Ally McCoist

Alistair Murdoch "Ally" McCoist, MBE (how to say: /məˈkɔɪst/; born 24 September 1962 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former professional football player who played as a striker. He is currently the manager of Rangers, where he spent fifteen of his twenty-two years as a player. Since retiring, he has also had a secondary career as a television presenter and sports pundit.

Ally McCoist

McCoist in 1994
Personal information
Full name	Alistair Murdoch McCoist
Date of birth	(1962-09-24) 24 September 1962
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1981	St. Johnstone	57	(22)
1981–1983	Sunderland	56	(8)
1983–1998	Rangers	581	(355)
1998–2001	Kilmarnock	59	(12)
Total		753	(397)
National team
1980-1981	Scotland U-18	10	(7)
1983	Scotland U-21	1	(0)
1986–1998	Scotland	61	(19)
Teams managed
2011-2014	Rangers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

McCoist began his career with St Johnstone before moving to Sunderland in 1981. He returned to Scotland two years later and signed with Rangers. At Rangers, McCoist became the club's record goalscorer, netting 355 goals. In addition to this McCoist holds the Rangers records for number of league goals scored, number of Scottish League Cup goals scored and the most goals scored by a player in European competitions with 251, 54 and 21 respectively. McCoist is also third in the all-time appearance table for Rangers, having made 581 appearances for the club.

McCoist is the Scottish top-tier league's all-time leading goalscorer, having netted 291 times for St. Johnstone, Rangers and Kilmarnock between 1979 and 2001.

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
St Johnstone	1978–79	Scottish First Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	–		4	0
	1979–80		15	0	1	0	0	0	–		16	0
	1980–81		38	22	3	1	2	0	–		43	23
	1981–82		0	0	0	0	5	4	–		5	4
	Total		57	22	4	1	7	4	0	0	68	27
Sunderland	1981–82	First Division	28	2	3	0	1	0	–		32	2
	1982–83		28	6	1	0	4	1	–		33	7
	Total		56	8	4	0	5	1	0	0	65	9
Rangers	1983–84	Scottish Premier Division	30	8	4	3	10	9	3	0	47	20
	1984–85		25	12	3	0	6	5	4	1	38	18
	1985–86		33	25	1	1	4	1	2	0	40	27
	1986–87		44	34	1	0	5	2	6	2	56	38
	1987–88		40	31	2	1	5	6	6	4	53	42
	1988–89		19	9	8	5	4	4	2	0	33	18
	1989–90		34	14	2	0	4	4	–		40	18
	1990–91		26	11	2	1	4	3	4	3	36	18
	1991–92		38	34	5	4	4	1	2	0	49	39
	1992–93		34	34	4	5	5	8	9	2	52	49
	1993–94		21	7	6	3	1	1	–		28	11
	1994–95		9	1	0	0	0	0	–		9	1
	1995–96		25	16	2	1	4	3	6	0	37	20
	1996–97		25	10	3	1	3	3	6	6	37	20
	1997–98		15	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	26	16
	Total		418	251	47	29	62	54	54	21	581	355
Kilmarnock	1998–99	Scottish Premier League	26	7	1	0	2	1	–		29	8
	1999–2000		9	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	12	3
	2000–01		18	1	2	0	2	2	–		22	3
	Total		53	9	3	0	5	5	2	0	63	14
Career total			584	290	58	30	79	64	56	21	777	405

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1986	2	0
	1987	6	3
	1988	5	0
	1989	6	2
	1990	10	3
	1991	4	2
	1992	11	3
	1993	2	2
	1994	—
	1995	3	2
	1996	7	2
	1997	3	0
	1998	2	0
Total		61	19

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each McCoist goal.

List of international goals scored by Ally McCoist

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 September 1987	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	7	Hungary	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2					2–0
3	14 October 1987	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	8	Belgium	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
4	26 April 1989	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	15	Cyprus	2–1	2–1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	15 November 1989	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	19	Norway	1–0	1–1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	16 May 1990	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, Scotland	21	Egypt	1–2	1–3	Friendly
7	12 September 1990	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	27	Romania	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
8	14 November 1990	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	29	Bulgaria	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
9	11 September 1991	Wankdorf Stadion, Bern, Switzerland	32	Switzerland	2–2	2–2	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
10	13 November 1991	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	33	San Marino	4–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
11	19 February 1992	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	34	Northern Ireland	1–0	1–0	Friendly
12	20 May 1992	Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	37	Canada	2–1	3–1	Friendly
13	9 September 1992	Wankdorf Stadion, Bern, Switzerland	42	Switzerland	1–1	1–3	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	17 February 1993	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland	45	Malta	1–0	3–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
15					2–0
16	16 August 1995	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	47	Greece	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
17	15 November 1995	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	49	San Marino	3–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
18	27 March 1996	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	50	Australia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
19	18 June 1996	Villa Park, Birmingham, England	54	Switzerland	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 1996

Managerial record

As of 24 December 2014

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record					Ref.
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Rangers		1 June 2011	21 December 2014	167	121	22	24	72.46
Career Total				167	121	22	24	72.46	—

Ally McCoist Media

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  McCoist celebrating with the SPL trophy in 2009