| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1964-01-23)23 January 1964 (age 61) | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1997 | Heart of Midlothian | 516 | (45) |
| 1997–1999 | Airdrieonians | 44 | (1) |
| Total | 560 | (46) | |
| International career | |||
| 1987–1988 | Scotland | 4 | (1) |
| 1990[1] | SFA (SFL centenary) | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Airdrieonians | ||
Medal record | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gary Mackay (born 23 January 1964) is a Scottish formerfootballer, who made over 500 league appearances forHeart of Midlothian and also played forAirdrieonians and theScotland national team. After retiring as a player, hemanaged Airdrie for a year. Mackay is now anSFA–registeredagent.[2]
Mackay played forHeart of Midlothian for most of his career, and he holds the record for the most competitive appearances for the club, with 640.[3] Mackay won international recognition in the late 1980s, winning four caps for Scotland. His most significant act as a Scotland player was to score the winning goal on his debut in aUEFA Euro 1988 qualifying match againstBulgaria inSofia.[4] Although this goal did not substantially benefit Scotland, who had already been eliminated, it was of great significance toIreland, who qualified forthe finals as a result of this strike.[4]
Kevin Harper alleged that he had been racially abused by Mackay during a match in November 1996. TheScottish Football Association failed to investigate the incident.[5][6] Mackay has since been involved in work for 'Show Racism the Red Card' which primarily aims to prevent racism in football.[7]
Mackay left Hearts in 1997 to play forAirdrie. After retiring as a player in 1999, Mackay then managed Airdrie for a season, but the club suffered severe financial problems[8] and he was sacked to make way forSteve Archibald during July 2000.[9]
Mackay has since worked as an agent, representing players includingGarry O'Connor,[10]Christophe Berra[11] andLee Wallace.[12] Mackay was criticised by his former club Hearts in June 2011 on the official Hearts website. "Over a short space of time 4 players at our club have been on the wrong end of the law. We note that 3 of them are represented by the same agent – Gary Mackay – who has been so vicious in his attacks againstMr Romanov".[13]
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