| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1975-08-28)28 August 1975 (age 50) | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre Back,Central Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Northern Ireland women (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Capalaba | |||
| Mount Gravatt | |||
| Berserker | |||
| 1992–1993 | AIS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | Wollongong Wolves | 11 | (1) |
| 1996–1998 | Stirling Albion | 28 | (9) |
| 1998–2004 | Brisbane Strikers | 128 | (11) |
| 2005–2008 | Queensland Roar | 34 | (1) |
| 2008 | Perth Glory | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Australia U20 | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Brisbane Strikers | ||
| 2008–2010 | Brisbane Strikers | ||
| 2010–2011 | North Queensland Fury (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2014 | Loughborough University (head coach) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Stirling Albion | ||
| 2018–2022 | Scotland U16 | ||
| 2021 | Scotland women (interim) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Celtic (u18s) | ||
| 2024– | Northern Ireland women (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 November 2007 | |||
Stuart McLaren (born 28 August 1975) is a Scottish-Australianfootball player and coach, who is assistant coach for theNorthern Ireland national women's team.
Queensland Roar coachMiron Bleiberg signed McLaren on a short-term contract in early November 2005. He was signed due toJosh McCloughlan's injury, playing as a defender as he did when he was a former player-coach with theBrisbane Strikers in theNSL. He was then signed as a permanent player and regularly played in the starting eleven, occasionally captaining theQueensland Roar.
McLaren left Australia in early 2011 returning to the United Kingdom to be nearer his place of birth with his family. In June 2011, he was appointed as head coach atLoughborough University. McLaren was appointed manager ofStirling Albion in November 2014,[1][2] but theBinos were relegated fromScottish League One at the end of the2014–15 season. He left Stirling Albion by mutual consent in September 2016, following a 4–0 defeat byElgin City.[3]
In October 2018, McLaren was appointed by theScottish Football Association to be a national youth team coach, with responsibility for theScotland U16 team.[4]
McLaren was appointed interim manager of theScotland women's national football team in January 2021.[5] He remained in the role until the appointment of permanent managerPedro Martinez Losa,[6] and left the SFA at the end of 2021.[7]
In January 2022,Celtic announced McLaren had joined them as their under-18s manager.[8] He remained at the club until his departure in December 2023.
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| Stirling Albion |  | 2014 | 2016 | 82 | 22 | 17 | 43 | 026.83 | |
Brisbane Strikers
Loughborough University
Scotland U16
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