Alex McLeish

**Alexander McLeish**  (born 21 January 1959) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Aberdeen|1977–78|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|||
|1978–79|19|1|3|0|4|0|3|0|25|1||||
|1979–80|35|2|4|0|11|1|1|0|51|3||||
|1980–81|33|3|2|0|5|0|3|0|43|3||||
|1981–82|32|5|6|1|8|0|4|0|50|6||||
|1982–83|34|2|5|0|7|0|10|1|54|3||||
|1983–84|32|2|7|0|10|0|10|0|59|2||||
|1984–85|30|1|6|0|1|0|2|0|38|1||||
|1985–86|34|3|6|1|6|0|6|0|52|4||||
|1986–87|40|3|3|0|3|0|2|0|48|3||||
|1987–88|36|1|5|0|2|0|4|0|47|1||||
|1988–89|34|0|5|0|5|0|2|0|46|0||||
|1989–90|32|2|5|0|4|0|2|0|43|2||||
|1990–91|33|0|1|0|3|0|4|0|41|0||||
|1991–92|7|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|7|0||||
|1992–93|27|0|6|0|2|0|0|0|35|0||||
|1993–94|35|0|4|0|3|1|3|0|45|1||||
|Motherwell|1994–95|3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Scotland|1980|7|0|
|1981|6|0|||
|1982|4|0|||
|1983|10|0|||
|1984|6|0|||
|1985|8|0|||
|1986|3|0|||
|1987|6|0|||
|1988|8|0|||
|1989|8|0|||
|1990|8|0|||
|1991|2|0|||
|1992|—||||
|1993|1|0|||

### Managerial record

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Motherwell|align=left|13 July 1994|align=left|10 February 1998|||
|align=left|Hibernian|align=left|11 February 1998|align=left|11 December 2001|||
|align=left|Rangers|align=left|13 December 2001|align=left|8 May 2006|||
|align=left|Scotland|align=left|29 January 2007|align=left|27 November 2007|||
|align=left|Scotland B|align=left|7 February 2007|align=left|20 November 2007|||
|align=left|Birmingham City|align=left|28 November 2007|align=left|12 June 2011|||
|align=left|Aston Villa|align=left|17 June 2011|align=left|14 May 2012|||
|align=left|Nottingham Forest|align=left|27 December 2012|align=left|5 February 2013|||
|align=left|Genk|align=left|22 August 2014|align=left|22 June 2015|||
|align=left|Zamalek|align=left|28 February 2016|align=left|2 May 2016|||
|align=left|Scotland|align=left|16 February 2018|align=left|18 April 2019|||

### Player

**Aberdeen**
- Scottish Premier Division: 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85
- Scottish Cup: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–90
- Scottish League Cup: 1985–86, 1989–90
- Drybrough Cup: 1980
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1982–83
- European Super Cup: 1983

**Scotland**
- Rous Cup: 1985

**Individual**
- Scotland national football team roll of honour: 1987
- SFWA Footballer of the Year: 1990

### Manager

**Hibernian**
- Scottish First Division: 1998–99

**Rangers**
- Scottish Premier League: 2002–03, 2004–05
- Scottish Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03
- Scottish League Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05

**Birmingham City**
- Football League Championship runner-up (promotion): 2008–09
- Football League Cup: 2010–11

**Individual**
- Scottish Football Hall of Fame: inducted 2005
- Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: October 2000, February 2002, September 2002, February 2003, August 2003, September 2003, November 2004, February 2005, January 2006
- Premier League Manager of the Month: December 2009

## Related pages

- List of Scotland national football team captains

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Alex McLeish
<small></small>
- **image**: Alexmcleish2012.jpg
- **upright**: 0.9
- **caption**: McLeish as Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa manager in 2012
- **full name**: Alexander McLeish
- **birth place**: Glasgow, Scotland
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **youthclubs1**: Glasgow United
- **youthyears2**: 1976–1978
- **youthclubs2**: Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen
- **years1**: 1978–1994
- **clubs1**: Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen
- **caps1**: 493
- **goals1**: 25
- **years2**: 1976
- **clubs2**: → Lewis United F.C., Lewis United
- **years3**: 1994–1995
- **clubs3**: Motherwell F.C., Motherwell
- **caps3**: 3
- **goals3**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 496
- **totalgoals**: 25
- **nationalyears1**: 1978–1987
- **nationalteam1**: Scotland national under-21 football team, Scotland U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1980–1993
- **nationalteam2**: Scotland national football team, Scotland
- **nationalcaps2**: 77
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 1994–1998
- **managerclubs1**: Motherwell F.C., Motherwell
- **manageryears2**: 1998–2001
- **managerclubs2**: Hibernian F.C., Hibernian
- **manageryears3**: 2001–2006
- **managerclubs3**: Rangers F.C., Rangers
- **manageryears4**: 2007
- **managerclubs4**: Scotland national football team, Scotland
- **manageryears5**: 2007
- **managerclubs5**: Scotland national football B team, Scotland B
- **manageryears6**: 2007–2011
- **managerclubs6**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **manageryears7**: 2011–2012
- **managerclubs7**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **manageryears8**: 2012–2013
- **managerclubs8**: Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest
- **manageryears9**: 2014–2015
- **managerclubs9**: K.R.C. Genk, Genk
- **manageryears10**: 2016
- **managerclubs10**: Zamalek SC, Zamalek
- **manageryears11**: 2018–2019
- **managerclubs11**: Scotland national football team, Scotland