Gordon McQueen

**Gordon McQueen** (26 Yuni 1952 - 15 Yuni 2023) ya kasance ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Scotland wanda ya taka leda a matsayin mai tsakiya na St Mirren, Leeds United da Manchester United, ban da ƙungiyar ƙasar Scotland .

McQueen ya fara wasan kwallon kafa a St Mirren a shekarar 1970, amma a shekarar 1972 Leeds ta sayi shi da £ 30,000 don maye gurbin Jack Charlton. Ya kasance babban mutum a lokacin yakin neman zabe na 1973-74, lokacin da kungiyar Leeds ba ta ci nasara ba a wasanni 29 na farko kuma ta lashe taken. McQueen ya zira kwallaye sau uku a lokacin yakin neman gasar cin Kofin Turai a kakar wasa mai zuwa, amma an dakatar da shi don wasan karshe, wanda Leeds ya rasa. Bayan wani yunkuri mai rikitarwa zuwa manyan abokan hamayyar Leeds Manchester United, ya lashe gasar cin kofin FA ta 1983. McQueen ya shiga Seiko a Hong Kong na kakar wasa daya a shekarar 1985, kafin ya yi ritaya kuma ya shiga horo; a wannan matsayin, ya jagoranci Airdrieonians da St Mirren na tsawon lokaci a cikin shekarun 1980.

McQueen ya buga wa Scotland wasa sau talatin, ya zira kwallaye biyar kuma ya lashe gasar zakarun Burtaniya ta 1976-77.

## Ayyukan kulob din
McQueen ya kasance Mai tsaron gida (matsayin da mahaifinsa Tom ya taka leda a matsayin sana'a)   a matsayin ɗan makaranta amma daga baya ya sauya zuwa tsakiya. St Mirren ne ya sanya hannu a lokacin da yake da shekaru 18 daga kungiyar Ayrshire Junior Largs Thistle . Ba da daɗewa ba ya sami 'yan kallo daga wasu kungiyoyi masu sa ido kan ci gabansa kuma Leeds United ne wanda a ƙarshe ya ba da £ 30,000 (£ 500,000 a yau) a cikin kakar 1972 ta kusa, yana ganinsa a matsayin mai maye gurbin Jack Charlton mai tsufa. Charlton ya taka leda a wasu daga cikin kakar 1972-73 amma ya yanke shawarar yin ritaya yayin da kakar ke gabatowa. McQueen ya buga wasanni shida a kakar wasa ta farko a Leeds, ciki har da maye gurbinsa a wasan karshe na Kofin Turai na 1973, wanda Leeds ya sha kashi a hannun A.C. Milan.

Tare da Charlton ya yi ritaya kuma Madeley yana wasa a wurare da yawa, McQueen ya kasance a cikin tawagar a mafi yawan kakar 1973-74. Leeds ta lashe gasar zakarun League, tare da wasanni 29 ba tare da cin nasara ba tun daga farkon kakar tare da McQueen yana wasa tare da Norman Hunter a matsayin zabin farko na Leeds.[1] An san shi da shugabanci, tsayinsa na 6 feet 3 inches (191 cm) feet 3 da kuma halin taurin kai, McQueen ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a nasarar tawagar.[1][2] McQueen da Hunter sun yi fice a baya a kakar wasa mai zuwa, musamman a yakin neman zabe na Leeds a gasar cin Kofin Turai, inda McQueen ya zira kwallaye uku. An dakatar da shi don gasar cin kofin Turai ta 1975 bayan an kore shi a wasan kusa da na karshe da Barcelona . Leeds ta ci gaba da rasa 2-0 a wasan karshe da Bayern Munich.

A watan Fabrairun 1978, McQueen ya tashi daga Leeds zuwa manyan abokan hamayyarsu Manchester United don £ 500,000  (£ 3,600,000 a yau). A lokacin da ya sanya hannu, ya ce "kashi 99% na 'yan wasan suna so su buga wa Manchester United wasa kuma sauran su maƙaryaci ne".  Ya bayyana makonni da suka gabata a mujallar Shoot cewa yana so ya zauna a Elland Road don dukan aikinsa. Ya taka leda a wasan karshe na FA Cup na 1979 da Arsenal, inda ya zira kwallaye biyu na United a minti na 86, amma ya sake kammala a gefen da ya ci nasara.

## Ayyukan kasa da kasa
A ƙarshen kakar 1973-74 an kira McQueen zuwa tawagar Scotland kuma ya fara bugawa Belgium wasa ta farko a duniya. An zaba shi don tawagar gasar cin Kofin Duniya na 1978, amma bai taka leda ba. Ba da daɗewa ba ya zama na yau da kullun ga Scotland, kuma ya zama kyaftin din tawagar kuma ya zira kwallaye na farko na kasa da kasa a 1-1 draw a kan Romania a ranar 1 ga Yuni 1975. Ya sami babban nasara tare da Scotland a shekarar 1977, yayin da ya zira kwallaye a kan Arewacin Ireland a Hampden sannan Ingila a Wembley yayin da Scots suka lashe gasar zakarun gida ta Burtaniya   kuma daga baya a wannan shekarar ya taimaka wa tawagar ta cancanci gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1978 ta hanyar doke Wales a Anfield .  Kodayake an zaba shi don tawagar gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1978,  ba zai iya yin wasa ba saboda rauni. McQueen ya buga wasan karshe a Scotland a 1981, bayan ya ci kwallaye talatin kuma ya zira kwallaye biyar.

## Ayyukan bayan wasa
McQueen ya horar da kasashen waje kafin ya jagoranci Airdrieonians daga 1987 zuwa 1989,  kafin ya horar a kulob dinsa na farko St Mirren.  Lokacin da aka nada abokin McQueen kuma tsohon abokin aiki Bryan Robson a matsayin manajan Middlesbrough, McQueen ya shiga tare da shi a matsayin kocin ajiyar. Ya rike wannan mukamin na tsawon shekaru biyar, sannan ya kasance kocin tawagar farko na tsawon shekaru biyu. McQueen ya bar kulob din Teesside a watan Yunin shekara ta 2001, biyo bayan tashiwar Robson da nadin Steve McClaren. McQueen daga nan ya shiga Sky Sports a matsayin pundit, yana aiki a kan sakamakon wasan kwallon kafa na Asabar.