David McCreery

David McCreery

Personal information
Full name	David McCreery
Date of birth	16 September 1957 (1957-09-16) (age 54)
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1974–1979	Manchester United	87	(7)
1979–1981	Queens Park Rangers	57	(4)
1981–1982	Tulsa Roughnecks	45	(0)
1982–1989	Newcastle United	243	(2)
1989	Tulsa Renegades (indoor)	?	(?)
1989	GIF Sundsvall	5	(0)
1989–1991	Heart of Midlothian	24	(0)
1991–1992	Hartlepool United	30	(0)
1992	Coleraine	1	(0)
1992–1994	Carlisle United	35	(0)
1994–1995	Hartlepool United	9	(0)
National team
1976–1990	Northern Ireland	67	(0)
Teams managed
1992–1994	Carlisle United (player-manager)
1994–1996	Hartlepool United (player-manager)
2011-	Magway F.C. Technical Director
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

David McCreery (born 16 September 1957 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish former footballer. He mostly played in midfield, but was very versatile, and during his career played in every position bar goalkeeper. McCreery made 67 appearances for the Northern Ireland national football team,^[1] and played in the World Cup finals of 1982 Spain and 1986 Mexico. David was named in the All Star Select XI at the World Cup 1982 for his continuous high quality performances.

McCreery started his career with Manchester United, where he was a used substitute as they won the 1977 FA Cup. After scoring eight goals for the club, he transferred to Queens Park Rangers for £200,000 in 1979. In 1981, he joined Tulsa Roughnecks of the North American Soccer League playing both the 1981 and 1982 summer seasons in the United States.^[1]

In 1982, he was transferred to Newcastle United where he gained promotion in the 1983-84 season, before shorter spells at Heart of Midlothian and Hartlepool United.

He would later manage Carlisle United and Hartlepool, in the English Division 2. His greatest success at these clubs came in 1993-94, when he guided Carlisle to a place in the Division Three playoffs, where they were eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual winners Wycombe Wanderers. He then joined Hartlepool United but was unable to win promotion and resigned after one season to help set up Major League Soccer in America. Within the MLS role, McCreery worked with Bruce Arena, Dave Sarachan and Rinus Michels, coaching and then selecting suitable players to raise the profile of the MLS in its inaugural season and beyond. During the role, McCreery reported to Sunil Gulati, the current MLS commissioner.^{[citation needed]}

His vast global soccer knowledge and networks led McCreery to join a US based soccer Management company, Olscher Sports.^{[citation needed]} A soccer consultant and European Consultant for Boca Juniors of Argentina.^{[citation needed]} Mccreery was named Technical Director of South Asian club Magway F.C. in 2011

References

1. ^ "Northern Ireland's Most Capped Players". IFA. http://www.irishfa.com/international/squad-profiles/most-capped-players/. Retrieved 2011. 

External links

• David McCreery at National-Football-Teams.com
• World Football profile
• Northern Ireland Footballing Greats profile

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Name	Maccreery, David
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Date of birth	16 September 1957
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
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