Gary McSwegan

Football player infobox
playername= Gary McSwegan
fullname = Gary John McSwegan


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|9|24
cityofbirth = Glasgow
countryofbirth = Scotland
height = height|ft=5|in=8
currentclub = Clyde
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = Rangers
years = 1986–1993
1993–1995
1995–1998
1998–2002
2001–2002
2002
2002–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2008–
clubs = Rangers
Notts County
Dundee United
Hearts
→ Barnsley (loan)
→ Luton Town (loan)
Kilmarnock
Ross County
Inverness CT
Clyde
caps(goals) = 18 0(4)
62 (21)
92 (32)
82 (25)
05 0(0)
03 0(0)
63 (17)
34 0(1)
09 0(0)
15 0(3)
nationalyears = 1999
nationalteam = Scotland
Scotland U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 02 0(1)
pcupdate = 16:54, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Gary John McSwegan (born 24 September 1970 in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Clyde in the Scottish First Division. He is a former Scottish internationalist.

Career

Domestic

McSwegan, a striker, started his career with Rangers, where he scored 5 goals in only 24 appearances during his six years at Ibrox, including a goal against Marseille in the Champions League.

His first team opportunities at Rangers, however, appeared to be limited and in 1993 he joined Notts County for £400,000. Two seasons later he returned to Scotland with Dundee United for £375,000 where he remained for three seasons, scoring 42 goals.

He joined Hearts in 1998 on a free transfer where he notched up 31 goals in 98 appearances. By 2002, however, McSwegan had fallen out of favour at Hearts and subsequently had loan spells in England with Barnsley and Luton Town before joining Kilmarnock where he remained for two seasons, scoring 17 goals.

His next professional club was Ross County where he played 39 games, scoring just 1 goal in two injury-ravaged seasons. Despite these problems, McSwegan returned to top flight football, when signed by Inverness Caledonian Thistle in September 2006 on a short-term deal. McSwegan left Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the end of the 2006-07 season and joined Peterhead.

McSwegan joined Clyde on 14 March 2008, after previously training with the club and appearing in reserve games. [cite web|url=http://www.clydefc.co.uk/latestnews.cfm?id=2652|title=Its Hammer Time|publisher=clydefc.co.uk|accessdate=June 26|accessyear=2008] He made his debut the following day, in a 1-1 draw against Stirling Albion in the Scottish First Division. He scored his first goal for the club in the final league game of the season, scoring the first in a 3-0 win over Stirling Albion. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/7364824.stm|title=Clyde 3-0 Stirling Albion|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=April 26|accessyear=2008] In June 2008, McSwegan signed a one year contract extension with the Broadwood side. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/clyde/7474404.stm|title=McSwegan extends stay with Clyde|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=June 26|accessyear=2008]

International

McSwegan won two caps for Scotland in 1999. He won his first cap on 5 October 1999, coming on as a late substitute in a EURO 2000 qualifier against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which Scotland won 1-0. His second and final cap came four days later, against Lithuania. McSwegan started the game, and scored Scotland's second goal in a 3-0 victory.

International goals

:"Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first."

Trivia

* London acoustic folk duo MacPherson and McSwegan are named after Gary and fellow Scottish footballer Angus MacPherson. [ [http://www.myspace.com/macphersonandmcswegan MySpace.com - MacPherson and McSwegan - London, UK - Folk / Acoustique / Soul - www.myspace.com/macphersonandmcswegan ] ]

ee also

*Clyde F.C. season 2007-08 | 2008-09

References

External links

* [http://www.clydefc.co.uk/squad/profiles/Gary-McSwegan/ Clydefc.co.uk Profile]
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