- Stuart McCluskey
Football player infobox
playername= Stuart McCluskey
fullname = Stuart Campbell McCluskey
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|10|29
cityofbirth =Bellshill
countryofbirth =Scotland
height = height|ft=6|in=0
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = St. Johnstone
years = 1994–2004
2004
2004–2005
2005–2006 2007–
clubs = St. Johnstone
Clyde
Morton
DundeeRichmond SC
Career
caps(goals) = 102 (4)
017 (1)
022 (1)
013 (0)
154 (6)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Scotland U-21
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = May 14, 2007Stuart Campbell McCluskey (born
October 29 1977 ,Bellshill ,North Lanarkshire ,Scotland ) is a Scottish professional football player. He has represented his country, occasionally as captain, at Under-19 and U-21 levels.Career
McCluskey began his career at St. Johnstone, with whom he progressed through the youth ranks alongside
Danny Griffin under the watchful eye ofPaul Sturrock . The defender spent a decade atMcDiarmid Park , notching up over a century of league appearances along the way.In 2004 he joined Clyde, then under the guidance of McCluskey's former teammate in Perth,
Alan Kernaghan , until the end of the season. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/clyde/3364571.stm McCluskey joins Clyde] ]For the 2004/5 season he joined Morton, [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/morton/3912953.stm Three new faces for Morton] ] with whom he played one season, before moving back to
Tayside to sign with St. Johnstone's arch-rivals Dundee, again linking up with Kernaghan, who was the new boss atDens Park . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dundee/4254290.stm McCluskey next Kernaghan signing] ]In April 2006, McCluskey was one of several players released by Dundee. He was reported to be looking to try his hand in
Australia , [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dundee/4912230.stm McCluskey starts a Dundee exodus] ] and as of May 2007 is playing forMelbourne -basedRichmond SC . He has since become club captain.During the 2008 season he has also taken up coaching, he is coach of the u16 Richmond junior boys team, along with Tony Gignalito. [ [http://www.richmondsc.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/match.aspx?locx=MATCH&matchID=73807 Richmond 2-0 Fawkner Blues match details] - RichmondSC.com.au]References
External links
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=11198 McCluskey's profile at Soccerbase]
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