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Billy Stark
Scottish footballer and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the footballer born 1956. For the footballer born 1937, see Billy Stark (footballer born 1937).
William Stark (born 1 December 1956) is a Scottish former football player and coach. He made 500 league appearances in total, including successful spells at Aberdeen and Celtic. He then turned to management, which has seen him take caretaker charge of both Celtic and Scotland - staying unbeaten at manager of both teams in his short spells - with longer roles at smaller club sides in Scotland.
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![]() Stark as Scotland under-21 head coach, in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Stark[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1956-12-01) 1 December 1956 (age 67)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1983 | St Mirren | 255 | (60) |
1983–1987 | Aberdeen | 112 | (41) |
1987–1990 | Celtic | 64 | (17) |
1990–1992 | Kilmarnock | 22 | (6) |
1992–1993 | Hamilton Academical | 14 | (0) |
1993–1994 | Kilmarnock | 36 | (3) |
Total | 503 | (127) | |
International career | |||
1985 | Scotland U21[2] | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1997 | Celtic (caretaker) | ||
1997–2000 | Greenock Morton | ||
2001–2004 | St Johnstone | ||
2004–2008 | Queen's Park | ||
2008–2014 | Scotland U21 | ||
2012–2013 | Scotland (caretaker) | ||
2017–2018 | East Kilbride | ||
2018–2024 | Scotland U19 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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