Gareth McAuley

Gareth McAuley is exactly my kind of defender. A towering 191 cm centre back who earned 80 caps for Northern Ireland and still managed nine goals is a rare thing: a wall that occasionally turns scorer. The MBE feels well earned. I've always preferred the players who win it ugly, who throw their bodies in front of shots and head clear in their own box, and McAuley clearly built a career on that grit. The flashy goals get the clips, but a brave header at the right moment wins matches. Now coaching Northern Ireland's under-19s, he strikes me as a man passing on exactly the right values.

Name (English)

Gareth McAuley

Name (Japanese)

ガレス・マコーリー

Reading

がれす・まこーりー

Born

December 5, 1979 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Goat

Origin

Larne, County Antrim, United Kingdom

Height

191 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Awards & achievements

• Member of the Order of the British Empire

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC

Tags

• County Antrim
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.