Gary McSwegan

Gary McSwegan

Personal information
Full name	Gary John McSwegan
Date of birth	24 September 1970 (1970-09-24) (age 41)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Rangers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1986–1993	Rangers	18	(4)
1993–1995	Notts County	62	(21)
1995–1998	Dundee United	92	(32)
1998–2002	Heart of Midlothian	82	(25)
2001–2002	→ Barnsley (loan)	5	(0)
2002	→ Luton Town (loan)	3	(0)
2002–2004	Kilmarnock	63	(17)
2004–2006	Ross County	34	(1)
2006–2007	Inverness CT	9	(0)
2008–2009	Clyde	23	(2)
National team
1999	Scotland	2	(1)
	Scotland U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:54, 9 May 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Gary John McSwegan (born 24 September 1970 in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer currently without a club following his release from Clyde. He is a former Scotland international.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Domestic 1.2 International 1.2.1 International goals 2 Career statistics 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Career

Domestic

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 1992-93 Champions League; this goal was the first goal ever scored in the Champions League proper by a substitute. 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] In June 2008, McSwegan signed a one year contract extension with the Broadwood side.^[3] McSwegan was released by Clyde in June 2009 along with the rest of the out of contract players, due to the club's financial position.^[4]

International

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.

Gary also coaches young people throughout Glasgow in his role with coaching and groupwork company A&M Training.

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	Lithuania	2–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2000 Qual.

Career statistics

After 25 October 2008

See also

• Clyde F.C. season 2007-08 | 2008-09

References

External links

• Notts County ex-player interview: Gary McSwegan
• Gary McSwegan career stats at Soccerbase

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Name	Macswegan, Gary
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Date of birth	24 September 1970
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
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