Paul Alexander McMullan (born 13 March 1984) is a Scottish professional

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midfielder currently without a club having last played for

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. He has previously played in the

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for Heart of Midlothian.

Career

McMullan started his career at Heart of Midlothian, making his senior début on 16 February 2002, in a match away to

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. During his four-year spell at Hearts, he went on to play a role in the club's 2002–03 season, when the club finished third in the

. McMullan played in two

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matches that season, including a game that Hearts won 5–1 at Tynecastle in August 2002. McMullan left on a loan period to Queen of the South in December 2003, before leaving Hearts in the summer of 2004. After joining

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team currently competes in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional F ...

, McMullan moved to Raith Rovers in January 2005, without making a league appearance for the

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club. McMullan then had an eight-month spell in Australia with

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in the

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, before returning to Scotland in January 2006, to play for Hamilton Academical. The player later moved on to

Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; gd, An t-Sròn Reamhar ), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of L ...

and Berwick Rangers and had a season at junior level with

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where he reunited with his former manager at Raith, Gordon Dalziel. McMullan signed for Clyde in January 2011, before moving to

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in January 2012. On 21 May 2014, McMullan signed for

, but having only made three appearances for the club due to injury, his contract was cancelled by mutual consent in January 2015.

References

External links

* * (Berwick, Clyde – incorrectly named Paul McMullen)
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at London Hearts {{DEFAULTSORT:McMullan, Paul 1984 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players Raith Rovers F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Stranraer F.C. players Berwick Rangers F.C. players Glenafton Athletic F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Elgin City F.C. players East Stirlingshire F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish expatriate men's footballers Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Australia Footballers from Bellshill Men's association football midfielders Scottish Professional Football League players