 McGregor with Rangers in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Allan James McGregor[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1982[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1995 | Hutchison Vale[3][4] | ||
| 1998–2001 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2012 | Rangers | 205 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → St Johnstone (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Beşiktaş | 27 | (0) |
| 2013–2018 | Hull City | 141 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2018–2023 | Rangers | 141 | (0) |
| Total | 579 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Scotland U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2004 | Scotland B | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2018 | Scotland | 42 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:16, 24 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
Allan James McGregor (born 31 January 1982) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. McGregor has previously played for Rangers, St Johnstone, Dunfermline Athletic, Turkish team Beşiktaş, English club Hull City and Welsh side Cardiff City, and made 42 international appearances for Scotland.
A product of the Hutchison Vale youth football club[5] in Edinburgh, McGregor made his first team debut for Rangers in February 2002 in a Scottish Cup match against Forfar Athletic. He was later loaned out to St Johnstone and Dunfermline Athletic, before becoming a regular Rangers first team player at the start of the 2006–07 season. McGregor made over 200 appearances for Rangers, winning 11 major honours in the process, including a hat-trick of league titles in 2009, 2010 and 2011, three Scottish Cups and five Scottish League Cups.
Following the liquidation of Rangers in 2012, McGregor exercised his legal rights to become a free agent. He then signed a two-year contract with Beşiktaş. After one season in Turkey, McGregor moved to Hull City. In May 2018, McGregor signed a two-year contract with Rangers. After five seasons in his second spell there, during which he won a league title in 2021, McGregor retired from playing in 2023.
McGregor made his full international debut for Scotland in May 2007. After multiple breaches of squad discipline following Scotland's 3–0 defeat to the Netherlands on 28 March 2009, McGregor was suspended for two weeks by his club, and the Scottish Football Association said that he would never play for Scotland again.[6][7] The following year, this ban from international football was overturned by Scotland manager Craig Levein.[8] He made 42 appearances for Scotland in total, and announced his retirement from international play in March 2019.
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- ^ "Ferguson and McGregor Suspended". Rangers FC. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ferguson and McGregor No Longer Scotland Players". Scottish Football Association. 3 April 2009. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ Esplin, Ronnie; Watson, Melanie (3 August 2010). "McGregor will start in Sweden on road to redemption". The Times. Retrieved 6 September 2020.