Steven McGarry

Steven McGarry
	Steven McGarry playing for Motherwell.
Personal information
Full name	Steven Thomas McGarry
Date of birth	28 September 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Paisley, Scotland
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–2002	St Mirren
2002	→ Boston United (loan)
2002–2006	Ross County
2006–2010	Motherwell
2010–2014	Perth Glory
2015	Gwelup Croatia
2016–2018	ECU Joondalup
Total
International career
1996	Scotland U17
1996	Scotland U19
1997	Scotland U21
Managerial career
2020–2022	Perth Glory (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 September 2018

Steven Thomas McGarry (born 28 September 1979) is an ex-professional Scottish footballer and former 1st team assistant coach at A-League Men side Perth Glory FC, the club McGarry last played for professionally. He joined Perth Glory in January 2010 after playing at the top level in the Scottish Premier League with St Mirren, Ross County and Motherwell.^[2]

McGarry is on the Scotland U21s Youngest Scorer list, scoring in the 1997 Toulon Tournament against the USA aged 17 years and 241 days.^[3]

In March 2018, McGarry was one of four, former St Mirren F.C. players voted by supporters to have a street named in his honour – McGarry Terrace – following a public competition^[4] run by Renfrewshire Council to name the streets at the former Love St ground being developed by Sanctuary Scotland into affordable housing.

Club career

McGarry, a midfielder who previously played for St Mirren and Ross County in Scottish Premier League and also had a loan spell at Boston United in England during his time with St Mirren. He also played for Motherwell between 2006 and 2010.

St Mirren F.C.

Ross County F.C.

Motherwell F.C.

Perth Glory FC

McGarry moved to Australian A-League team Perth Glory during the 2010 January transfer window.^[5] On 9 May 2012, he signed a one-year contract extension with the club.^[6]

In 2013 McGarry was crowned the Most Glorious Player (MGP), while also picking up the players' player of the year award and the goal of the year prize for his stunning strike in a 1–0 victory over Brisbane Roar in December.^[7]

Coaching career

Perth Glory FC

Post playing career in 2015 McGarry transitioned into Coaching Perth Glory's NYL & NPL U20's squads.^[8] McGarry rejoined the club in 2018 to take up the position of Academy Technical Director & NPL U18s Head Coach. In 2020 shortly after the departure of Tony Popovic as manager, Richard Garcia was appointed new Head Coach of the 1st team. Weeks after his appointment, McGarry was announced as his 1st Team Assistant Coach for the upcoming 2020–21 season. McGarry will still continue in his capacity as the club's Academy Technical Director in a dual-role within the club.^[9]

ECU Joondalup SC

In 2016 he accepted a position at NPL team ECU Joondalup to return to playing while also taking up the 1st team assistant & Technical Director roles.

While still Player/Coach at ECU Joondalup SC, McGarry was appointed assistant coach to Chris Coyne for the Western Australia state team.^[10]

Media

In October 2017, McGarry joined the inaugural Croc Media Expert commentary team. He has provided commentary in every A-League season since his appointment and was Expert Commentator for the blockbuster clash between English Giants Manchester United & Leeds United at Optus Stadium where they faced off in front of a crowd of 55 000 fans during their tours of Australia in 2019.^[11]^[12]