Gordon Strachan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Gordon Strachan

Scottish footballer and manager

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1957

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Gordon Strachan

  • Gordon David Strachan ( or ; born 9 February 1957) is a Scottish football coach and former player.
  • Strachan played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team.
  • He has since managed Coventry City, Southampton, Celtic, Middlesbrough and Scotland.
  • In club football, he played 635 league games, scoring a total of 138 goals, playing 21 of 25 career seasons in either the English or Scottish top-flight.
  • In international football Strachan earned 50 caps, scoring five goals and playing in two FIFA World Cup final tournaments, Spain 82 and Mexico 86.
  • Strachan retired from playing in 1997 at age 40, setting a Premier League record for an outfield player. A right-sided midfielder, Strachan made his senior debut in 1974 with Dundee before moving on within Scotland, to spend seven seasons at Aberdeen.
  • He first played for the Scotland national team in 1980.
  • While at Aberdeen Strachan won multiple domestic league and cup honours in the early 1980s, as well as the 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup and 1983 European Super Cup.
  • Moving to England, Strachan won the 1985 FA Cup Final in five seasons with Manchester United.
  • He spending the next seven seasons as club captain at Leeds, winning the 1989–90 Second Division and 1991–92 First Division league titles.
  • He played his last game for Scotland in 1992.
  • He moved to Coventry in 1995 for a final three seasons, as a player-coach. Strachan became full-time manager of Coventry when the incumbent Ron Atkinson was appointed as director of football.
  • After five years as Coventry manager, he was sacked in 2001 after the club was relegated from the top-flight for the first time in 34 years.
  • He returned to the Premier League as Southampton manager and guided the "Saints" to the 2003 FA Cup Final, where they lost 1–0 to Arsenal.
  • Strachan resigned from Southampton in 2004 and took a 16-month break from management.
  • He returned to Scotland to become manager of Celtic, where he achieved three successive league titles and other domestic cup wins.
  • Strachan left Celtic in May 2009 after failing to win a fourth title.
  • He then became manager of Middlesbrough in the English Championship, but left the club after an unsuccessful 12 months in the job.
  • Strachan then managed the Scotland national team for five years, but was unable to secure qualification for a major tournament. Strachan was named as FWA Footballer of the Year for the 1990–91 season while at Leeds.
  • He was also named Manager of the Year in Scotland several times by writers and players while at Celtic.
  • In 2007, Strachan was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame.
  • He is the father of Craig Strachan and Gavin Strachan, also footballers.

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