Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gavin David Strachan[1] | ||
Date of birth | 23 December 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Celtic (first team coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2003 | Coventry City | 16 | (0) |
1999 | → Dundee (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2002 | → Motherwell (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2003 | Peterborough United | 2 | (0) |
2003 | Southend United | 7 | (0) |
2003–2007 | Hartlepool United | 79 | (7) |
2005 | → Stockport County (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2007 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Peterborough United | 17 | (3) |
2008–2009 | Notts County | 25 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Corby Town | 13 | (2) |
2010–2011 | Hinckley United | 24 | (4) |
2011 | St Neots Town | 1 | (0) |
Total | 195 | (17) | |
International career | |||
1998 | Scotland U21 | 8 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2014–2015 | Ilkeston | ||
2015–2018 | Doncaster Rovers (assistant manager) | ||
2018–2020 | Peterborough United (assistant manager) | ||
2020– | Celtic (first team coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gavin David Strachan (born 23 December 1978) is a Scottish professional association football coach, and former player and sports journalist. He is currently a first team coach at Scottish Premiership club Celtic, and he was assistant manager at Doncaster Rovers from 2015 to 2018, then Peterborough United until 2020. He is the son of former manager and player Gordon Strachan, and the father of player Luke Strachan.
Spending most of his early years with Coventry City, Strachan has played for ten different senior clubs, and is a self-described journeyman.[3] He was capped eight times for the Scotland U21 national team.[4]
As part of a degree in sports journalism at University of Staffordshire Strachan wrote a blog for BBC News 2008–2009.[5]