25 Facts About Malky Mackay

Malcolm George Mackay was born on 19 February 1972 and is a Scottish professional football coach and former player, who is the sporting director at Scottish Premiership club Hibernian.

Malky Mackay, who played as a defender, began his playing career in Scottish football with Queen's Park and Celtic.

Malky Mackay joined English side Norwich City in 1998, remaining there for six years.

Malky Mackay won five caps for Scotland towards the end of his playing career.

Malky Mackay was manager of Cardiff City between June 2011 and December 2013, achieving promotion to the Premier League in 2013 but was dismissed after a dispute with club owner Vincent Tan.

Malky Mackay was appointed manager of Wigan Athletic in November 2014, and was dismissed the following April.

Malky Mackay scored a brace for Norwich in an East Anglian derby against Ipswich Town.

Malky Mackay was picked up on a free transfer by Aidy Boothroyd as part of his rebuilding of Watford and soon become one of the key figures in Boothroyd's side.

In January 2007, Malky Mackay took his first step into coaching by being promoted to first team coach, following the departure of Dave Hockaday.

Malky Mackay took over as caretaker manager at Watford on 4 November 2008 following the departure of Aidy Boothroyd.

Malky Mackay signed a three-year contract as Cardiff City manager on 17 June 2011, with Watford receiving an undisclosed fee in compensation.

Malky Mackay guided Cardiff to their first ever League Cup final, following wins over Oxford United, Huddersfield Town, Leicester City, Burnley, Blackburn Rovers and Crystal Palace in earlier rounds.

The week before the League Cup final, Malky Mackay signed a three-and-a-half-year contract extension, tying him to the club until June 2016.

Malky Mackay turned down the offer and said he was fully committed to Cardiff City.

Malky Mackay oversaw Cardiff's strongest ever home start to a league season, as they won each of their first ten fixtures at Cardiff City Stadium, the previous club record being nine consecutive home wins.

Malky Mackay was voted the League Managers Association Championship Manager of the Year on 21 May 2013.

In December 2013, Tan told Malky Mackay to resign from the club or be dismissed.

Malky Mackay was appointed manager of Wigan Athletic on 19 November 2014, despite fan opposition, after the Championship side had dismissed Uwe Rosler.

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan said that the club had inserted a clause in its contract with Malky Mackay stating that they could terminate the contract if he was found guilty by the FA.

The anti-racism campaign group Kick It Out made comments that were supportive of Malky Mackay, pointing out that he had since received equality and diversity training from the FA.

Malky Mackay resigned from his position as performance director in November 2020.

Malky Mackay was appointed manager of Ross County in May 2021.

Malky Mackay was sacked by County on 15 November 2023, with the team on a nine-game winless run and sitting in 11th place in the Premiership table.

Malky Mackay was expected to become manager of Premier League club Crystal Palace in August 2014, but dropped out of contention after Cardiff City sent a dossier to the Football Association alleging misconduct by Malky Mackay and sporting director Iain Moody.

The Malky Mackay family are all supporters of Glasgow-based club Queen's Park.