Michael McGlinchey
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Michael Ryan McGlinchey (born 7 January 1987) is a New Zealand international footballer who plays for Weston Bears in the National Premier Leagues.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michael Ryan McGlinchey | ||
Date of birth | (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 37) | ||
Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Weston Bears | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2009 | Celtic | 1 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2009–2014 | Central Coast Mariners | 120 | (11) |
2010 | → Motherwell (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2014 | → Vegalta Sendai (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2014–2018 | Wellington Phoenix | 85 | (11) |
2018–2020 | Central Coast Mariners | 28 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Queen's Park | 3 | (0) |
2021 | Clyde | 10 | (0) |
2022– | Weston Bears | 14 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2007 | Scotland U-20 | 4 | (0) |
2007 | Scotland U-21 | 1 | (0) |
2012 | New Zealand Olympic (O.P.) | 3 | (0) |
2009–2019 | New Zealand | 54 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 September 2017 |
McGlinchey played youth football with Scottish club Celtic, where he made his professional debut. After spending time on loan to Dunfermline Athletic, he joined Central Coast Mariners in the A-League, where he made over 100 appearances. In his time at the club he spent periods on loan at Motherwell in 2010 and with Vegalta Sendai in 2014. He joined Wellington Phoenix in 2014 after securing a release from the Mariners. He returned to the Mariners in 2018, before returning to Scotland with Queen's Park and then Clyde in 2020. He then returned to Australia in 2022, to play for Weston Bears in the National Premier Leagues.
McGlinchey represented Scotland at under-20 and under-21 level, but changed allegiance to New Zealand, his country of birth, at senior level. He was a member of the New Zealand national team at the 2010 World Cup and was one of New Zealand's over-age players at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] He made over fifty appearances for New Zealand, scoring five goals.