Gary John McSwegan is a Scottish former professional football player.
Background
McSwegan was born in Glasgow and started his career with Rangers, where he scored 5 goals in only 24 appearances during his six years at Ibrox, including a goal against Marseille in the 1992-1993 Champions League. This goal was the first goal ever scored in the Champions League proper by a substitute.
Career
A striker, he began his career with Rangers, leaving to join N ottinghamshire County in England. He returned to Scotland and had spells with Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian and Kilmarnock. Later in his career he went on to play for Ross County, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, and - finally - Clyde.
He made two international appearances for Scotland whilst a Hearts player.
Domestic
His first team opportunities at Rangers, however, appeared to be limited and in 1993 he joined N ottinghamshire County for £400,000. Two seasons later he returned to Scotland with Dundee United for £375,000 where he remained for three seasons, scoring 42 goals.
He joined Hearts in 1998 on a free transfer where he notched up 31 goals in 98 appearances. By 2002, however, McSwegan had fallen out of favour at Hearts and subsequently had loan spells in England with Barnsley and Luton Town before joining Kilmarnock where he remained for two seasons, scoring 17 goals.
His next professional club was Ross County where he played 39 games, scoring just 1 goal against Queen of the South in two injury-ravaged seasons.
Despite these problems, McSwegan returned to top flight football, when signed by Inverness Caledonian Thistle in September 2006 on a short-term deal. McSwegan left Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the end of the 2006-2007 season and joined Peterhead. McSwegan joined Clyde on 14 March 2008, after previously training with the club and appearing in reserve games.
He made his debut the following day, in a 1-1 draw against Stirling Albion in the Scottish First Division.
He then went on to score two goals in their successful relegation play offs in ties against Alloa and Airdrie. In June 2008, McSwegan signed a one-year contract extension with the Broadwood side.
This meant that all six of his goals for Clyde came in the Broadwood Stadium. McSwegan was released by Clyde in June 2009 along with the rest of the out of contract players, due to the club"s financial position.
International
His second and final cap came four days later, against Lithuania.
McSwegan started the game, and scored Scotland"s second goal in a 3-0 victory. McSwegan also coaches young people throughout Glasgow in his role with coaching and groupwork company Agricultural and Mechanical Training. = International goals Scores and results list Scotland"s goal tally first.