Jackie McNamara

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Personal information
Jackie McNamara
Date of birth	October 24, 1973 (age 33)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Nickname	Jackie Mac
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Wolves
Number	7
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991-1995 1995-2005 2005-	Dunfermline Athletic Celtic Wolves	059 0(0) 255 (10) 021 0(0)
National team²
1996-present	Scotland	033 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 18 October, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

John ("Jackie") McNamara, Jr. (born 24 October 1973 in Glasgow) is a professional footballer, who currently plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Scottish national team.

McNamara started his career at Dunfermline Athletic F.C. as an attacking right wing-back. He moved to Celtic F.C. in 1995 for £600,000.

After an impressive start, which culminated in him being named Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year in 1996, the arrival of Martin O'Neill saw him relegated to a bit-part, reserve role.

McNamara became a consistent player for Celtic during the later part of O'Neill's tenure, being awarded the Football Writers Player of the Year in 2004. The following year McNamara was named captain when current captain Paul Lambert was injured and missed much of the season. A testimonial match against the Republic of Ireland ended 1-0 to Ireland, with Robbie Keane scoring late. New manager Gordon Strachan said that he valued McNamara's presence at the club.

However McNamara did not feel the contract offered was sufficient, and it was in acrimonious circumstances that he left to join Wolverhampton Wanderers in the summer of 2005 on a free transfer under the Bosman ruling.

After a promising start to his Wolves career, McNamara sustained a cruciate knee ligament injury in the home match with Leicester City in September 2005. He came back in the penultimate game of the 2005/6 season at home to Brighton and Hove Albion.

McNamara played for Scotland in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and has filled a variety of defensive roles in his international career.

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Jackie McNamara career stats at Soccerbase

Preceded by Charlie Miller	Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year 1996	Succeeded by Robbie Winters
Preceded by Paolo Di Canio	Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Henrik Larsson
Preceded by Barry Ferguson	Scottish Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 2004	Succeeded by John Hartson

	Scotland squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Leighton \| 2 McNamara \| 3 Boyd \| 4 Calderwood \| 5 Hendry \| 6 T. McKinlay \| 7 Gallacher \| 8 Burley \| 9 Durie \| 10 Jackson \| 11 Collins \| 12 Sullivan \| 13 Donnelly \| 14 Lambert \| 15 Gemmill \| 16 Weir \| 17 B. McKinlay \| 18 Elliott \| 19 Whyte \| 20 Booth \| 21 Gould \| 22 Dailly \| Coach: Brown