 McManus playing forCeltic in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen David McManus[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1982-09-10)10 September 1982 (age 43)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Bothwell, Scotland[2] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Celtic B (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2003 | Celtic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2010 | Celtic | 150 | (17) |
| 2010 | →Middlesbrough (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2010–2013 | Middlesbrough | 54 | (1) |
| 2012 | →Bristol City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | →Bristol City (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2013–2017 | Motherwell | 135 | (6) |
| Total | 372 | (26) | |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2010 | Scotland | 26 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2021 | Celtic U18 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stephen David McManus (born 10 September 1982) is a Scottish professionalfootball coach and former player who is a first-team coach atScottish Premiership clubCeltic.
McManus, who played as acentre-back, was a product ofCeltic's youth academy and rose through the ranks to become first teamcaptain ahead of the2007–08 season. He held this position until his move toMiddlesbrough in 2010. After two loan spells withBristol City, McManus finished his career with four seasons atMotherwell.
McManus also captained theScotland national team, and made 26 international appearances between 2006 and 2010.
McManus retired from playing in 2017 and became a coach.
McManus came through the ranks at Celtic and signed a professional contract on the same day as fellow defender John Kennedy.[when?] He made his debut for the first team, underMartin O'Neill, in the2003–04 season againstHibernian, and finished that season with five league appearances as Celtic won the title.[3] He later established himself as first choice central defender at Celtic duringGordon Strachan's managerial reign.
In the 2005–06 season, McManus scored eight goals (seven of which came in the League).[4] He was made captain for the first league game of the 2006–07 season, in the match againstKilmarnock due to regular club captainNeil Lennon being suspended.[citation needed] Since that game he repeatedly deputised as Celtic captain throughout the 2006–07 season. After Lennon left Celtic to joinNottingham Forest, McManus was announced as Celtic's new captain on 31 July 2007 and signed a four-year contract. He said:[5]
"To be given the captaincy of Celtic is a tremendous honour. It is undoubtedly one of the highlights of my career so far. I'm proud to follow in the footsteps of so many great Celtic captains from the past and I hope that I will be able to achieve as much success as they have over the years."
On 3 October 2007, McManus scored to put Celtic a goal ahead againstMilan atCeltic Park in the group stages of theUEFA Champions League. The match ended 2–1 in Celtic's favour withKaká equalising for Milan beforeScott McDonald scored a late winner for Celtic.
McManus lifted his first trophy as Celtic skipper on 22 May 2008, when Celtic won the2007–08 SPL Championship following a 1–0 win overDundee United atTannadice Park on the last day of the season. Before the beginning of the2008–09 SPL Championship it was announced that McManus would wear the No.4 shirt, after its previous ownerAdam Virgo left the club in July 2008.[6]
McManus fell out of favour under new managerTony Mowbray, however, making only 14 appearances in the first part of the 2009–10 season.[7]
McManus was loaned by Celtic to Middlesbrough for the second half of the 2009–10 season.[7] This meant that McManus linked up again withGordon Strachan, who signed four other Celtic players during the January 2010 transfer window.[7] McManus received the man of the match award in his Middlesbrough debut againstIpswich Town. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win overPlymouth Argyle on 5 April 2010.[8]
On 13 July 2010, McManus completed a £1.5 million move to the Teesside club signing a 3-year contract.[9][10] McManus scored his second goal for Middlesbrough against Leicester City on 2 April 2011, his goal coming in the 94th minute to level the game at 3–3.[11] At the end of the 2012–13 season, McManus was not offered a new contract and left the club.
McManus signed for Bristol City on loan until the end of the season on 14 February 2012 and made his debut at home in the 2–2 draw against Crystal Palace the same day. He was recalled on 28 March, due to injury worries toMatthew Bates andSeb Hines following the match againstBristol City (McManus did not play against Boro).[12] He then returned to Bristol City for a second loan spell the following season.[13] His first and only goal for the club came in a 4–2 win overPeterborough United on 29 December 2012.[14]
On 15 July 2013, McManus signed a one-year deal withScottish Premiership sideMotherwell.[15] He made his competitive debut for Motherwell in a homeEuropa League match against Russian sideKuban Krasnodar. Motherwell lost the match 2–0. His first goal for the club came in a 1–0 win overHibernian on 3 November 2013.[16] McManus made 42 appearances for Motherwell during the 2013–14 season, after which he signed a new two-year contract with the club.[17]
On 14 August 2017, it was announced that McManus had decided to retire from playing football.[18]
McManus earned his firstcap at international level forScotland on 11 October 2006, coming on as a substitute in the 2–0 defeat toUkraine at theOlympic Stadium inKyiv.[19] McManus scored his first goal for Scotland in a 3–1 win againstLithuania on 8 September 2007,[19] turning aShaun Maloney cross into the net to put Scotland 2–1 up.[20] He captainedScotland for the first time on 26 March 2008 in a friendly match againstCroatia atHampden Park,[21] in the absence of regular captainBarry Ferguson.[22] The game finished 1–1.[21]
On 10 September 2008, McManus was sent off for a deliberate handball in aFIFA World Cup qualifier againstIceland atLaugardalsvöllur inReykjavík.[23] He used his right hand to tip the crossed ball over the crossbar to stop approaching Icelandic strikerHeiðar Helguson from scoring a goal, while Scotland were leading 2–0.[23] The penalty kick was converted to make the score 2–1, which was the final score.[23] On 7 September 2010 McManus scored a dramatic 97th minute winning header for Scotland in their 2–1 victory over Liechtenstein.[24] His 26th and final cap came in October 2010, in a 3–2 defeat toSpain.[19]
After retiring in 2017, McManus took a coaching position with Motherwell.[18] He returned toCeltic in January 2019 as a coach of their under-18 team.[25]
McManus was born inHamilton,Lanarkshire. He attended Holy Cross RC Secondary School in Hamilton, the school which international and former club teammatePaul Hartley also attended. McManus and Hartley used to have a competition at training to see who could name the most teachers and the loser picked up all the balls.[citation needed] In 2008, after aChampions League game against Barcelona, McManus swapped jerseys withLeo Messi but has since lost it.[26]
His nickname is "Mick" because he shares his surname with 1970sprofessional wrestlerMick McManus.[27] His second cousinKris Doolan was also a footballer, mainly forPartick Thistle.[28]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Celtic | 2003–04[3] | Scottish Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2004–05[29] | Scottish Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2005–06[4] | Scottish Premier League | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[a] | 1 | 42 | 8 | |
| 2006–07[30] | Scottish Premier League | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | 44 | 2 | |
| 2007–08[31] | Scottish Premier League | 37 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10[a] | 1 | 53 | 5 | |
| 2008–09[32] | Scottish Premier League | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 41 | 4 | |
| 2009–10[33] | Scottish Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Total | 150 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 203 | 20 | ||
| Middlesbrough (loan) | 2009–10[33] | Championship | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Middlesbrough | 2010–11[34] | Championship | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 2011–12[35] | Championship | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 2012–13[36] | Championship | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1 | ||
| Bristol City (loan) | 2011–12[35] | Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bristol City (loan) | 2012–13[36] | Championship | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Motherwell | 2013–14[37] | Scottish Premiership | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 42 | 4 |
| 2014–15[38] | Scottish Premiership | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[c] | 1 | 42 | 2 | |
| 2015–16[39] | Scottish Premiership | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
| 2016–17[40] | Scottish Premiership | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 2017–18[41] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 135 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 156 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 372 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 453 | 30 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 26 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 September 2007 | Hampden Park,Glasgow, Scotland |  Lithuania | 2–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 2 | 7 September 2010 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland |  Liechtenstein | 2–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
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