James McFadden

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.

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

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

High school

Turnbull High School

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3

Tags

• 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.