Stuart McCall

Stuart McCall

McCall as Sheffield United coach in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Stuart Murray McCall[1]
Date of birth	(1964-06-10) 10 June 1964 (age 60)[1]
Place of birth	Leeds, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Preston North End (assistant manager)
Youth career
	Pudsey Juniors
	Holbeck
	Farsley Celtic
1980–1982	Bradford City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1988	Bradford City	238	(37)
1988–1991	Everton	103	(6)
1991–1998	Rangers	194	(14)
1998–2002	Bradford City	157	(8)
2002–2005	Sheffield United	71	(2)
Total		763	(67)
International career
1988–1990	Scotland U21	2	(0)
1990–1998	Scotland	40	(1)
Managerial career
2000	Bradford City (caretaker)
2007–2010	Bradford City
2010–2014	Motherwell
2015	Rangers
2016–2018	Bradford City
2018–2019	Scunthorpe United
2020	Bradford City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Stuart Murray McCall (born 10 June 1964) is a professional football coach and former player. He is currently assistant manager of Preston North End.

McCall played in a total of 763 league games and in 40 full international matches for Scotland during his playing career.

McCall started his career with Bradford City, where he made his first-team debut in 1982. He played six seasons at Valley Parade, during which time he won the Division Three championship, a title which was overshadowed by the Bradford City stadium fire when 56 people died and in which his father Andy was injured. After missing out on promotion in 1987–88, McCall moved to Everton, for whom he scored twice but finished on the losing side in the 1989 FA Cup Final. In 1991, he moved to Rangers, with whom he spent seven seasons and won five league titles, three Scottish Cups and two Scottish League Cups. McCall returned to Bradford City as captain to take them into the top division of English football for the first time in 77 years. After four seasons he moved to Sheffield United, where he retired as a player in 2005.

Born and raised in England, McCall qualified to play for Scotland through his Scottish father. He won 40 international caps and scored one goal in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. He also played in two European Championships but his international career ended after he was left out of the 1998 World Cup squad.

McCall was part of the coaching staff during his second playing spell at Bradford City, briefly serving as caretaker-player manager in 2000. He continued his coaching at Sheffield United and was assistant manager to Neil Warnock until May 2007, when he returned to Bradford City as their manager. He spent two and a half seasons in charge of Bradford City, leaving in February 2010. Just before the end of 2010, he was appointed Motherwell manager. He stayed at Fir Park for four years, helping the club finish second in the league twice. After a poor start to the 2014–15 season, he resigned in November 2014. McCall was appointed manager of Rangers in March 2015, but left the club at the end of a short-term contract.

McCall returned to Bradford City for a second spell as manager in June 2016. The team reached the play-off final in his first season, but this was lost and he was sacked in February 2018. After a short spell with Scunthorpe United, McCall was appointed Bradford manager for a third time in February 2020.