Andy McLaren

Football player infobox


playername = Andy McLaren
fullname = Andrew McLaren
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|6|5
cityofbirth = Glasgow
countryofbirth = Scotland
currentclub = Ayr United
position = Midfielder
years = 1989-1999
1999-2000
1999
2000-2003
2003-2005
2004-2005
2005
2005-2006
2006
2007-
clubs = Dundee United
Reading
→ Livingston (loan)
Kilmarnock
Dundee United
→ Partick Thistle (loan)
→ Morton (loan)
Morton
Dundee
Ayr United
caps(goals) = 164 (11)
009 0(1)
009 0(0)
083 (13)
033 0(4)
009 0(0)
012 0(3)
034 0(7)
012 0(3)
0012 0(3)
nationalyears = 2001
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
pcupdate = 10:25, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Andy McLaren (born 5 June 1973 in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Ayr United.

Career

McLaren, a striker, began his career in 1989 with Dundee United where he remained for 10 years, helping them win the Scottish Cup in 1994. After a loan spell with Livingston in 1999, he left Tannadice for English club Reading in 2000. During his time at Reading, he tested positive for cannabis and cocaine and admitted to alcoholism cite news|url=http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sport.cfm?id=762712003|publisher=Scotland on Sunday|title=Life's a ball as Hibs target McLaren gets his highs from game by Moria Gordon|date=2003-07-13] .

After spending time in rehabilitation, he returned to football in June 2000 when he was signed for Kilmarnock by the then manager Bobby Williamson. During his time at Rugby Park, he won his only Scotland cap, a substitute appearance in a 1-1 draw against Poland in April 2001 cite news|url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/match_details.cfm?matchid=25643|publisher=Scottish FA|title=Poland 1-1 Scotland|date=2001-04-25] .

He left Kilmarnock in August 2003 after falling out of favour at Kilmarnock and returned to Dundee United. He failed to establish himself in the Dundee United team, however, and was subsequently loaned to Partick Thistle and Greenock Morton before joining Morton permanently in 2005. After a season at Cappielow, he joined Dundee in July 2006 cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee/5168730.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=McLaren agrees switch to Dundee|date=2006-07-11] .

In his side's defeat at Clyde on December 16, 2006, McLaren was sent off for aiming a blow at a Clyde player, before getting a second red after striking another opponent on the way off the pitch. Once into the dressing rooms he received his third red card for kicking a hole in the door of the referee's room.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/6177747.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Clyde 2-1 Dundee|date=2006-12-16] As a consequence of his actions, Dundee decided to release him from his contract on December 20, 2006.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee/6190087.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=McLaren and Dundee part company|date=2006-12-20]

On the 9 February 2007, McLaren signed for Ayr on a part-time deal until the end of 2006–07,cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/ayr_united/6349007.stm|title=Banned McLaren joins up at Ayr|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=2007-02-10] scoring on his debut against Stranraer on the 3rd of March 2007.

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