Stuart McLaren (born 28 August 1975) is a Scottish/Australian
football
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player and coach, who is currently employed at Scottish club
Celtic
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**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
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as
U18 manager.
Biography
Queensland Roar
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coach
Miron Bleiberg
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Biography
Bleiberg was educated at the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa, Israel. A former captain in the Israeli Navy, Bleiberg commanded patrol bo ...
signed McLaren on a short-term contract in early November 2005. He was signed due to
Josh McCloughlan's injury, playing as a defender as he did when he was a former player-coach with the
Brisbane Strikers
Brisbane Strikers Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1991 as Brisbane United, the club competed in the National Soccer League until the 2003–04 season and was one of two ...
in the
NSL. He was then signed as a permanent player and regularly played in the starting eleven, occasionally captaining the
Queensland Roar
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.
McLaren left Australia in early 2011 returning to the United Kingdom to be nearer his place of birth with his family. In June 2011, he was appointed as head coach at
Loughborough University
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. McLaren was appointed manager of
Stirling Albion
Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...
in November 2014, but the ''Binos'' were relegated from
Scottish League One
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at the end of the
2014–15 season. He left Stirling Albion by mutual consent in September 2016, following a 4–0 defeat by
Elgin City
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Elgin was founded in 1893 and originally played their football in the Highland Football League. The club was g ...
.
In October 2018, McLaren was appointed by the
Scottish Football Association
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to be a national youth team coach, with responsibility for the
Scotland U16 team.
McLaren was appointed interim manager of the
Scotland women's national football team
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in January 2021. He remained in the role until the appointment of permanent manager
Pedro Martinez Losa, and left the SFA at the end of 2021.
In January 2022,
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
announced McLaren had joined them as their under-18s manager.
Managerial statistics
*Scottish senior clubs statistics only.
Honours
Brisbane Strikers
*
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its d ...
: ''Runners-up''
2003–04
*
QSL Premiers: 2009
Loughborough University
*
BUCS Championship: 2013
*
BUCS
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Premier North Division: 2012, 2013
Scotland U16
*
Victory Shield
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: 2019–20 (shared)
References
External links
Oz Football profileGlory replacements in the mix
1975 births
Living people
Footballers from Glasgow
Scottish footballers
Scottish football managers
Scottish expatriate football managers
Australian soccer players
Australian soccer coaches
Australian expatriate soccer coaches
A-League Men players
National Soccer League (Australia) players
Brisbane Strikers FC players
Perth Glory FC players
Brisbane Roar FC players
Stirling Albion F.C. players
Wollongong Wolves FC players
Scottish Football League players
Stirling Albion F.C. managers
Scottish Professional Football League managers
Association football central defenders
Association football midfielders
Scottish emigrants to Australia
Brisbane Strikers coaches
Scotland women's national football team managers
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