Jim Lauchlan

James Harley Lauchlan (born 2 February 1977 in Glasgow) is a Scottish footballer.

Jim Lauchlan
Personal information
Full name James Harley Lauchlan
Date of birth (1977-02-02) 2 February 1977
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2000 Kilmarnock 98 (3)
2000 → Barnsley (loan) 0 (0)
2000–2003 Dundee United 96 (3)
2003–2004 Livingston 0 (0)
2004-2006 Ross County 89 (5)
2006–2008 Queen of the South 50 (1)
2008–2010 Dundee 54 (0)
2010 Sligo Rovers 20 (2)
2011 Ayr United 20 (1)
Total 442 (15)
International career
1998–1999 Scotland U21 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Lauchlan started his career with Kilmarnock making his first team debut age just 16 he went on to make 98 league appearances for the club. Following a loan spell with Barnsley in 2000, Lauchlan signed for Dundee United for a transfer fee of £100,000 where he played 96 league games over three years. In December 2003, he joined former United manager Alex Smith at Ross County, where 89 league matches brought five goals. In 2006-07, he signed for Queen of the South as player/coach and went on to make 50 appearances for the club scoring 1 goal. He then agreed terms with Dundee after being involved with their pre-season training camp in Malta going on to make 54 appearances for the club and winning the Scottish league challenge cup. Having been named as Dundee's player of the year for the 2009/10 season, he was released by the club on 4 May 2010 along with 8 other players.[1]

In July 2010, Lauchlan signed for Sligo Rovers.A very successful 6 month period. He went on to make 20 appearances for the club scoring 2 goals going on to win the fai cup and fai league of Ireland cup.

In January 2011 Lauchlan went on to sign for Second Division Club Ayr United. During his time he made 20 appearances scoring 1 goal and gaining promotion back to the championship.

Lauchlan made 15 appearances as captain for the Scotland under-21 team in the late 1990s.[2]

Family

His younger brother Martin was also a professional footballer, with St Johnstone, Partick Thistle and Stenhousemuir.[3]

Personal life

As of 2022, Lauchlan worked as a Rigger.[4]

Honours

References
  1. "Dundee aim to axe 16 from squad". BBC Sport. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  2. "Scotland U21 Player James Lauchlan Details". www.fitbastats.com.
  3. "Subs off the bench and back in business". Glasgow News. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  4. "Jim Lauchlan on Rugby Park to rigger journey as former Kilmarnock and Dundee United man battles the elements in life after football". Daily Record. 16 January 2022.
  5. "Dundee 3-2 Inverness CT". BBC. 22 November 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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