Kenny Dalglish

**Sir Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish** <small>MBE</small> (born 4 March 1951) is a former Scottish football player and manager. He has played for Scotland national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Celtic|1968–69|Scottish Division One|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|–|1|0||
|1969–70|Scottish Division One|2|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|–|4|0||||
|1970–71|Scottish Division One|3|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|2|0|7|0|||
|1971–72|Scottish Division One|31|17|4|1|8|5|7|0|3|6|53|29|||
|1972–73|Scottish Division One|32|21|6|5|11|10|4|3|3|0|56|39|||
|1973–74|Scottish Division One|33|18|6|1|10|3|7|2|3|1|59|25|||
|1974–75|Scottish Division One|33|16|5|2|8|3|2|0|3|0|51|21|||
|1975–76|Scottish Premier Division|35|24|1|1|10|4|5|3|2|0|53|32|||
|1976–77|Scottish Premier Division|35|15|7|1|10|10|2|1|–|54|27||||
|rowspan="14"|Liverpool|1977–78|First Division|42|20|1|1|9|6|9|4|1|0|62|31|
|1978–79|First Division|42|21|7|4|1|0|4|0|–|54|25||||
|1979–80|First Division|42|16|8|2|7|4|2|0|1|1|60|23|||
|1980–81|First Division|34|8|2|2|8|7|9|1|1|0|54|18|||
|1981–82|First Division|42|13|3|2|10|5|6|2|1|0|62|22|||
|1982–83|First Division|42|18|3|1|7|0|5|1|1|0|58|20|||
|1983–84|First Division|33|7|0|0|8|2|9|3|1|0|51|12|||
|1984–85|First Division|36|6|7|0|1|0|7|0|2|0|53|6|||
|1985–86|First Division|21|3|6|1|2|1|–|2|2|31|7||||
|1986–87|First Division|18|6|0|0|5|2|–|2|0|25|8||||
|1987–88|First Division|2|0|0|0|0|0|–|–|2|0|||||
|1988–89|First Division|0|0|0|0|1|0|–|1|0|2|0||||
|1989–90|First Division|1|0|0|0|0|0|–|–|1|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="16"|Scotland|1971|2|0|
|1972|2|1|||
|1973|9|1|||
|1974|11|4|||
|1975|10|2|||
|1976|6|3|||
|1977|10|7|||
|1978|10|3|||
|1979|9|1|||
|1980|8|1|||
|1981|4|1|||
|1982|8|4|||
|1983|4|0|||
|1984|3|2|||
|1985|3|0|||
|1986|3|0|||

### Managerial record

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Liverpool|align=left|30 May 1985|align=left|21 February 1991|||||
|align=left|Blackburn Rovers|align=left|12 October 1991|align=left|25 June 1995|||||
|align=left|Newcastle United|align=left|14 January 1997|align=left|27 August 1998|||||
|align=left|Celtic|align=left|10 February 2000|align=left|1 June 2000|||||
|align=left|Liverpool|align=left|8 January 2011|align=left|16 May 2012|||||

### Player

**Celtic**
- Scottish Division One/Premier Division: 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77
- Scottish Cup: 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77; runner-up: 1972–73
- Scottish League Cup: 1974–75; runner-up: 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74. 1975–76, 1976–77
- Drybrough Cup: 1974–75; runner-up: 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74
- Glasgow Cup: 1974–75; runner-up: 1975–76

**Liverpool**
- Football League First Division: 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86
- FA Cup: 1985–86
- Football League Cup: 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84; runner-up: 1977–78
- Football League Super Cup: 1986
- FA Charity Shield: 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986 (shared); runner-up: 1983
- European Cup: 1977–78, 1980–81, 1983–84; runner-up: 1984–85
- European Super Cup: 1977; runner-up: 1978
- Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1981, 1984

**Scotland**
- British Home Championship: 1974, 1976, 1977

**Individual**
- Scottish Premier Division Top-scorer: 1975–76 (24 goals)
- Ballon d'Or runner-up: 1983
- PFA Team of the Year: 1978-1979, 1979-1980, 1980-1981, 1982-1983, 1983-1984
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1982–83
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 1978–79, 1982–83
- Football League 100 Legends
- English Football Hall of Fame (Player): 2002
- Scottish Football Hall of Fame: 2004
- FIFA 100: 2004
- BBC Goal of the Season: 1982–83
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award: 2023
- Bleacher Report's 21st Best Footballer Of All Time: 2011
- Scotland's Greatest International Footballer: 2020
- World Soccer Greatest Players of 20th Century: 22nd

### Manager

**Liverpool**
- Football League First Division: 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90
- FA Cup: 1985–86, 1988–89; runner-up: 1987-88, 2011–12
- Football League Cup: 2011–12; runner-up: 1986–87
- Football League Super Cup: 1985–86
- FA Charity Shield: 1986 (shared), 1988, 1989, 1990 (shared)

**Blackburn Rovers**
- Premier League: 1994–95
- Football League Second Division play-offs: 1992

**Newcastle United**
- FA Cup runner-up: 1997-98

**Celtic**
- Scottish League Cup: 1999–2000

**Individual**
- FWA Tribute Award: 1987
- Premier League Manager of the Season: 1994–95
- Premier League Manager of the Month: January 1994, November 1994

### Orders

- Member of the Order of the British Empire: 1985
- Knight Bachelor: 2018

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: <small>Knight Bachelor, Sir</small>
Kenny Dalglish
<small></small>
- **image**: Kenny Dalglish 2009 Singapore.jpg
- **caption**: Dalglish in Singapore in 2009
- **full name**: Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish
- **birth place**: Glasgow, Scotland
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **youthyears1**: 1967–1968
- **youthclubs1**: Cumbernauld United F.C., Cumbernauld United
- **youthyears2**: 1968–1969
- **youthclubs2**: Celtic F.C., Celtic
- **years1**: 1969–1977
- **clubs1**: Celtic F.C., Celtic
- **caps1**: 204
- **goals1**: 111
- **years2**: 1977–1990
- **clubs2**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps2**: 355
- **goals2**: 118
- **totalcaps**: 559
- **totalgoals**: 229
- **nationalyears1**: 1972–1976
- **nationalteam1**: Scotland national under-21 football team, Scotland U23
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 1971–1986
- **nationalteam2**: Scotland national football team, Scotland
- **nationalcaps2**: 102
- **nationalgoals2**: 30
- **manageryears1**: 1985–1991
- **managerclubs1**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **manageryears2**: 1991–1995
- **managerclubs2**: Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers
- **manageryears3**: 1997–1998
- **managerclubs3**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **manageryears4**: 2000
- **managerclubs4**: Celtic F.C., Celtic (interim)
- **manageryears5**: 2011–2012
- **managerclubs5**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **alt**: Colour photograph of Dalglish in Singapore, 2009. He is dressed casually, wearing sunglasses and has his hand raised