Career
Born in Glasgow, Stark made his professional debut in 1975 in nearby Paisley for Street Mirren. After 255 games for Street Mirren, scoring 60 goals, he was signed by Aberdeen for £80,000. Stark was signed by Celtic in 1987, for a £100,000 transfer fee.
Stark retired from playing in 1994, having scored over 100 league goals.
After retiring as a player, Stark became assistant to Tommy Burns at Celtic. When Burns left Celtic in 1997, Stark managed the side for three matches in a caretaker capacity before leaving himself.
Stark then had spells managing Greenock Morton and before becoming manager in 2004. Stark led Queen"s to one of their greatest results of modern times in August 2006 at Firhill Stadium, when beat his former club Aberdeen on penalty kicks after a 0-0 draw in the 2006-2007 Scottish League Cup.
Stark left on 1 January 2008 to oversee the Scottish national youth teams, a role that involved managing the Scotland national under-21 football team
Stark"s under-21 side reached the qualification playoffs for the 2011 Union of European Football Associations European Under-21 Football Championship, but they lost out to Iceland. David Goodwillie, Danny Wilson and Barry Bannan were promoted from the under-21s to the full national team selected by Craig Levein in November 2010. The team finished in second place in their qualifying group for the 2013 Union of European Football Associations European Under-21 Football Championship, but did not gather enough points to be eligible for the playoffs.
Stark was placed in caretaker charge of the Scotland team for a friendly against Luxembourg in November 2012, following the departure of Craig Levein.
He resigned from the position of Scotland under-21 manager in November 2014. In June 2015, Stark was appointed assistant manager to Darren Young at newly promoted Scottish League One side Albion Rovers.
