Stephen McConalogue
Personal information
Full name Stephen McConalogue
Date of birth (1981-06-16) 16 June 1981
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Sutherland Sharks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2003 Dundee United 40 (2)
2001 → Greenock Morton (loan) 4 (0)
2002–2003 → Clyde (loan) 15 (5)
2003–2004 Clyde 21 (7)
2004–2005 St Johnstone 9 (0)
2005–2007 Partick Thistle 60 (16)
2007–2008 Cowdenbeath 14 (2)
2008 → Stranraer (loan) 14 (5)
2008–2009 Stranraer 34 (6)
2010– Sutherland Sharks
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:50, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Stephen McConalogue (born 16 June 1981, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish retired footballer who last played as a striker for Sutherland Sharks.

Career

McConalogue began his career with Dundee United and made his debut on the final day of the 1998–99 season, appearing as a substitute in the 2–1 home defeat to Celtic.[1] The following season, McConalogue featured in just under twenty matches, starting in most of the final matches of the season, he scored a hat-trick in a 2000 League Cup tie at the start of the following season and immediately signed a new three-year contract, scoring his first league goal a month later.[2] further goals materialised and McConalogue had a loan spell with Greenock Morton in the early part of 2001.[3]

In November 2001, McConalogue's first appearance for United in just under a year saw him net a last-minute equaliser in a league match away to Dunfermline Athletic[4] but after another dozen appearances that season, McConalogue spent the entire 2002–03 season on loan to Clyde,[5] scoring five goals. Following the end of his loan spell, McConalogue was allowed to leave Tannadice at the end of his contract under new manager Ian McCall[6] and returned to Clyde for another year, scoring seven times. In 2004, McConalogue had a six-month spell with St Johnstone[7] before arriving at Partick Thistle in January 2005,[8] going on to be one of the main parts of the Thistle side which won promotion back to the First Division via the play-off final in May 2006. After two-and-a-half years at Firhill, McConalogue left the club and joined Cowdenbeath in July 2007,[9] and after having a successful loan spell with Stranraer in January 2008 and having mutually agreed his release from Central Park at the end of the 2007–08 season,[10] returned to Stair Park in June 2008 to sign a one-year deal, where he picked up player of the year.[11] McConalogue in 2009 moved to Australia and has since retired from football.

McConalogue has been capped by Scotland from under-15 to under-21 level and remains Scotland's highest capped schoolboy internationalist, also holding the record for goals scored.[12]

Career statistics

After 21 June 2009

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1998–99Dundee UnitedScottish Premier League10--10
1999-001601010180
2000–01111-33144
Greenock Morton (loan)Scottish First Division40--40
2001–02Dundee UnitedScottish Premier League1211010141
2002–03Clyde (loan)Scottish First Division1552010185
2003–04Clyde2171020247
2004–05St Johnstone90--90
Partick Thistle114--114
2005–06Scottish Second Division3186120399
2006–07Scottish First Division18430-214
2007–08CowdenbeathScottish Second Division1421020172
Stranraer (loan)Scottish Third Division163--165
2008–09StranraerScottish Second Division346--346
Career total 2113915112323844

References

  1. ↑ "Stephen McConalogue". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  2. ↑ "Dons win eight-goal thriller". BBC Sport. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  3. ↑ "Raith Rovers 0–0 Morton". BBC News. 6 January 2001. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  4. ↑ "United leave it late to share points". BBC Sport. 23 November 2001. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  5. ↑ "Cummings in Tayside move". BBC Sport. 23 August 2002. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  6. ↑ "No Tannadice future for McConalogue". BBC Sport. 16 April 2003. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  7. ↑ "McConalogue joins Saints". BBC Sport. 6 July 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  8. ↑ "Dobbie signs after striker's exit". BBC Sport. 26 January 2005. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  9. ↑ "McConalogue signs for Blue Brazil". BBC Sport. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  10. ↑ "McConalogue leaves Central Park". BBC Sport. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
  11. ↑ "McConalogue switches to Stranraer". BBC Sport. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  12. ↑ "Stephen McConalogue". Gola Football Agency. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
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