Andy McLaren

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Personal information
Andy McLaren
Full name	Andrew McLaren
Date of birth	June 5, 1973 (age 33)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Dundee
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1989-1999 1999-2000 1999 2000-2003 2003-2005 2004-2005 2005 2005-2006 2006-	Dundee United Reading Livingston (loan) Kilmarnock Dundee United Partick Thistle (loan) Greenock Morton (loan) Greenock Morton Dundee	164 (11) 9 (1) 9 (0) 83 (13) 33 (4) 9 (0) 12 (3) 34 (7) 6 (2)
National team**
2001	Scotland	1 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 October 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2006.

Andy McLaren (born 5 June 1973 in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish First Division club Dundee.

McLaren, a striker, began his career in 1989 with Dundee United where he remained for 10 years, helping them win the Scottish Cup in 1994. After a loan spell with Livingston in 1999, he left Tannadice for English club Reading in 2000. During his time at Reading, he tested positive for cannabis and cocaine and admitted to alcoholism ^[1].

After spending time in rehabilitation, he returned to football in June 2000 when he was signed for Kilmarnock by the then manager Bobby Williamson. During his time at Rugby Park, he won his only Scotland cap, a substitute appearance in a 1-1 draw against Poland in April 2001 ^[2].

He left Kilmarnock in August 2003 after falling out of favour at Kilmarnock and returned to Dundee United. He failed to establish himself in the Dundee United team, however, and was subsequently loaned to Partick Thistle and Greenock Morton before joining Morton permanently in 2005. After a season at Cappielow, he joined Dundee in July 2006 ^[3].

[edit] References

^ "Life's a ball as Hibs target McLaren gets his highs from game by Moria Gordon", Scotland on Sunday, July 13, 2003.
^ "Poland 1-1 Scotland", Scottish FA, April 25, 2001.
^ "McLaren agrees switch to Dundee", BBC Sport website, July 11, 2006.

[edit] External links

Andy Mclaren career stats at Soccerbase

Dundee F.C. - Current Squad
1 Roy \| 2 Griffin \| 3 Dixon \| 5 MacKenzie \| 6 Mann \| 7 Harris \| 8 McDonald \| 9 Lyle \| 10 Swankie \| 11 McLaren \| 13 Reidford \| 14 Strong \| 15 Boggan \| 17 Macdonald \| 20 Deasley \| 22 Campbell \| 23 Robertson \| 30 Murray \| 34 Gates \| 35 McGinty \| 39 O'Reilly \| -- Smith \| Manager: Rae