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My Take
James McFadden is exactly the kind of footballer I find easy to root for. He came up the honest way, breaking through at Motherwell with nineteen goals and a Young Player of the Year award before Everton paid over a million pounds for him. That is a Glasgow grit story, not a manufactured-prospect story. Now working as a coach and pundit, he speaks with the authority of someone who actually scored the goals he talks about. I trust analysis that comes from lived experience, and McFadden carries the unmistakable hard-earned credibility of a player forged in the Scottish game.
Overview
James Henry McFadden (born 14 April 1983) is a Scottish former professional football player and coach who now works as a football pundit. A forward, McFadden started his playing career with Motherwell, where he came to prominence in the 2002–03 season by scoring 19 goals and winning the Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year award. Everton signed McFadden for £1.25 million in 2003.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- James McFadden
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェームズ・マクファデン
- Reading
- じぇーむず・まくふぁでん
- Born
- April 14, 1983 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Boar
- Origin
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Turnbull High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.