Alex Smith (footballer, born 1939)
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Alex Smith MBE (born 25 December 1939) is a Scottish former football player and manager. His major achievements over close to five decades as a manager include winning the Scottish Cup in 1987 with St Mirren and 1990 with Aberdeen, where he also won the Scottish League Cup in 1989. He had a role in the development of many prominent players,[1] and the 2005 book on Scottish football, The Final Whistle? was described as "the nearest thing the Scottish game has to a father figure".
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Date of birth | (1939-12-25) 25 December 1939 (age 84) | ||
Place of birth | Cowie, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Gowanhill United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1958–1959 | Kilmarnock | 0 | (0) |
1959–1962 | Stenhousemuir | 39 | (9) |
1962–1965 | Stirling Albion | 51 | (11) |
1965–1966 | East Stirlingshire | 12 | (4) |
1966–1968 | Albion Rovers | 23 | (0) |
1968–1970 | Stenhousemuir | 23 | (0) |
Total | 148 | (24) | |
Managerial career | |||
1968–1974 | Stenhousemuir | ||
1974–1986 | Stirling Albion | ||
Scotland U18 | |||
1986–1988 | St Mirren | ||
1988–1992 | Aberdeen | ||
1992–1996 | Clyde | ||
1998–2002 | Scotland U21 | ||
2000–2002 | Dundee United | ||
2002–2005 | Ross County | ||
2013 | Falkirk (interim) | ||
2017 | Falkirk (interim) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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