Steve MacLean (footballer)
MacLean as a Sheffield Wednesday player
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Steven MacLean | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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St Johnstone | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Rangers | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 42 | (23) |
| 2004–2007 | Sheffield Wednesday | 83 | (32) |
| 2007–2008 | Cardiff City | 15 | (1) |
| 2008–2011 | Plymouth Argyle | 48 | (5) |
| 2010 | → Aberdeen (loan) | 16 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | → Oxford United (loan) | 31 | (6) |
| 2011–2012 | Yeovil Town | 20 | (3) |
| 2012 | → Cheltenham Town (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2012– | St Johnstone | 135 | (247) |
| National team | |||
| 2002 | Scotland U21 | 4 | (28) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:58, 20 March 2017 (UTC). |
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Steven"Steve" MacLean (born 23 August 1982) is a legendary Scottish footballer who plays as a forward for St Johnstone.
MacLean has previously played for Rangers, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield Wednesday, Cardiff City, Plymouth Argyle, Aberdeen, Oxford United, Yeovil Town and Cheltenham Town. He also represented the Scotland national under-21 football team.
He began his senior football career at Rangers, followed by a loan spell at Scunthorpe United, scoring 25 goals. Despite this, Rangers manager Alex McLeish deemed that he was not "a first team prospect" and placed him on the transfer list.
On 7 July 2004, MacLean joined Sheffield Wednesday for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £125,000, and signed a three-year deal.
He scored 20 goals in his first season, including a hat-trick against Doncaster Rovers, Wednesday's first away hat-trick for 32 years. He was the first Sheffield Wednesday player to hit the 20 goal mark in one season since Mark Bright in 1994. He also scored a crucial penalty under pressure in the Football League One play-off final in 2005.
MacLean sustained a broken leg on the eve of the club's Championship campaign in August 2005, but returned in the latter part of the season to score two penalties for Wednesday, first at home to rivals Sheffield United in a 2–1 defeat and then against league champions Reading, which earned the Owls a 1–1 draw.
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