Malcolm Thomson (born 29 December 1968) is a Scottish football coach and former player. In 2015–16 he was head coach of Indian I-League team Salgaocar. He was appointed joint-head coach of Rangers WFC in January 2020,[2] stepping down from the role in June 2023.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malcolm Thomson | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Elderslie, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rangers WFC (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1991 | Aberdeen | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Montrose | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Salgaocar | ||
| 2020–2023 | Rangers WFC | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
His son Connor Thomson is a professional tennis player.[3]
Coaching career
editEarly career
editAfter retiring at the age of 25 while trying to make it with Aberdeen, Thomson went into coaching.[4][5] He was given youth coaching roles at Celtic, Hibernian, and Rangers before becoming first-team assistant coach at Inverness Caledonian Thistle under Craig Brewster.[5] Thomson spent two spells at Inverness, with the spell in between at Dundee United.[5] He then joined the coaching staff at Birmingham City as their assistant coach for a season before moving to the United Arab Emirates to be assistant coach under David O'Leary at Al-Ahli.[4] After another spell at Rangers, Thomson became assistant coach to Stuart Taylor at League of Ireland club, Limerick.[6]
Thomson then took on the assistant coaching role under Barry Ferguson at both Blackpool and Clyde.[7][8] He then briefly returned to Rangers in 2015.[9]
Salgaocar
editOn 26 June 2015, Thomson took on his first head coaching role with Indian I-League side, Salgaocar.[10] After losing his first four I-League matches in a row, Thomson was relieved of his duties.[11]
Statistics
editManagerial statistics
edit- As of 31 January 2016.
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
 Salgaocar
|
26 June 2015 | 29 January 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | ||||
References
edit- ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ Shaw, Louise (28 January 2020). "Malky Intrigued By Challenge". Rangers F.C. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Macpherson, Graeme (25 July 2020). "Football's loss is tennis' gain as Connor Thomson looks to follow in Murrays' footsteps". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ^ a b McArthur, Eain (4 September 2010). "Home Sport Football Former Dundee United coach Malky Thomson on life in the United Arab Emirates". Daily Record. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ a b c Tattum, Collin (10 April 2010). "Birmingham City reserve team coach Malky Thomson has seen the other side of life". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "New Assistant Manager". Limerick Football Club. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ "Malky: Boys Have Been Great". Blackpool Football Club. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Barry Ferguson Appointed". Clyde Football Club. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Dickinson, Andrew (19 March 2015). "Rangers hire three new coaches in academy shake-up". The Scotsman. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Malky Thomson takes over as Salgaocar FC head coach". Goal.com. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "Salgaocar part ways with Malky Thomson". Goal.com. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
External links
edit- Malky Thomson career stats at Post-War Players Database
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