Mark McGhee

Mark Edward McGhee (born 25 May, 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a former professional footballer and current manager of English club Bristol Rovers.

Mark McGhee

Personal information
Full name	Mark Edward McGhee
Date of birth	25 May 1957 (aged 68)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1977	Greenock Morton	64	(37)
1977–1979	Newcastle United	28	(5)
1979–1984	Aberdeen	164	(61)
1984–1985	Hamburger SV	30	(7)
1985–1989	Celtic	87	(27)
1989–1991	Newcastle United	67	(24)
1991	IK Brage	3	(2)
1991–1993	Reading	45	(7)
Total		488	(170)
National team
1983–1984	Scotland	4	(2)
Teams managed
1991–1994	Reading
1994–1995	Leicester City
1995–1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers
2000–2003	Millwall
2003–2006	Brighton & Hove Albion
2007–2009	Motherwell
2009–2010	Aberdeen
2012	Bristol Rovers
2013–2017	Scotland (assistant)
2015–2017	Motherwell
2017–2018	Barnet
2019	Eastbourne Borough (caretaker)
2021	Stockport County (assistant)
2022	Dundee
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

McGhee played for many Scottish and English clubs, before he had to retire because of injury. He started his playing career at Greenock Morton before moving on to Newcastle United, Aberdeen, Hamburg, Celtic, IK Brage and Reading and won the Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year in 1982 as well as four caps and two goals for the Scotland national football team. His greatest career moment came in 1983 when he was in the Aberdeen side that defeated Real Madrid 2-1 to lift the European Cup Winner's Cup.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Greenock Morton	1975–76	Scottish First Division	5	1	1	1	2	0	-	-	-	-	8	2
	1976–77		39	20	1	0	6	6	-	-	-	-	46	26
	1977–78		20	16	0	0	4	1	-	-	-	-	24	17
	Total		64	37	2	1	12	7	-	-	-	-	78	45
Newcastle United	1977–78	First Division	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	20	3
	1978–79	Second Division	10	2	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	12	2
	Total		28	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	32	5
Aberdeen	1978–79	Scottish Premier Division	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	11	4
	1979–80		21	7	1	0	7	4	0	0	-	-	29	11
	1980–81		36	13	2	1	5	3	4	1	-	-	47	18
	1981–82		31	8	6	3	9	4	6	1	-	-	52	16
	1982–83		32	16	5	1	7	4	11	6	-	-	55	27
	1983–84		33	13	6	2	6	3	10	6	-	-	55	24
	Total		164	61	20	7	34	18	31	14	-	-	249	100
Hamburger SV	1984–85	Bundesliga	26	6	1	0	0	0	6	3	-	-	33	9
	1985–86		4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	5	1
	Total		30	7	1	0	0	0	7	3	-	-	38	10
Celtic	1985–86	Scottish Premier Division	18	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	21	5
	1986–87		16	1	3	0	1	0	3	1	-	-	23	2
	1987–88		24	6	4	1	3	1	1	0	-	-	32	8
	1988–89		29	16	5	2	0	0	3	1	-	-	37	19
	Total		87	27	15	4	4	1	7	2	-	-	113	34
Newcastle United	1989–90	Second Division	46	19	4	5	3	1	-	-	2	0	55	25
	1990–91		21	5	2	1	2	0	-	-	-	-	25	6
	Total		67	24	6	6	5	1	-	-	2	0	80	31
IK Brage	1991–92	Division 1 Norra	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	3	2
	Total		3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	3	2
Reading	1991–92	Third Division	32	5	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	35	5
	1992–93	Second Division	13	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	13	2
	Total		45	7	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	48	7
Career total			488	170	48	18	58	27	45	19	2	0	641	234

Sources:

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1983	3	1
	1984	1	1
Total		4	2

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

List of international goals scored by Mark McGhee

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 June 1983	Empire Stadium, Vancouver	Canada	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2	26 May 1984	Hampden Park, Glasgow	England	1–0	1–1	1983–84 British Home Championship

Managerial record

As of match played 15 May 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Reading	10 May 1991	14 December 1994	183	79	51	53	43.2
Leicester City	14 December 1994	7 December 1995	51	16	14	21	31.4
Wolverhampton Wanderers	13 December 1995	5 November 1998	159	65	39	55	40.9
Millwall	25 September 2000	15 October 2003	163	75	39	49	46.0
Brighton & Hove Albion	28 October 2003	8 September 2006	139	40	38	61	28.8
Motherwell	18 June 2007	12 June 2009	88	35	17	36	39.8
Aberdeen	12 June 2009	1 December 2010	62	17	13	32	27.4
Bristol Rovers	18 January 2012	15 December 2012	45	12	12	21	26.7
Motherwell	13 October 2015	28 February 2017	62	22	10	30	35.5
Barnet	13 November 2017	15 January 2018	11	3	0	8	27.3
Eastbourne Borough (Caretaker)	19 February 2019	7 May 2019	11	1	4	6	&09.1
Dundee	17 February 2022	31 May 2022	14	1	5	8	&07.14
Total			987	366	242	379	37.1

As a player

Greenock Morton

• Scottish First Division: 1

1977–78 (second tier)

Aberdeen

• Scottish Premier Division: 2

1979–80, 1983–84

• Scottish Cup: 3

1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84

• European Cup Winners' Cup: 1

1982–83

• European Super Cup: 1

1983

Celtic

• Scottish Premier Division: 2

1985–86, 1987–88

• Scottish Cup: 2

1987–88, 1988–89

As a manager

Reading

• Division Two: 1993–94

Millwall

• Division Two: 2000–01

Brighton & Hove Albion

• Division Two play-offs: 2003–04