Alex McLeish
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Alexander McLeish (born 21 January 1959) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. He played as a defender for Aberdeen during their 1980s glory years, making nearly 500 League appearances for the club, and won 77 caps for Scotland.McLeish started his managerial career with spells at Motherwell and Hibernian, before guiding Rangers to two championships and five cup wins in five years. McLeish spent ten months as manager of the Scotland national team which narrowly failed to qualify for the finals of the 2008 UEFA European championship. He then resigned this post in November 2007 to become manager of Birmingham City, who were in the Premier League at the time. Though Birmingham were relegated at the end of the season, McLeish guided them back to the Premier League in 2009. Birmingham then won the 2011 Football League Cup Final, but were relegated again from the Premier League at the end of the 2010–11 season.
Following this relegation he resigned his post at Birmingham to become manager at their city rivals, Aston Villa. This made him the first manager to move directly from Birmingham City to Aston Villa, and only the second manager after Ron Saunders to manage both clubs. Having only narrowly avoided relegation in the 2011–12 Premier League season, his contract was terminated by Villa at the end of his first season. McLeish was appointed manager of Championship club Nottingham Forest in December 2012, but left after 40 days by mutual consent. He managed Belgian Pro League club Genk in the 2014–15 season, and Zamalek of the Egyptian Premier League in 2016. He then had a second stint as Scotland national team manager.
In recognition of his distinguished service to Scottish sport, in 2008 McLeish was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Aberdeen. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by McLeish, Alexander
Published 1931London, New York, World Dominion Press, 1931.202 p. front., plates, fold. maps. 26 cm. -
2London, New York, World Dominion Press, 1931.1 online resource (vi, 277 pages) illustrations, maps, tables.Center for Research Libraries
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3Published 1927London, World Dominion Press [1927]xii, 206 p. illus., 3 fold. Col. Maps. 25 cm.Other Authors: “...McLeish, Alexander...”
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4Published 1927London, World Dominion Press [1927]1 online resource (xii, 206 p.) : illus., 3 fold. Col. Maps.Other Authors: “...McLeish, Alexander...”
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5by Cooksey, Joseph James, 1872-
Published 1931London ; New York : World Dominion Press, 1931.vi, 277 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps, tables ; 25 cm.Other Authors: “...McLeish, Alexander...”