Michael McGlinchey

McGlinchey in the jersey of the Mariners (2009)

Michael Ryan McGlinchey ( born January 7, 1987 in Wellington ) is a New Zealand -Scottish footballer.

Club career

McGlinchey was born in 1987 in Wellington, New Zealand, his Scottish father played there from 1986 to 1988 soccer at Lower Hutt City. Just nine months after his birth the family moved back to Scotland, where he grew up in Glasgow. In 2005 he received at Celtic a professional contract and was on Boxing Day 2005 against Livingston his league debut. It should be the only duty stake for Celtic McGlincheys, in November 2007, he was awarded at Dunfermline Athletic in the First Division, returned to a groin injury but already in January 2008 back to Celtic back.

After his contract with Celtic in the summer of 2009 finally ended, he was awarded after several months Find a club in the Australian A- League club Central Coast Mariners after a two-week trial a two -year contract. McGlinchey was at the Mariners team regular at the playmaker position, settled lend because of the early season end of the A -League, however, in January 2010 until the summer at the Scottish club FC Motherwell to continue to get match practice to the World Cup. Back in Australia, he reached with the Mariners in 2011, the championship final, which was, however, lost to Brisbane Roar on penalties. In the 2012/13 season he was with the club Australian Masters.

For the 2013/14 season he moved on loan to the Japanese J -League to Vegalta Sendai.

National

McGlinchey was eligible to play for the New Zealand and Scottish Association initially but opted for Scotland. He was at the U-19 European Championship 2006 on the service providers of the Scottish selection and stood in all five tournament games on the grid. In the finals, the first since 1982 for a Scottish selection in this age group, they lost Spain with 1:2. In the subsequent Junior World Championships 2007 in Canada McGlinchey came two appearances, failed the U-20 team but after three losses already in the group stage.

After the abolition of the age limit was adopted for a dressing change at the FIFA Congress in June 2009, McGlinchey received by the New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert again the offer aground future for his native country. He made his debut along with Rory Fallon in a friendly match against Jordan in the New Zealand national team and was released in October and November 2009 in the two play-off games of the World Cup qualifier against Bahrain are used, when the national team by a 1-0 home success for the first time since 1982, qualified again for the World Cup finals.