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Alistair (Ally) Murdoch McCoist (born September
24, 1962)  is a former professional football
player who played as a striker. 

His first professional club was St Johnstone F.C.
where in season 1980/1981|81 he scored 22 goals in
38 games. Several clubs wanted McCoist but it was
Sunderland F.C.|Sunderland who beat off the
efforts of Rangers F.C.|Rangers to sign the rising
star. His time at Sunderland, however, was
unsuccessful where he managed only 8 goals in 56
appearances. It was in 1983 that Rangers manager
John Greig signed him. 

From his time at Rangers, McCoist has an amazing
array of achievements including 10 league
championship medals, a Scottish Cup medal and 9
League Cup medals. He has also won the European
Golden Boot twice in 1992 and 1993 as well as
being named Scotland's player of the Year in 1992.
McCoist is Rangers' top ever goalscorer and
Scotland national football team|Scotland's second
ever highest scorer with 19 goals in 61 matches.
He is also a member of the Scotland Football Hall
of Fame, having gained over 50 International caps.
McCoist finshed his career at Kilmarnock F.C.
where he spent two seasons with manager Bobby
Williamson. In 2004 he joined the Scotland
national team coaching staff under his former
manager Walter Smith.

McCoist is also known for his television work. He
has been part of the A Question Of Sport team
since 1996 and is a pundit for ITV's football
coverage. McCoist, along with John Motson,
commentates the FIFA series|Fifa video games
series from EA Sports.

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Footballer of the Year|before=Maurice Malpas
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of the Year|before=Paul Elliot |after=Andy
Goram|years=1992
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