Brian McLean
Brian Stuart McLean (born 28 February 1985) is a footballer manager and former player, who most recently managed Scottish League Two club Clyde.
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McLean playing for Motherwell | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian Stuart McLean | ||
| Date of birth | 28 February 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Rutherglen, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, full-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Queen's Park | |||
| Rangers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2006 | Rangers | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Motherwell (loan) | 30 | (3) |
| 2006–2009 | Motherwell | 25 | (2) |
| 2009–2011 | Falkirk | 67 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Preston North End | 16 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Dundee United | 29 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Ross County | 26 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | DPMM FC | 46 | (5) |
| 2017 | Hibernian | 2 | (0) |
| 2017 | ÍBV | 10 | (1) |
| 2018 | DPMM FC | 22 | (2) |
| 2019 | Dumbarton | 7 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Greenock Morton | 54 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Clyde | 31 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Scotland U17 | 1 | (0) | |
| 2005 | Northern Ireland U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2006 | Northern Ireland | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2023 | Clyde | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:23, 10 July 2023 (UTC) | |||
He began his career in Scotland as a youth and reserve player with Rangers before joining Motherwell in 2005, initially on loan. He then joined Falkirk in 2009 before joining Preston North End in England two years later. After returning to Scotland with Dundee United and then Ross County, he moved to DPMM FC in 2015 and won the S.League title in his first season. He then had a short spell at Hibernian and played in Iceland for ÍBV before returning for a second spell at DPMM FC in 2018. He returned to Scottish football at Dumbarton, where he spent the 2018–19 season, then signed for Greenock Morton in July 2019.
McLean played for the Scotland under-17 team before choosing to represent Northern Ireland, for whom he made one full international appearance in 2006. Due to an administrative error, however, he was subsequently declared ineligible to have switched his nationality, thus ending his international career.