Gordon Strachan

Gordon Strachan is my kind of footballer: barely five-foot-six, yet he carved out a career at Manchester United and Leeds through sheer cunning and tireless running. I admire athletes who refuse to let physical limits define them, and Strachan turned a perceived weakness into a brand of intelligence and bite. His later management run, taking on Celtic and the Scotland national side, plus that famously sharp tongue with the press, only deepens the impression of a man who out-thinks everyone in the room. The OBE feels almost incidental. To me he embodies the idea that football is played with the head as much as the legs.

Name (English)

Gordon Strachan

Name (Japanese)

ゴードン・ストラカン

Reading

ごーどん・すとらかん

Born

February 9, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rooster

Origin

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Height

168 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

High school

Craigroyston Community High School

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20Strachan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314095

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-20

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