Neil MacFarlane (footballer)
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MacFarlane outside Palmerston Park, Dumfries in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Neil MacFarlane | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Dunoon, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Brentford B (head coach) Scotland U19 (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1999 | Glasgow Amateurs U21 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Queen's Park | 36 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Kilmarnock | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Queen's Park (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Clyde (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Airdrieonians | 28 | (3) |
| 2002–2006 | Heart of Midlothian | 73 | (0) |
| 2006 | Aberdeen | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Gretna | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Queen of the South | 61 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Greenock Morton | 16 | (0) |
| 2010 | Airdrie United | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Annan Athletic | 15 | (1) |
| Total | 256 | (5) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015 | Coventry City (caretaker) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Kidderminster Harriers | ||
| 2019– | Brentford B | ||
| 2024– | Scotland U19 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Neil MacFarlane (born 10 October 1977) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player, who is head coach of Brentford B and Scotland U19. MacFarlane played as a defensive midfielder for a number of clubs at all four levels of the Scottish league system. After his retirement as a player in 2011, he became a coach and was appointed to his first managerial role at English non-League club Kidderminster Harriers in 2018. One year later, he was appointed head coach of Brentford B.