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 pundit after a spell in coaching, 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.

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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)

Origin

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Boar

High school

Turnbull High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20McFadden
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310700

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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