Rowan Alexander
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rowan Samuel Alexander | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Ayr, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Annan Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1983 | Queen of the South | 136 | (69) |
| 1983–1984 | St Mirren | 18 | (3) |
| 1984–1986 | Brentford | 47 | (6) |
| 1986–1995 | Greenock Morton | 310 | (98) |
| 1995–1998 | Queen of the South | 18 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | Gretna | 2 | (1) |
| Total | 531 | (179) | |
| National team | |||
| Scotland Semi-Pro | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1996–1999 | Queen of the South | ||
| 2000–2007 | Gretna | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Rowan Samuel Alexander (born 28 January 1961) is a Scottish former football player and manager. Alexander was a prolific goal-scoring forward for Queen of the South and Greenock Morton. He also played for St Mirren, Brentford and Gretna. Alexander later managed Queen of the South and Gretna.
At Dumfries side Queen of the South, Rowan Alexander won promotion from the third to middle tier of Scottish football. This was in 1980-81 in the same side as Allan Ball, Iain McChesney, Crawford Boyd and Jimmy Robertson. Alexander was then joined at QoS by Ted McMinn. When later interviewed for the club website, McMinn and Robertson both described Alexander as being among the best players they played beside at the Dumfries club.
After his departure from Queens he returned to make guest appearances in:-
Alexander returned to manage Queens from 1996 to 2000.
Alexander's playing career also included spells at St Mirren, Brentford, and Greenock Morton.
While with Greenock Morton, Alexander won caps for the Scotland Semi-Pro team.
Rowan Alexander's first appointment as manager of a senior side saw him return to Queen of the South. With new chairman Norman Blount getting the wheels moving on the club's revival, together they took QoS to the 1997–98 Scottish Challenge Cup Final where they went down by the only goal of the game to opposition from a division above, Falkirk F.C..
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