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Alex McLeish

Scottish association football player and manager
Person Human Q316701

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
January 21, 1959
Place of birth
Glasgow
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[5]
Occupation
association football player, association football coach
Educated at
Barrhead High School[6]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[17]
Birth name
Alexander McLeish[18]
Coach of sports team
Scotland men's national football team, Zamalek SC, K.R.C. Genk, Nottingham Forest F.C., Aston Villa F.C., Birmingham City F.C., Scotland men's national football team, Rangers F.C., Hibernian F.C., Motherwell F.C.[22]
Country for sport
Scotland[19]
Family name
McLeish[10]
Given name
Alexander, Alex[11][12]
Height
+185[21]
Member of sports team
Aberdeen F.C., Motherwell F.C., Scotland national under-21 football team, Scotland men's national football team
Name in native language
Alex McLeish[20]
Number of matches played/races/starts
+2[16]
Participant in
1990 FIFA World Cup, 1986 FIFA World Cup, 1982 FIFA World Cup[13][14][15]
Position played on team / speciality
centre-back[8]
Sport
association football[9]
Total goals in career
+0[23]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 19
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Alexmcleish2012.jpg ↗
EU-Football.info player ID
13574
FBref player ID
8bd1324c
FIFA player ID (archived)
174754
FootballDatabase.eu person ID
3425
Freebase ID
/m/03cpmr
Gazetteer for Scotland person ID
1368
Golden ID (archived)
Alex_McLeish-39RZMA
JRC Names ID
11466
Kicker.de player ID
alex-mcleish
Kooora/Goalzz player ID
37722
National-Football-Teams.com player ID
16956
Show all 19 identifiers +7
Playmakerstats.com player ID
28052
Scottish Football Association player ID
18
Soccerbase manager ID
1537
Sofascore player ID
1420132
Trading Card Database name ID
40932
Transfermarkt manager ID
645
Transfermarkt player ID
116149

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🔗 Connections
Coach of sports team 10
Aston Villa F.C., Scotland men's national football team, Scotland men's national football team, Nottingham Forest F.C., Rangers F.C., Birmingham City F.C., K.R.C. Genk, Hibernian F.C. +2 more
← Head coach 8
Aston Villa F.C., Nottingham Forest F.C., Rangers F.C., Birmingham City F.C., K.R.C. Genk, Hibernian F.C., Motherwell F.C., Zamalek SC
Member of sports team 4
Scotland men's national football team, Aberdeen F.C., Motherwell F.C., Scotland national under-21 football team
Participant in 3
1986 FIFA World Cup, 1990 FIFA World Cup, 1982 FIFA World Cup
Given name 2
Alexander, Alex
Occupation 2
association football player, association football coach
Country for sport 1
Scotland
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Glasgow
Position played on team / speciality 1
centre-back
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
association football
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Summary

Alex McLeish was born in Glasgow[1]. He was born on January 21, 1959[2]. He worked as an association football player[3] and association football coach[4].

FAQs

Where was Alex McLeish born?

Alex McLeish was born in Glasgow[1].

What did Alex McLeish do for work?

Alex McLeish worked as association football player[3] and association football coach[4].

Where did Alex McLeish go to school?

Alex McLeish was educated at Barrhead High School[6].

Related Entities

Scotland United Kingdom

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  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Transfermarkt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . Transfermarkt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . UEFA.com. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Transfermarkt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . UEFA.com. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Nokya · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Playmakerstats.com player ID → 28052
    Position played on team / speciality → centre-back
    Place of birth → Glasgow
    Educated at → Barrhead High School
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Playmakerstats.com player ID: 28052, Add zerozero player ID (P3047)"
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