32 Facts About Jamie Maclaren

Jamie Maclaren was born on 29 July 1993 and is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan and the Australia national team.

Jamie Maclaren previously played for Melbourne City, SV Darmstadt, Perth Glory, Brisbane Roar and Hibernian.

Jamie Maclaren first joined the junior side of local team Sunbury United at the early age of four or five, then switched to the youth ranks of nearby Victorian Premier League side Green Gully in 2003, where although he continued to play against older players, his team was very successful, at one point winning around 50 games in a row.

Jamie Maclaren benefited from the mentorship of fellow Australians Vince Grella and Brett Emerton at Blackburn, where he soon progressed to be a regular under-21 squad player and training with the senior team.

Jamie Maclaren made a number of appearances in the National Premier Leagues side scoring 11 goals in just five games.

Jamie Maclaren was released by Glory on 29 June 2015.

Jamie Maclaren made his debut with the Roar against the Western Sydney Wanderers on 8 October 2015.

Later that season Jamie Maclaren reached his 50th senior A-League appearance, scoring a goal and assisting another against his former club, Perth Glory.

Jamie Maclaren scored his second senior club hat-trick in a win against Melbourne Victory on 12 March 2016.

Jamie Maclaren finished the A-League regular season with 18 goals, second in the Golden Boot race to Melbourne City's Uruguayan striker Bruno Fornaroli, however his season tally was enough to become the all-time A-League record for an Australian player.

Jamie Maclaren scored two more goals in the finals series to make his final club goal count 20 from 25 games.

Jamie Maclaren was loaned to Scottish club Hibernian in January 2018, in the hope that more playing time would boost his chances of being selected by Australia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

On 31 January 2019, Jamie Maclaren signed for A-League club Melbourne City on a marquee deal to see him at the club till May 2022.

Jamie Maclaren won the Golden Boot that season with 22 goals, three more than the nearest competitor, Adam Le Fondre.

Jamie Maclaren played his final match for Melbourne City in a Melbourne Derby elimination final against Melbourne Victory.

In July 2024, Jamie Maclaren signed with Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan on a two-year deal.

Jamie Maclaren made two appearances for the team, playing against Denmark and Norway.

Jamie Maclaren was then involved with the Australian under-20 squad, and scored a goal against the hosts Turkey in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Jamie Maclaren joined the Australian under-23 team for 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification Group F games held in Taiwan in March 2015, which doubled as Olympic qualification.

Jamie Maclaren played in two of the Olyroos' three games, scoring a hat-trick against Hong Kong and another two goals against Myanmar, achieving the second highest tally for the qualification stage out of the entire AFC.

Jamie Maclaren was named in the Australian squad for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship, where he played every minute of Australia's campaign in three games against the UAE, Vietnam and Jordan, scoring against Vietnam.

In February 2016, Jamie Maclaren announced that and pledged to play for Australia rather than Scotland, but later expressed his pride at having been selected for the young Scots.

In May 2016, Jamie Maclaren was called up to the Socceroos for the first time for a friendly match away to England, in which he started.

Jamie Maclaren dropped out of the Australia squad later in 2017, due to his lack of playing time at Darmstadt.

Jamie Maclaren was named in a 32-man provisional squad for the World Cup, but was cut from the 26-man squad to go to a pre-tournament camp in Turkey.

Jamie Maclaren played in a preparatory friendly match against Czech Republic, and was selected in the final 23-man squad.

Jamie Maclaren came on as a 64th minute substitute in the only pre-tournament friendly against Oman, and started all three matches in the group stage; a loss against Jordan, having a potential equaliser ruled offside, the second match against Palestine, scoring his first international goal in the 18th minute with a header from a Tom Rogic cross, and the last game, a win against Syria.

Jamie Maclaren continued in the starting XI for the Socceroos in the first knockout stage match, against Uzbekistan, playing the first 75 minutes before being replaced by Apostolos Giannou in the eventual win on penalties.

Jamie Maclaren was named to start alongside Giannou in a changed two-striker formation in the Quarter-Final against hosts UAE.

On 16 November 2023, Jamie Maclaren scored his second international hat-trick during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Bangladesh.

Jamie Maclaren holds a British passport, and is half-Maltese through his mother; this led to Malta approaching Jamie Maclaren to play for them he turned down the request.

Jamie Maclaren is a fan of Premier League club Aston Villa and Australian Football League club Collingwood.