Brian_McLaughlin_(footballer_born_1974)

Brian McLaughlin (footballer, born 1974)

Brian McLaughlin (footballer, born 1974)

Scottish footballer

Not to be confused with Brian McLaughlin (footballer, born 1954).

Brian McLaughlin (born 14 May 1974 in Bellshill) is a Scottish former footballer, who most notably played for Celtic in the early 1990s, and was a Scottish under-21 international.

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Career

Educated in Coatbridge,[1] McLaughlin began his professional career with Celtic. He impressed as a youngster and made his league debut in November 1993 under then manager Lou Macari. He stayed at Celtic for another six years, with the bulk of his appearances made under Macari's successor, Tommy Burns. McLaughlin won his only major winner's medal on 27 May 1995, when Celtic defeated Airdrie 1–0 in the Scottish Cup Final.[2]

After a brief loan period with Airdrie, he left Celtic to join Dundee United on a free transfer. He then had a two-year spell in England with Wigan Athletic, where he scored once in a Football League Trophy tie against Oldham Athletic.[3] In 2001, he returned to Scotland and joined Ayr United, where he scored once against Falkirk.[4] After one season, McLaughlin moved on to Queen of the South, where his only goal ironically came in a 1–0 win over Ayr.[5] His next club was St Johnstone, joining them in 2003, only to return to Queen of the South again after only a year. He finally ended his career at Stenhousemuir, scoring once against Elgin City,[6] before retiring in 2008.

McLaughlin later became a football coach. He was appointed head coach of the Scotland under-17 team in 2017.[7]

Honours

Celtic

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Meet the man who helped make Celtic's Tony Watt a star". STV. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. [2]
    Shaw, Phil (29 May 1995). "Silverware exposes cloud over Celtic". The Independent. London. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Oldham 2-3 Wigan". BBC. 9 January 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Ayr United 2-2 Falkirk". BBC. 13 October 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Ayr Utd 0-1 QoS". BBC. 9 November 2002. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  6. [6]
    "Stenhousemuir 2-2 Elgin City". BBC. 8 March 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. [7]
    "McLaughlin aiming to take under-17s to the next level". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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