| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Macari | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1993 | Stoke City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1993–1998 | Stoke City | 3 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Sheffield United | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | (0) |
| 2003 | Leek Town | ||
| 2005 | Alsager Town | ||
| 2010 | Leek Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Paul Macari (born 23 August 1976) is a Scottish former professional footballer. The son of former Scotland international Lou Macari, he played professionally for Stoke City and Huddersfield Town. His brother Mike Macari was also a professional footballer.
Macari joined Stoke City as a trainee in August 1993 and made his debut as a substitute in a 1-1 away draw against Charlton in a Division 1 match in October 1997.[1] He made two further substitute appearances for Stoke in the 1997-98 season before joining Sheffield United on a free transfer in 1999.[1] He was released by Sheffield United in August 2001, having made no appearances for the first-team, and joined Huddersfield Town, where he went on to make 14 league and cup appearances, all as substitute, in the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons.[1]
Macari left Huddersfield Town on a free transfer in December 2003 and joined Northern Premier League First Division club, Leek Town,[2] where he was appointed player-coach in March 2004.[3] Finding his playing opportunities limited, he relinguished his position as coach in August 2004 to concentrate on the playing side and joined North West Counties League club Alsager Town.[4]
Macari rejoined Leek Town in an assistant manager/player role in 2010 but left at the end of the year following the sacking of Wayne Johnson.