Malky Thomson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malcolm Thomson | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Elderslie, Scotland | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2015–2016 | Salgaocar | ||
Malcolm Thomson (born 29 December 1968) is a former Scottish football player and was last the head coach of Indian I-League side Salgaocar.
Coaching career
Early career
After retiring at the age of 25 while trying to make it with Aberdeen, Thomson went into coaching.[1][2] After bring given youth roles at Celtic, Hibernian, and Rangers before becoming assistant coach at Inverness Caledonian Thistle under Craig Brewster.[2] Thomson spent two spells at Inverness, with the spell in-between at Dundee United.[2] He then joined the coaching staff at Birmingham City as their assistant coach for a season before moving to the United Arab Emirates to be assistant coach under David O'Leary at Al-Ahli.[1] After another spell at Rangers, Thomson became assistant coach to Stuart Taylor at League of Ireland club, Limerick.[3]
Thomson then took on the assistant coaching role under Barry Ferguson at both Blackpool and Clyde.[4][5] He then briefly returned to Rangers in 2015.[6]
Salgaocar
On 26 June 2015, Thomson took on his first head coaching role with Indian I-League side, Salgaocar.[7] After losing his first four I-League matches in a row, Thomson was relieved of his duties.[8]
Statistics
Managerial statistics
- As of 31 January 2016.
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
 Salgaocar |
26 June 2015 | 29 January 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | ||||
References
- 1 2 McArthur, Eain (4 September 2010). "Home Sport Football Former Dundee United coach Malky Thomson on life in the United Arab Emirates". Daily Record. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 Tattum, Collin (10 April 2010). "Birmingham City reserve team coach Malky Thomson has seen the other side of life". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ↑ "New Assistant Manager". Limerick Football Club. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ↑ "Malky: Boys Have Been Great". Blackpool Football Club. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ↑ "Barry Ferguson Appointed". Clyde Football Club. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ↑ Dickinson, Andrew (19 March 2015). "Rangers hire three new coaches in academy shake-up". Scotsman. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ↑ "Malky Thomson takes over as Salgaocar FC head coach". Goal.com. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "Salgaocar part ways with Malky Thomson". Goal.com. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.