Ian Wallace (footballer, born 1956)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Andrew Wallace[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) |
Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1974 | Yoker Athletic | ||
| 1974–1976 | Dumbarton | 34 | (11) |
| 1976–1980 | Coventry City | 130 | (58) |
| 1980–1984 | Nottingham Forest | 134 | (36) |
| 1984 | Brest | 16 | (3) |
| 1984–1986 |
Sunderland | 34 | (6) |
| 1986–1987 | Marítimo | 9 | (0) |
| 1987 |
Melbourne Croatia | 24 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| 1977 | Scotland U21 | 1 | (2) |
| 1978–1979 | Scotland | 3 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996–1999 | Dumbarton | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ian Andrew Wallace (born 23 May 1956) is a Scottish former
Melbourne Croatia. Wallace played in three international matches for Scotland
in the late 1970s.
Playing career
Career in Scotland
Born in
Yoker Athletic. He then joined the senior ranks with Scottish Football League club Dumbarton
.
Coventry City
Wallace was purchased for £70,000 by the then
Bobby MacDonald and Jim Blyth
. Wallace scored 23 goals that season, his first of three in a row as Coventry's top scorer. He was later inducted in to the Coventry City Hall of Fame.
Nottingham Forest
Wallace moved to then-reigning European champions
Nottingham Forest in July 1980 for £1.25 million, making him one of the world's most expensive players. His first game was their UEFA Super Cup
defeat to Valencia that summer. Wallace went on to be Forest's top scorer for the first three of the four seasons he played there, scoring 13 goals in each season he top scored.
Later career
Wallace moved to French club Brest for a short spell in 1984. He returned to English football with Sunderland around New Year in season 1984–85.
In 1986 he joined Portuguese club
Melbourne Croatia
in Australia, where he ended his playing career.
International
Wallace scored his on his full international debut, a 2–1 win against Bulgaria in February 1978. Coventry team-mate Jim Blyth was in goal for Scotland. He then came on as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat in Portugal in November 1978 and started in a 3–0 loss in Wales in May of the following year. All three of his caps came when he was playing for Coventry City.
Managerial career
Wallace returned to
Jim Fallon. He was dismissed from this job in October 1999 and was replaced by Jimmy Brown
.
Statistics
As of March 1999[update]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Dumbarton | 
|
November 1996 | March 1999 | 75 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 34.67 |
Honours
References
- ^ "Ian Wallace". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Coventry City | Club | History | History | Hall of Fame". 22 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- Brown, Jim (2000). Coventry City: An Illustrated History. Desert Island Books Ltd. ISBN 1-874287-36-8.
External links
- Ian Wallace at the Scottish Football Association
- Scotland U21 stats at Fitbastats
