Steve McClaren	"'I'm going to do it my own way.  I will be judged on what I do and I'm looking forward to the challenge.'" 18 matches in charge P 18 W 9 D 4 L 5 F 32: A 12 61% successful FIFA Rankings: from 5th to12th 2006-07 discipline: 19 0 players managed: 49
Profile
Full name	Stephen McClaren
Born	3 May 1961, Fulford, York, North Yorkshire [registered in Howden, Yorkshire, June 1961], attended Nunthorpe Grammer School, Middlesbrough.
Married	to Kathryn M. Harrison [registered in Beverley, Yorkshire, July 1986]. Three sons, Joseph, Samuel and Joshua.
Height/Weight	-
Playing Career
	A midfielder by trade, McClaren started with Hull City AFC after leaving school in 1979, he played 178 league matches, scoring sixteen times, until he left in 1985 to join Derby County FC 1985, a further 25 league appearances followed before joining Lincoln City FC on loan in 1987, making eight league appearances, left the Baseball Ground to join Bristol City FC in 1988, where he scored twice in 61 league outings. Left for Oxford United FC in 1989, after a final 33 league appearances, McClaren retired in 1992.
	Football League Division Two winners 1986-87;
Individual honours	None
Management Career
Club(s)	After retiring, McClaren remained with Oxford United FC, becoming their youth & reserve team coach in 1992. He moved onto Derby County FC as Jim Smith's assistant manager in 1995, and Alex Ferguson's assistant at Manchester United FC in 1999. It was not until he joined Middlesbrough FC in June 2001, did McClaren take on the managerial role.
Club honours	Football League Cup winners 2003-04; UEFA Cup runners-up 2005-06;
Individual honours	None
England Career
England tenure	Appointed national team coach 4 May 2006 effective 1 August 2006. Sacked 22 November 2007.  He had previously joined Peter Taylor in temporary charge of England after Kevin Keegan's resignation in October 2000, a position he held with Eriksson until November 2002 and from 2004 until his elevation to the manager's post.
Other applicants	Press reports were certain Luiz Philippe Scolari would take the job, but he declined the offer.  Other interviewees included Sam Allardyce, Alan Curbishley and Martin O'Neill.
First match	No. 843, 16 August 2006, England 4 Greece 0, a friendly match at Old Trafford in Manchester, aged 45 years 105 days.
Last match	No. 860, 21 November 2007, England 2 Croatia 3, a European Championship qualification match at The National Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 46 years 202 days.
Major tournaments	None
Team honours	None
Individual honours	None
Backroom Staff	Terry Venables returned to the England staff as McClaren's assistant.  Steve Round is the coach.  Ray Clemence remains as goalkeeping coach.  Bill Beswick is brought in as a sports psychologist.
Beyond England
Management Career
Club(s)	Returned to coaching with Darlington FC in May 2008, before being interested in the vacant Blackburn Rovers FC managers job a month later, regardless, he was employed in the Eredivisie as FC Twente's new manager on 20 June 2008. Despite his success, McClaren left the club to take up a similar role in the Bundesliga with VfL Wolfsburg, but after a string of poor results, he was sacked on 7 February 2011. Returned to England on 13 June 2011 to become manager of Championship side Nottingham Forest FC, but resigned on 2 October 2011 after just 112 days in charge.  He eturned to FC Twente on 5 January 2012, but parted company on 25 February 2013.
Club honours	Eredivisie Champions 2019-10;
Individual honours	Rinus Michels Award 2010;

 

Matches in which Steve McClaren was in charge of England
Appointed 4 May 2006. Took charge on 1 August 2006
Friendly
1	843	16 August 2006 - England 4 Greece 0 [4-0] Old Trafford, Manchester (45,864)	Terry, Lampard, Crouch (2)	HW
European Championship Preliminaries
2	844	2 September 2006 - England 5 Andorra 0 [3-0] Old Trafford, Manchester (56,290)	Crouch (2), Gerrard, Defoe (2)	HW
3	845	6 September 2006 - Macedonia FYR 0 England 1 [0-0] Gradski Stadion, Skopje (16,500)	Crouch	AW
4	846	7 October 2006 - England 0 Macedonia FYR 0 [0-0] Old Trafford, Manchester (72,062)		HD
5	847	11 October 2006 - Croatia 2 England 0 [0-0] Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb (38,000)	Eduardo, G.Neville OG	AL
Friendlies
6	848	15 November 2006 - Netherlands 1 England 1 [0-1] Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam (45,090)	van der Vaart Rooney	AD
7	849	7 February 2007 - England 0 Spain 1 [0-0] Old Trafford, Manchester (58,207)	Iniesta	HL
European Championship Preliminaries
8	850	24 March 2007 - Israel 0 England 0 [0-0] The National Stadium, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv (40,012)		AD
9	851	28 March 2007 - Andorra 0 England 3 [0-0] Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Montjuïc, Barcelona (12,800)	Gerrard (2), Nugent	AW
Friendly
10	852	1 June 2007 - England 1 Brazil 1 [0-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London (88,745)	Terry Diego	HD
European Championship Preliminaries
11	853	6 June 2007 - Estonia 0 England 3 [0-1] A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn (11,000)	J.Cole, Owen, Crouch	AW
Season 2007-08
Friendly
12	854	22 August 2007 - England 1 Germany 2 [1-2] The National Stadium, Wembley, London (86,133)	Lampard Kur�nyi, Pander	HL
European Championship Preliminaries
13	855	8 September 2007 - England 3 Israel 0 [1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London (85,372)	Wright-Phillips, Owen, Richards	HW
14	856	12 September 2007 - England 3 Russia 0 [2-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London (86,106)	Owen (2), Ferdinand	HW
15	857	13 October 2007 - England 3 Estonia 0 [3-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London (86,655)	Wright-Phillips, Rooney, R�hn OG	HW
16	858	17 October 2007 - Russia 2 England 1 [0-1] Olimpiyskiy Kompleks Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva (84,700)	Pavlyuchenko (2 (1 pen)) Rooney	AL
Friendly
17	859	16 November 2007 - Austria 0 England 1 [0-1] Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien (39,432)	Crouch	AW
European Championship Preliminary
18	860	21 November 2007 - England 2 Croatia 3 [0-2] The National Stadium, Wembley, London (88,091)	Lampard (pen), Crouch Kranjčar, Olić, Petrić	HL
Sacked 22 November 2007

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