Paul McLean (footballer, born 1990)

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Paul McLean (footballer, born 1990) - Wikipedia

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Paul McLean
Personal information
Full name	Paul McLean
Date of birth	(1990-02-02) 2 February 1990 (age 34)^[1]
Place of birth	Musselburgh,^[1] Scotland
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Cowdenbeath (Player/Coach)
Youth career
2006–2008	Norwich City
2008–2009	Falkirk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2019	Brechin City	289	(21)
2019–2024	Stirling Albion	95	(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:21, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Paul McLean (born 2 February 1990) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Cowdenbeath as a player/coach. McLean previously played with Brechin City, where he spent 10 years and also captained the side and was at Stirling Albion.^[2]

Career

McLean started his career as a youth player with Norwich City F.C. Under-23s and Academy, after a successful trial in 2005 saw him being offered a contract for the 2006–07 season.^[3] He spent two years in England, before subsequently moving back to Scotland with Falkirk in 2007.^[3] His first contract as a senior footballer came when, at the age of 19, he was signed by Jim Duffy for Brechin City on a two-year deal.^[4]

After 10 years at Brechin, McLean left the club in May 2019 and signed for Stirling Albion.^[5]

But in May 2024 he joined Cowdenbeath as a player-coach after four seasons with the binos'.

Career statistics

As of match played 20 July 2021 ^[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brechin City	2009–10^[7]	Scottish Second Division	33	3	1	0	1	0	5^[a]	0	40	3
	2010–11^[8]		27	1	4	0	1	0	2^[b]	0	34	1
	2011–12^[9]		30	1	1	0	0	0	1^[c]	0	32	1
	2012–13^[10]		33	3	1	0	1	0	2^[d]	0	37	3
	2013–14^[11]	Scottish League One	29	3	2	0	1	0	1^[c]	0	33	3
	2014–15^[12]		33	7	4	0	1	0	4^[e]	0	42	7
	2015–16^[13]		29	1	1	0	1	0	1^[c]	0	32	1
	2016–17^[14]		29	2	0	0	0	0	6^[f]	1	35	3
	2017–18^[15]	Scottish Championship	27	2	0	0	3	0	1^[c]	1	33	1
	2018–19^[16]	Scottish League One	19	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	23	0
	Total		289	23	14	0	13	0	23	2	341	23
Stirling Albion	2019–20^[17]	Scottish League Two	27	1	2	0	3	0	2^[c]	0	34	1
	2020–21^[18]		7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	0
	2021–22^[19]		0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		34	1	2	0	8	0	2	0	46	1
Career total			323	24	16	0	21	0	25	2	387	24

^ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and four in the First Division play-offs
^ Appearances in the First Division play-offs
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
^ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and one in the First Division play-offs
^ Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Championship play-offs
^ Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup; four appearances and a goal in the Championship play-offs

Personal life

Outside of football, McLean works in medical research at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Paul McLean". Brechin City FC. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b Temple, Alan (19 May 2017). "Hospital pass! Brechin City skipper Paul McLean on juggling career in Molecular Pathology with chasing promotion". Deadline News. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Paul McLean". Flown From The Nest. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "McLean & Scott Added to Squad". Brechin City FC. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "Paul is third new signing". Stirling Albion. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
^ Paul McLean at Soccerbase
^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

External links

Paul McLean at Soccerbase

v t e Stirling Albion F.C. – current squad
1 Currie 2 McGeachie 3 C. Clark 4 McLean 5 McGregor 6 Cummins 8 Davidson 9 Carrick 10 Leitch 11 Moore 12 Banner 14 McPake 15 Curtis 17 Law 18 Bird 19 Offord 20 Miller 21 Cooper 22 Spence 24 Milne 25 Hilson 27 Weir 30 Crane Manager: Maybury

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