Malcolm Thomson (born 29 December 1968) is a Scottish football coach and former player. He was appointed joint-head coach of Rangers WFC in January 2020.[2] In 2015–16 he was head coach of Indian I-League team Salgaocar.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Malcolm Thomson | ||
Date of birth | (1968-12-29) 29 December 1968 (age 53) | ||
Place of birth | Elderslie, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Rangers WFC (head coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1991 | Aberdeen | 0 | (0) |
1991–1992 | Montrose | 2 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2015–2016 | Salgaocar | ||
2020 | Rangers WFC (joint with Grégory Vignal) | ||
2020– | Rangers WFC | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
After retiring at the age of 25 while trying to make it with Aberdeen, Thomson went into coaching.[3][4] He was given youth coaching roles at Celtic, Hibernian, and Rangers before becoming first-team assistant coach at Inverness Caledonian Thistle under Craig Brewster.[4] Thomson spent two spells at Inverness, with the spell in between at Dundee United.[4] 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.[3] After another spell at Rangers, Thomson became assistant coach to Stuart Taylor at League of Ireland club, Limerick.[5]
Thomson then took on the assistant coaching role under Barry Ferguson at both Blackpool and Clyde.[6][7] He then briefly returned to Rangers in 2015.[8]
On 26 June 2015, Thomson took on his first head coaching role with Indian I-League side, Salgaocar.[9] After losing his first four I-League matches in a row, Thomson was relieved of his duties.[10]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
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26 June 2015 | 29 January 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 000.00 | ||
Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 000.00 |
Rangers W.F.C. – current squad | |
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