Alec Cleland

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Alec Cleland
Full name	Alexander Cleland
Date of birth	December 10, 1970 (1970-12-10) (age 37)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Defender (Retired)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987–1995 1995–1998 1998–2002	Dundee United Rangers Everton Career	151 0(8) 096 0(4) 035 0(0) 282 (12)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Alexander "Alec" Cleland (born 10 December 1970 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former professional footballer.

1 Playing career
2 Coaching career
3 Honours
- 3.1 Dundee United
- 3.2 Rangers
4 External links

[edit] Playing career

Cleland started his career with Scottish Premier Division club Dundee United, for whom he made 159 appearances, lifting the Scottish Cup in 1994. He was snapped up by Rangers on a free transfer in 1995 and established himself in the right-back slot at Ibrox. After over 100 appearances for the Glasgow club, he joined English FA Premiership side Everton along with manager Walter Smith in 1998; however, his time in England was blighted with constant injury problems, and he only made 44 appearances before retiring in 2002.

[edit] Coaching career

Cleland was the youth coach of Livingston F.C. until May 2007. He also took on a caretaker-manager role on three occasions, the most recent being after the resignation of Paul Lambert on February 11, 2006. He was also assistant to Steve Morrison (footballer) at East Stirling.

Cleland was appointed as a youth coach at Inverness Caledonian Thistle in January 2008.