1986
germany (west) 2 - 1 scotland
'17
04/06/1986
denmark 1 - 0 scotland
26/03/1986
scotland 3 - 0 romania
'18
20/11/1985
scotland 2 - 0 australia
10/09/1985
wales 1 - 1 scotland
28/05/1985
iceland 0 - 1 scotland
25/05/1985
scotland 1 - 0 england
27/02/1985
spain 1 - 0 scotland
01/06/1984
france 2 - 0 scotland
26/05/1984
scotland 1 - 1 england
13/12/1983
northern ireland 2 - 0 scotland
16/11/1983
germany (east) 2 - 1 scotland
20/06/1983
canada 0 - 2 scotland
16/06/1983
canada 0 - 3 scotland
12/06/1983
canada 0 - 2 scotland
'35
01/06/1983
scotland 0 - 2 england
28/05/1983
wales 0 - 2 scotland
24/05/1983
scotland 0 - 0 northern ireland
30/03/1983
scotland 2 - 2 switzerland
15/12/1982
belgium 3 - 2 scotland
17/11/1982
switzerland 2 - 0 scotland
13/10/1982
scotland 2 - 0 germany (east)
22/06/1982
ussr 2 - 2 scotland
18/06/1982
brazil 4 - 1 scotland
15/06/1982
new zealand 2 - 5 scotland
23/03/1982
scotland 2 - 1 netherlands
24/02/1982
spain 3 - 0 scotland
18/11/1981
portugal 2 - 1 scotland
14/10/1981
northern ireland 0 - 0 scotland
15/10/1980
scotland 0 - 0 portugal
10/09/1980
sweden 0 - 1 scotland
'72
31/05/1980
hungary 3 - 1 scotland
28/05/1980
poland 1 - 0 scotland
24/05/1980
scotland 0 - 2 england
21/05/1980
scotland 1 - 0 wales
16/05/1980
northern ireland 1 - 0 scotland