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Paul McLean (born 2 February 1990) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Stirling Albion. McLean previously played with Brechin City, where he spent 10 years and also captained the side.[2]

Paul McLean

Personal information
Full name	Paul McLean
Date of birth	(1990-02-02) 2 February 1990 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth	Musselburgh,[1] Scotland
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Stirling Albion
Youth career
2006–2008	Norwich City
2008–2009	Falkirk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2019	Brechin City	289	(23)
2019–	Stirling Albion	34	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:22, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Career

McLean started his career as a youth player with Norwich City F.C. Under-23s and Academy, after a successful trial in 2005 saw him being offered a contract for the 2006–07 season.[3] He spent two years in England, before subsequently moving back to Scotland with Falkirk in 2007.[3] His first contract as a senior footballer came when, at the age of 19, he was signed by Jim Duffy for Brechin City on a two-year deal.[4]

After 10 years at Brechin, McLean left the club in May 2019 and signed for Stirling Albion.[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 20 July 2021 [6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brechin City	2009–10[7]	Scottish Second Division	33	3	1	0	1	0	5[lower-alpha 1]	0	40	3
	2010–11[8]		27	1	4	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	34	1
	2011–12[9]		30	1	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	32	1
	2012–13[10]		33	3	1	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 4]	0	37	3
	2013–14[11]	Scottish League One	29	3	2	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	33	3
	2014–15[12]		33	7	4	0	1	0	4[lower-alpha 5]	0	42	7
	2015–16[13]		29	1	1	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	32	1
	2016–17[14]		29	2	0	0	0	0	6[lower-alpha 6]	1	35	3
	2017–18[15]	Scottish Championship	27	2	0	0	3	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	1	33	1
	2018–19[16]	Scottish League One	19	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	23	0
	Total		289	23	14	0	13	0	23	2	341	23
Stirling Albion	2019–20[17]	Scottish League Two	27	1	2	0	3	0	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	34	1
	2020–21[18]		7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	0
	2021–22[19]		0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		34	1	2	0	8	0	2	0	46	1
Career total			323	24	16	0	21	0	25	2	387	24

Personal life

Outside of football, McLean works in medical research at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.[2]

References

External links

• Paul McLean at Soccerbase

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