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Paul McLean
Personal information
Full name Paul McLean
Date of birth (1990-02-02) 2 February 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Musselburgh,[1] Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Cowdenbeath (Player/Coach)
Youth career
2006–2008 Norwich City
2008–2009 Falkirk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2019 Brechin City 289 (21)
2019–2024 Stirling Albion 95 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:21, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Paul McLean (born 2 February 1990) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Cowdenbeath as a player/coach. McLean previously played with Brechin City, where he spent 10 years and also captained the side and was at Stirling Albion.[2]

Career

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McLean started his career as a youth player with Norwich City F.C. Under-23s and Academy, after a successful trial in 2005 saw him being offered a contract for the 2006–07 season.[3] He spent two years in England, before subsequently moving back to Scotland with Falkirk in 2007.[3] His first contract as a senior footballer came when, at the age of 19, he was signed by Jim Duffy for Brechin City on a two-year deal.[4]

After 10 years at Brechin, McLean left the club in May 2019 and signed for Stirling Albion.[5]

But in May 2024 he joined Cowdenbeath as a player-coach after four seasons with the binos'.

Career statistics

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As of match played 20 July 2021 [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brechin City 2009–10[7] Scottish Second Division 33 3 1 0 1 0 5[a] 0 40 3
2010–11[8] 27 1 4 0 1 0 2[b] 0 34 1
2011–12[9] 30 1 1 0 0 0 1[c] 0 32 1
2012–13[10] 33 3 1 0 1 0 2[d] 0 37 3
2013–14[11] Scottish League One 29 3 2 0 1 0 1[c] 0 33 3
2014–15[12] 33 7 4 0 1 0 4[e] 0 42 7
2015–16[13] 29 1 1 0 1 0 1[c] 0 32 1
2016–17[14] 29 2 0 0 0 0 6[f] 1 35 3
2017–18[15] Scottish Championship 27 2 0 0 3 0 1[c] 1 33 1
2018–19[16] Scottish League One 19 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 23 0
Total 289 23 14 0 13 0 23 2 341 23
Stirling Albion 2019–20[17] Scottish League Two 27 1 2 0 3 0 2[c] 0 34 1
2020–21[18] 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
2021–22[19] 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total 34 1 2 0 8 0 2 0 46 1
Career total 323 24 16 0 21 0 25 2 387 24
  1. ^ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and four in the First Division play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in the First Division play-offs
  3. ^ a b c d e Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  4. ^ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and one in the First Division play-offs
  5. ^ Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Championship play-offs
  6. ^ Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup; four appearances and a goal in the Championship play-offs

Personal life

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Outside of football, McLean works in medical research at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Paul McLean". Brechin City FC. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b Temple, Alan (19 May 2017). "Hospital pass! Brechin City skipper Paul McLean on juggling career in Molecular Pathology with chasing promotion". Deadline News. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Paul McLean". Flown From The Nest. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. ^ "McLean & Scott Added to Squad". Brechin City FC. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Paul is third new signing". Stirling Albion. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  6. ^ Paul McLean at Soccerbase
  7. ^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  18. ^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  19. ^ "Games played by Paul McLean in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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