31 Facts About Lee McCulloch

Lee Henry McCulloch was born on 14 May 1978 and is a Scottish professional football coach and former player who most recently served as assistant manager of Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian.

Towards the end of his playing career, Lee McCulloch was appointed a coach at Kilmarnock.

Lee McCulloch was appointed interim manager in January 2016 and February 2017.

Lee McCulloch was appointed manager on a permanent basis in June 2017, but left in September 2017.

Lee McCulloch is a prime example of a utility player in football, having played in multiple outfield positions, from centre-back, defensive midfielder and striker at Rangers to attacking midfielder and winger at Wigan.

In January 2019, Lee McCulloch joined Dundee United as strikers' coach, before being promoted to assistant coach in August 2019.

Lee McCulloch started his career as a forward at hometown club Motherwell, graduating from their youth system having previously played at Rangers SABC alongside Barry Ferguson.

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Lee McCulloch scored his first and second goals in a league match against Hibernian on 31 January 1998.

Lee McCulloch weighed in with five league goals in thirty appearances, helping Wigan to a 10th-place finish, and appeared as a substitute in the 2006 League Cup final.

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In May 2007, Lee McCulloch told BBC Sport that he would relish the opportunity to play for Rangers, and the new manager at Wigan Athletic Chris Hutchings advised him that he may leave to move back to Scotland.

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Lee McCulloch was the only player to be dismissed in the heated match.

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Later that season Lee McCulloch played in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final, the 2008 Scottish League Cup Final and the 2008 Scottish Cup Final.

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On 12 August 2010, Rangers announced that Lee McCulloch had signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until 2013.

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Lee McCulloch then went on to feature 27 times until it was revealed, after limping off against Hearts, he would require surgery to cure a cyst on his knee joint.

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Lee McCulloch's versatility saw him play in attack, midfield and defence, and he hit a particularly good vein of form as a powerful striker as Rangers threadbare squad put together a decent run of results following the club's entry into administration.

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Lee McCulloch was given the captaincy on 1 September 2012 after the departure of Carlos Bocanegra to Racing Santander on a season-long loan and on 31 October, he signed a contract extension with Rangers committing him until 2015.

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Lee McCulloch was inducted into the Rangers Hall of Fame in March 2014, along with former Rangers players Nacho Novo and Fernando Ricksen.

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In July 2015, Lee McCulloch left Rangers at the end of his contract.

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Lee McCulloch said that he had wanted to comment publicly on the club's problems, but was ordered not to by the club hierarchy.

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Lee McCulloch said after joining Kilmarnock that although he had registered as a player, he did not expect to play many games for the club and that his main responsibility would be to develop younger players.

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Lee McCulloch made one appearance in total that season, starting in a league match against Ross County, being replaced after forty-one minutes.

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Lee McCulloch was involved in Smith's first three matches as manager against Italy, Moldova and Belarus and was included in the Kirin Cup matches against Bulgaria and Japan.

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Lee McCulloch scored his first international goal in Scotland's Euro 2008 qualifying win over Ukraine.

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Lee McCulloch retired from international football on 8 September 2008 as he wanted to concentrate on his club commitments.

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Lee McCulloch was recalled to the national team following the appointment of Craig Levein and he made his first appearance since 2008 in a qualifier against Lithuania in September 2010.