Alan Archibald

Alan Archibald

Archibald (left) is interviewed by Chick Young of BBC Radio Scotland.
Personal information
Full name	Alan Maxwell Archibald[1]
Date of birth	(1977-12-13) 13 December 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Kilmarnock (first-team coach)
Youth career
1994–1996	Partick Thistle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2003	Partick Thistle	200	(8)
2003–2007	Dundee United	125	(6)
2007–2013	Partick Thistle	159	(1)
Total		484	(15)
International career
1998–1999	Scotland U21[2]	5	(0)
Managerial career
2013–2018	Partick Thistle
2019–2023	Partick Thistle (Assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Archibald (born 13 December 1977) is a Scottish football coach and former player, who is currently a first-team coach at Kilmarnock. Archibald, who played as a defender, has been associated with Partick Thistle for most of his career. Beginning his professional career with the club as a teenager, he went on to make 423 appearances for Thistle in two spells, placing him tenth on the club's all-time list of most appearances. His only other professional club was Dundee United, where he played between 2003 and 2007 before rejoining Thistle. Archibald also played five times for the Scotland national under-21 team.

Following his retirement from playing, Archibald became Partick Thistle manager in 2013 and went on to win the Scottish Football League First Division title that year. Thistle stayed in the top flight for four seasons under Archibald, but the club were relegated in 2018, he was kept on as manager despite relegation but on 6 October 2018 he was sacked as manager after a poor start to their Scottish Championship campaign. Archibald returned to Partick Thistle a year later, as assistant manager to Ian McCall. They both left the club in February 2023. In total, as both a player and coach, Archibald has achieved four divisional titles and promotions with Partick Thistle.