Ally McCoist

Alistair Murdoch "Ally" McCoist, MBE (; born 24 September 1962 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former professional football player who played as a striker. He is currently the manager of Rangers, where he spent fifteen of his twenty-two years as a player. Since retiring, he has also had a secondary career as a television presenter and sports pundit.

McCoist began his career with St Johnstone before moving to Sunderland in 1981. He returned to Scotland two years later and signed with Rangers. At Rangers, McCoist became the club's record goalscorer, netting 355 goals. In addition to this McCoist holds the Rangers records for number of league goals scored, number of Scottish League Cup goals scored and the most goals scored by a player in European competitions with 251, 54 and 21 respectively. McCoist is also third in the all-time appearance table for Rangers, having made 581 appearances for the club.

McCoist is the Scottish top-tier league's all-time leading goalscorer, having netted 291 times for St. Johnstone, Rangers and Kilmarnock between 1979 and 2001.

Career statistics
Playing
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSt Johnstone1978–79Scottish First Division400000–401979–801501000–1601980–8138223120–43231981–82000054–54Total57224174006827Sunderland1981–82First Division2823010–3221982–832861041–337Total568405100659Rangers1983–84Scottish Premier Division308431093047201984–85251230654138181985–86332511412040271986–87443410526256381987–88403121566453421988–8919985442033181989–9034142044–40181990–91261121434336181991–92383454412049391992–93343445589252491993–942176311–28111994–95910000–911995–96251621436037201996–97251031336637201997–981554434432616Total418251472962545421581355Kilmarnock1998–99Scottish Premier League2671021–2981999–2000910012201232000–011812022–223Total5393055206314Career total584290583079645621777405

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsScotland198620198763198850198962199010319914219921131993221994—199532199672199730199820Total6119

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each McCoist goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Ally McCoistNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition19 September 1987Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland71–02–0Friendly22–0314 October 1987Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland81–02–0UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying426 April 1989Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland152–12–11990 FIFA World Cup qualification515 November 1989Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland191–01–11990 FIFA World Cup qualification616 May 1990Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, Scotland211–21–3Friendly712 September 1990Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland272–12–1UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying814 November 1990Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria291–01–1UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying911 September 1991Wankdorf Stadion, Bern, Switzerland322–22–2UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying1013 November 1991Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland334–04–0UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying1119 February 1992Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland341–01–0Friendly1220 May 1992Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada372–13–1Friendly139 September 1992Wankdorf Stadion, Bern, Switzerland421–11–31994 FIFA World Cup qualification1417 February 1993Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland451–03–01994 FIFA World Cup qualification152–01616 August 1995Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland471–01–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying1715 November 1995Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland493–05–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying1827 March 1996Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland501–01–0Friendly1918 June 1996Villa Park, Birmingham, England541–01–0UEFA Euro 1996

Managerial record

 + Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecordRangers1 June 201121 December 2014 Career Total
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References

Category:1962 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from North Lanarkshire
Category:Scottish football managers
Category:British television personalities
Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Sunderland A.F.C. players
Category:Scotland at UEFA Euro 1992
Category:Scotland at UEFA Euro 1996
Category:1990 FIFA World Cup players