Lou Macari
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luigi Macari | ||
| Date of birth | 7 June 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1964–1965 | Kilmarnock Amateurs | ||
| 1965–1966 | St Michael's Kilwinning | ||
| 1966–1968 | Celtic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1973 | Celtic | 58 | (26) |
| 1973–1984 | Manchester United | 329 | (78) |
| 1984–1986 | Swindon Town | 36 | (3) |
| Total | 423 | (107) | |
| National team | |||
| 1972 | Scotland U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 1972–1978 | Scotland | 24 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1984–1989 | Swindon Town | ||
| 1989–1990 | West Ham United | ||
| 1991 | Birmingham City | ||
| 1991–1993 | Stoke City | ||
| 1993–1994 | Celtic | ||
| 1994–1997 | Stoke City | ||
| 2000–2002 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Luigi "Lou" Macari (born 7 June 1949) is a Scottish former footballer and manager. He began his playing career at Celtic where he was one of the 'Quality Street Gang', the outstanding reserve team that emerged in the late 1960s that also comprised Kenny Dalglish and Danny McGrain. He is best known for his time at Manchester United, where he played over 400 games. He helped them win promotion back to the First Division and then played in their FA Cup win of 1977. He then finished his playing career at lower league Swindon Town.
He was the manager of Swindon, West Ham United, Birmingham City, Stoke City (two spells), Celtic and Huddersfield Town.
Lou Macari was the only child of Margaret and Albert; he was born in Edinburgh, and spent the first year of his life with his family in the village of Newtongrange, before the family moved to London. His father was in the catering industry, and had represented the British Army at football. The family moved to Largs in North Ayrshire when Macari was aged nine. He was spotted playing for Ayrshire county by Celtic, and signed schoolboy forms for the club at the age of 16. He turned professional at the club in 1968, on wages of £15 a week.
He quickly became part of the renowned reserve side known as the Quality Street Gang that also comprised the likes of Kenny Dalglish, Danny McGrain and David Hay. In August 1968, Celtic Reserves needed to defeat Partick Thistle Reserves by at least seven goals to win their Reserve League Cup section over Rangers Reserves. Celtic won 12-0, with Macari scoring four goals. Macari scored 91 goals in two seasons for the reserves and in occasional first team games, having broken through into the Celtic first team in 1970. In 1971 he replaced Willie Wallace in the starting line up for the replay of the 1971 Scottish Cup Final, and scored for Celtic in a 2–1 win over Rangers.
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