Gordon Strachan

**Gordon David Strachan** OBE (born 9 February 1957 in Edinburgh) is a retired Scottish football player and manager.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Dundee|1973–74|rowspan="2"|First Division|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|
|1974–75|1|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|||||
|1975–76|Premier Division|23|6|1|0|6|0|0|0|30|6||||
|1976–77|rowspan="2"|First Division|36|7|6|1|0|0|0|0|42|8|||
|1977–78|9|0|0|0|5|1|0|0|14|1|||||
|rowspan="8"|Aberdeen|1977–78|rowspan="7"|Premier Division|12|1|4|0|0|0|0|0|16|1|
|1978–79|31|5|4|0|8|0|3|1|46|6|||||
|1979–80|33|10|5|1|11|4|2|0|51|15|||||
|1980–81|20|6|0|0|6|3|4|0|30|9|||||
|1981–82|30|7|6|4|8|6|6|3|50|20|||||
|1982–83|32|12|3|0|7|7|10|1|52|20|||||
|1983–84|25|13|7|2|6|0|9|3|47|18|||||
|rowspan="6"|Manchester United|1984–85|rowspan="5"|First Division|41|15|7|2|2|0|6|2|56|19|
|1985–86|28|5|5|0|1|0|0|0|34|5|||||
|1986–87|34|4|2|0|2|0|0|0|38|4|||||
|1987–88|36|8|3|0|5|1|0|0|44|9|||||
|1988–89|21|1|6|0|3|0|0|0|30|1|||||
|rowspan="8"|Leeds United|1988–89|rowspan="2"|Second Division|11|3|0|0|0|0|0|0|11|3|
|1989–90|46|16|1|0|2|1|0|0|49|17|||||
|1990–91|rowspan="2"|First Division|34|7|6|1|7|1|0|0|47|9|||
|1991–92|36|4|0|0|4|1|0|0|40|5|||||
|1992–93|rowspan="3"|Premier League|31|4|4|0|3|1|5|1|43|6|||
|1993–94|33|3|3|1|2|0|0|0|38|4|||||
|1994–95|6|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|7|0|||||
|rowspan="4"|Coventry City|1994–95|rowspan="3"|Premier League|5|0|—|—|—|5|0||||
|1995–96|12|0|2|0|3|0|—|17|0||||||
|1996–97|9|0|1|0|1|0|—|11|0||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|Scotland|1980|7|1|
|1981|2|0|||
|1982|8|0|||
|1983|9|1|||
|1984|2|0|||
|1985|5|0|||
|1986|6|2|||
|1987|2|0|||
|1989|2|0|||
|1991|5|1|||
|1992|2|0|||

#### International goals

- _Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Strachan goal._
|scope="col"|No.|scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center"|1||Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden|6||1–0|1–0|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|2||Empire Stadium, Vancouver, Canada|22||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|3||Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland|34||1–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|4||Estadio La Corregidora, Queretaro, Mexico|36||1–0|1–2|1986 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|5||Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino|46||1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying||||||||

### Managerial record

(competitive club matches and all international matches)
|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Coventry City|align=left|5 November 1996|align=left|10 September 2001|||
|align=left|Southampton|align=left|22 October 2001|align=left|13 February 2004|||
|align=left|Celtic|align=left|1 June 2005|align=left|25 May 2009|||
|align=left|Middlesbrough|align=left|26 October 2009|align=left|18 October 2010|||
|align=left|Scotland|align=left|15 January 2013|align=left|12 October 2017|||

### Player

**Aberdeen**
- Scottish Premier Division: 1979–80, 1983–84
- Scottish Cup: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
- Drybrough Cup: 1980–81
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1982–83
- European Super Cup: 1983

**Manchester United**
- FA Cup: 1984–85

**Leeds United**
- Football League First Division: 1991–92
- Football League Second Division: 1989–90
- FA Charity Shield: 1992

**Scotland**
- The Rous Cup: 1985

**Individual**
- SFWA Footballer of the Year: 1979–80
- Ballon d'Or: 1983 (4th place)
- PFA Team of the Year Second Division: 1989–90
- PFA Team of the Year First Division: 1990–91
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 1990–91
- Scottish FA International Roll of Honour: 1992
- Leeds United Player of the Year: 1993
- PFA Merit Award: 1995
- English Football Hall of Fame inductee: 2016

### Manager

**Celtic**
- Scottish Premier League: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
- Scottish Cup: 2006–07
- Scottish League Cup: 2005–06, 2008–09

**Individual**
- Premier League Manager of the Month: December 1996, February 1998, January 2002, December 2002
- SPFA Manager of the Year: 2005–06
- SFWA Manager of the Year: 2005–06, 2006–07
- PFA Scotland Manager of the Year: 2006–07, 2008–09

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Gordon Strachan
 <small>Order of the British Empire, OBE</small>
- **image**: Gordon David Strachan.jpg
- **caption**: Strachan as manager of Celtic F.C., Celtic in 2007
- **fullname**: Gordon David Strachan
- **birth place**: Edinburgh, Scotland
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: Dundee F.C., Dundee (technical director)
- **youthyears1**: 1971–1974
- **youthclubs1**: Dundee F.C., Dundee
- **years1**: 1974–1977
- **clubs1**: Dundee F.C., Dundee
- **caps1**: 69
- **goals1**: 13
- **years2**: 1977–1984
- **clubs2**: Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen
- **caps2**: 183
- **goals2**: 55
- **years3**: 1984–1989
- **clubs3**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps3**: 160
- **goals3**: 33
- **years4**: 1989–1995
- **clubs4**: Leeds United F.C., Leeds United
- **caps4**: 197
- **goals4**: 37
- **years5**: 1995–1997
- **clubs5**: Coventry City F.C., Coventry City
- **caps5**: 26
- **goals5**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 635
- **totalgoals**: 138
- **nationalyears1**: 1979
- **nationalteam1**: Scotland national under-21 football team, Scotland U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1980–1992
- **nationalteam2**: Scotland national football team, Scotland
- **nationalcaps2**: 50
- **nationalgoals2**: 5
- **manageryears1**: 1996–2001
- **managerclubs1**: Coventry City F.C., Coventry City
- **manageryears2**: 2001–2004
- **managerclubs2**: Southampton F.C., Southampton
- **manageryears3**: 2005–2009
- **managerclubs3**: Celtic F.C., Celtic
- **manageryears4**: 2009–2010
- **managerclubs4**: Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough
- **manageryears5**: 2013–2017
- **managerclubs5**: Scotland national football team, Scotland