Malky Thomson
Scottish footballer and coach
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Malcolm Thomson (born 29 December 1968) is a Scottish football coach and former player. In 2015–16 he was head coach of Indian I-League team Salgaocar. He was appointed joint-head coach of Rangers WFC in January 2020,[2] stepping down from the role in June 2023.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malcolm Thomson | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Elderslie, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1991 | Aberdeen | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Montrose | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Salgaocar | ||
| 2020–2023 | Rangers WFC | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
His son Connor Thomson is a professional tennis player.[3]
Coaching career
Early career
After retiring at the age of 25 while trying to make it with Aberdeen, Thomson went into coaching.[4][5] He was given youth coaching roles at Celtic, Hibernian, and Rangers before becoming first-team assistant coach at Inverness Caledonian Thistle under Craig Brewster.[5] Thomson spent two spells at Inverness, with the spell in between at Dundee United.[5] He then joined the coaching staff at Birmingham City as their assistant coach for a season before moving to the United Arab Emirates to be assistant coach under David O'Leary at Al-Ahli.[4] After another spell at Rangers, Thomson became assistant coach to Stuart Taylor at League of Ireland club, Limerick.[6]
Thomson then took on the assistant coaching role under Barry Ferguson at both Blackpool and Clyde.[7][8] He then briefly returned to Rangers in 2015.[9]
Salgaocar
On 26 June 2015, Thomson took on his first head coaching role with Indian I-League side, Salgaocar.[10] After losing his first four I-League matches in a row, Thomson was relieved of his duties.[11]
Statistics
Managerial statistics
- As of 31 January 2016.
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
 Salgaocar |
26 June 2015 | 29 January 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | ||||
