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Alex McLeish

1959 - Today

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Alexander McLeish (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alex McLeish is the 6,116th most popular soccer player (down from 6,088th in 2019), the 5,630th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,565th in 2019) and the 351st most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alex McLeish ranks 6,116 out of 21,273. Before him are Eusebio Acasuzo, Attila Abonyi, Afonso Alves, Rami Shaaban, Tomás Rincón, and Cengiz Ünder. After him are Joachim Björklund, Andy Carroll, Mohammed Noor, Alain Sutter, José Cardona, and Jean-Claude Désir.

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Among people born in 1959, Alex McLeish ranks 519. Before him are Alik Sakharov, Abdelmajid Lamriss, Stanley Jordan, Tim Van Patten, Savina Yannatou, and Michael Spindelegger. After him are Chi Chi LaRue, Ryan Stiles, Arto Härkönen, Sergey Dorenko, Tomas Gustafson, and Nick Searcy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alex McLeish ranks 5,632 out of 8,785. Before him are Harry Atkinson (1831), Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536), Susan Hill (1942), Antonia Thomas (1986), Mick Rock (1948), and Laura Donnelly (1982). After him are Jodhi May (1975), Andy Carroll (1989), Judd Trump (1989), Jack Fairman (1913), Shirley Stelfox (1941), and Tammy Abraham (1997).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Alex McLeish ranks 351. Before him are Justin Fashanu (1961), Charlie Buchan (1891), David Kelly (1965), Don Howe (1935), Steve Sumner (1955), and Viv Anderson (1956). After him are Andy Carroll (1989), Tammy Abraham (1997), Ron Staniforth (1924), Alan Kelly Jr. (1968), Billy Liddell (1922), and Nicky Butt (1975).

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