Ross McCormack

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Personal information
Ross McCormack
Full name	Ross McCormack
Date of birth	August 18, 1986 (1986-08-18) (age 21)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Motherwell
Number	11
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2006 2006 2006-	Rangers →Doncaster (loan) Motherwell	11 0(2) 19 0(5) 44 (10)
National team
2007- 2008-	Scotland U21 Scotland	4 (2) 1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Ross McCormack (born 18 August 1986, Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Motherwell.

McCormack started his career at Rangers where, coincidentally, he made his first appearance in May 2004 against current club Motherwell. ^[1] McCormack scored his first goal for the club in the final match of the 2003-04 season against Dunfermline Athletic at East End Park. ^[2]

In 2005-06 he scored an equalizing goal in a 1-1 draw with FC Porto in the UEFA Champions League, in what was his first European appearance for the club. ^[3]

Despite his memorable goal against FC Porto, McCormack was sent out on-loan to English League One club Doncaster Rovers in order to gain first team experience. He scored five times for Doncaster, the pick of then coming against Hartlepool United which kept Doncaster Rovers' play-off hopes alive.

At the start of season 2006-07 McCormack was told he did not feature in new Rangers manager Paul Le Guen's plans and was released and Motherwell bought him 10 July 2006 for an undisclosed fee. However throughout his first season at Motherwell he was riddled with injuries, first of all he got a virus which saw him out until near enough Christmas after that he sustained a batch of smaller injuries which blighted his first season at Motherwell, Now that he is fit for this season he has been on top for and recently picked up the October young player of the month trophy. ^[4]

In January 2008, McCormack was linked with a move to Middlesbrough although Mccormack insists he's going nowhere until the end of the season at least.[1]

[edit] References

^ "Rangers 4-0 Motherwell", BBC Sport, 2007-05-01. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
^ "Dunfermline 2-3 Rangers", BBC Sport, 2007-05-16. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
^ "Porto 1-1 Rangers", BBC Sport, 2007-11-23. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
^ "Transfers - July 2006", BBC Sport, 2006-07-31. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.

[edit] External links

Ross McCormack career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Motherwell F.C. – current squad

1 G. Smith • 3 Hammell • 4 Reynolds • 5 Craigan • 6 McLean • 7 Hughes • 9 Porter • 11 McCormack • 12 Clarkson • 14 Lasley • 16 Fitzpatrick • 17 Malcolm • 18 McGarry • 20 Meldrum • 22 Quinn • 23 D. Smith • 24 Grehan • 26 Connolly • 27 Maguire • 28 Forbes • 29 Nixon • 31 Murray • 32 J. Murphy • 33 Archdeacon • Manager: McGhee