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Alex McLeish

Scottish association football player and manager

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Born: 1959-01-21
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1976: → Lewis United
2007: Scotland
2016: Zamalek
Full name: Alexander McLeish
Date of birth: ( 1959-01-21 ) 21 January 1959 (age 67)
Place of birth: Glasgow , Scotland
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position: Defender
1976 1978: Aberdeen
Years: Team
1978 1994: Aberdeen
1994 1995: Motherwell
1978 1987: Scotland U21
1980 1993

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Born: 21 January 1959

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Instance of: human
Given name: Alex
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Glasgow
Occupation: association football coach
Languages spoken: English language
Participant in: 1982 FIFA World Cup
Sport: association football
Member of team: Scotland men's national football team

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Alexander McLeish OBE (born 21 January 1959) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. He played as a defender for Aberdeen during their 1980s glory years, making nearly 500 League appearances for the club, and won 77 caps for Scotland.

McLeish started his managerial career with spells at Motherwell and Hibernian, before guiding Rangers to two championships and five cup wins in five years. McLeish spent ten months as manager of the Scotland national team which narrowly failed to qualify for the finals of the 2008 UEFA European championship. He then resigned this post in November 2007 to become manager of Birmingham City, who were in the Premier League at the time. Though Birmingham were relegated at the end of the season, McLeish guided them back to the Premier League in 2009. Birmingham then won the 2011 Football League Cup Final, but were relegated again from the Premier League at the end of the 2010–11 season.