Lee McCulloch

McCulloch in the Rangers jersey ( 2010)

Lee Henry McCulloch ( born May 14, 1978 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire ) is a Scottish football player.

Career

McCulloch played during his youth for Cumbernauld United, where he has played with Barry Ferguson together. In the summer of 1995, he was obliged by FC Motherwell. The former center-forward played there until 2001, scoring 21 goals in 123 games. He made his debut August 24, 1996 against Raith Rovers. On 31 January 1998, he scored his first two goals in a game against Hibernian. He was able to convince his performances and other clubs were aware of him.

In March 2001, he moved to Wigan Athletic. The transfer fee was £ 700,000, which at that time meant a new transfer record for Wigan. The English club played at this time in the third highest league in England. On March 3, 2001 McCulloch played for the first time for his new team. Four weeks later, he scored his first goal. During his time in England, he worked more and more on the position of striker in the midfielder. He had during his first Premier League season 2004/2005 held and managed by Wigan at the end of the season the 10th Place Current position.

In January 2007, Glasgow Rangers McCulloch wanted to buy for £ 750,000. Wigan refused the offer on the grounds that it would be "ridiculous". In May 2007, McCulloch that he would like to play for the Rangers said, and the new manager of Wigan Athletic gave him the permission to go back to Scotland. On 23 June 2007, the Rangers increased their offer to £ 1.5 million. Also it is not allowed Wigan a. We wanted to paid £ 2.5 million.

On 11 July 2007 McCulloch moved £ 2.25 million at the Glasgow Rangers .. In his first game for the Rangers, he scored a goal against FK Zeta Golubovci. In the UEFA Champions League season 2007/2008 he scored the first goal against Olympique Lyon in the 3-0 victory. McCulloch was becoming more of a fixture in the middle of the Rangers. In the 2009/2010 season, he held a regular place and extended on 12 August 2010 his contract until 2013.

National

McCulloch played his first international match for the Scottish national football team in October 2004. He came off the bench in the match against Moldova. This was also the last game of Berti Vogts as coach of the national team. Under the new manager Walter Smith, McCulloch played in the next three games as a regular player. His first tournament was the Kirin Cup, he could also win with the team.

On September 8, he announced his retirement from the national team known because he wanted to concentrate on the work at the club.