Gary McSwegan

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Gary McSwegan
Personal information
Full name Gary John McSwegan
Date of birth September 24, 1970 (1970-09-24) (age 37)
Place of birth    Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Clyde
Youth clubs
Rangers
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1986–93
1993–95
1995–98
1998–2002
2001–02
2002
2002–04
2004–06
2006–2007
2008–		 Rangers
Notts County
Dundee United
Hearts
→ Barnsley (loan)
→ Luton Town (loan)
Kilmarnock
Ross County
Inverness CT
Clyde		 18 0(4)
62 (21)
92 (32)
82 (25)
05 0(0)
03 0(0)
63 (17)
34 0(1)
09 0(0)
09 0(3)   
National team2
1999 Scotland
Scotland U21		 02 0(1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 17:58, 10 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 06:57, 5 September 2006 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Gary John McSwegan (born 24 September 1970 in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Clyde. He is a former Scottish internationalist.

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[edit] Club career

McSwegan, a striker, started his career with Rangers, where he scored 5 goals in only 24 appearances during his six years at Ibrox, including a goal against Marseille in the Champions League.

His first team opportunities at Rangers, however, appeared to be limited and in 1993 he joined Notts County for £400,000. Two seasons later he returned to Scotland with Dundee United for £375,000 where he remained for three seasons, scoring 42 goals.

He joined Hearts in 1998 on a free transfer where he notched up 31 goals in 98 appearances. By 2002, however, McSwegan had fallen out of favour at Hearts and subsequently had loan spells in England with Barnsley and Luton Town before joining Kilmarnock where he remained for two seasons, scoring 17 goals.

His next professional club was Ross County where he played 39 games, scoring just 1 goal in two injury-ravaged seasons. Despite these problems, McSwegan returned to top flight football, when signed by Inverness Caledonian Thistle in September 2006 on a short-term deal. McSwegan left Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the end of the 2006-07 season and joined Peterhead.

McSwegan joined Clyde on 14 March 2008, after previously training with the club and appearing in reserve games.[1] He made his debut the following day, in a 1-1 draw against Stirling Albion in the Scottish First Division. He scored his first goal for the club in the final league game of the season, scoring the first in a 3-0 win over Stirling Albion.[2]

[edit] International career

McSwegan won two caps for Scotland in 1999. He won his first cap on 5 October 1999, coming on as a late substitute in a EURO 2000 qualifier against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which Scotland won 1-0. His second and final cap came four days later, against Lithuania. McSwegan started the game, and scored Scotland's second goal in a 3-0 victory.

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 October 1999 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2000 Qual.

[edit] Trivia

London acoustic folk duo MacPherson and McSwegan are named after Gary and fellow Scottish footballer Angus MacPherson. [3]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Its Hammer Time
  2. ^ Clyde 3-0 Stirling Albion - BBC Sport Retrieved on April 26, 2008
  3. ^ MySpace.com - MacPherson and McSwegan - London, UK - Folk / Acoustique / Soul - www.myspace.com/macphersonandmcswegan

[edit] External links

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