Dundee United FC - First Team Manager

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First Team Manager

Jackie McNamara

Jackie began his career at Dunfermline Athletic as an attacking right wing-back and played 59 times for the Pars before moving to Celtic for £650,000 in 1995. He marked an impressive start to his Celtic career, being named Scottish PFS Young Player of the Year in 1996. He won his first trophy with the club in the 1997–1998 season when Celtic won the Scottish Premier Division, McNamara was awarded the Football Writers Player of the Year in 2004. Jackie played over 250 times for Celtic before moving onto Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aberdeen and Falkirk before finishing his playing career at Partick Thistle in 2011. In all Jackie played over 420 times in his playing career and represented Scotland at International level on 33 occasions.

In April 2011 Jackie was appointed Caretaker Manager of Partick Thistle and was subsequently confirmed as Manager a month later. He earned praise for the style of football of his young, energetic team and also obtained a reputation for excellent man management skills.

Jackie joined United as Manager in January 2013 as the Club embarked on a new chapter in our proud history.

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