Gordon Strachan · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
Gordon Strachan
Sign in to saveScottish football coach and former player
OverviewAI-generated
Gordon Strachan is a Scottish association football player and coach born in Edinburgh in 1957. He played as a midfielder, specifically as a right midfielder, for clubs including Manchester United F.C., Aberdeen F.C., Dundee F.C., and Leeds United F.C. His professional career spanned from 1971 to 1997, during which he competed in the Premier League. He also represented Scotland in the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, appearing in two matches without scoring goals.
Strachan has worked as a coach for Southampton F.C. He is a citizen of the United Kingdom and speaks English. He was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Strachan has a child named Gavin Strachan.
Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- 1979
- Scotland U21
- Full name
- Gordon David Strachan
- Date of birth
- ( 1957-02-09 ) 9 February 1957 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh , Scotland
- Height
- 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
- Position
- Midfielder
- Current team
- Dundee (technical director)
- 1971 1974
- Dundee
- Years
- Team
- 1974 1977
- Dundee
- 1977 1984
- Aberdeen
- 1984 1989
- Manchester United
- 1989 1995
- Leeds United
- 1995 1997
- Coventry City
- 1980 1992
- Scotland
- 1996 2001
- Coventry City
- 2001 2004
- Southampton
- 2005 2009
- Celtic
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Right Midfield
- Nationality
- Scotland
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gordon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh
- Child
- Gavin Strachan
- 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
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Scotland
- Mass
- 73
- Image
- Gordon David Strachan.jpg
- Height
- 168
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Gordon Strachan
- date of birth
- 1957-02-09
- coach of sports team
- Southampton F.C.
- end of work period
- 1997-00-00
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
- total goals in career
- 0
- name in native language
- Gordon Strachan
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~30 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Gordon David Strachan OBE (/ˈstræxən/ born 9 February 1957) is a Scottish former football coach and player who is currently Technical Director of Dundee. He played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team. He has since managed Coventry City, Southampton, Celtic, Middlesbrough and Scotland.
In club football, Strachan played 635 league games, scoring a total of 138 goals, playing 21 of 25 career seasons in either the English or Scottish top-flight. In international football Strachan earned 50 caps, scoring five goals and played in two FIFA World Cup final tournaments, Spain 82 and Mexico 86. Strachan retired from playing in 1997 at age 40, setting a Premier League record for an outfield player.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gordon Strachan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.